RADIANT COMPASSION: GLIMPSES OF THE LIFE OF THE 16TH GYALWA KARMAPA
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Table of Contents
Radiant Compassion
Glimpses of the Life of the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa
by Gerd Bausch
Volume One
Preface by His Holiness Sakya Trizin                                          12
Preface by His Eminence Beru Khyentse Rinpoche                     13
Preface by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche                     14
Introduction                                                                            17
Who is Karmapa?                                                                22
The Kagyü Lineage                                                              25
The lineage of the Karmapas                                                27


Part 1: Stories from the Life of the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa
Chapter 1
In Tibet                                                               33
Childhood 1924-1931                                                          
Recognition, Enthronement and Early Education            35
The Birth of a Buddha                                                  35
Search for the Prophecy Letter                                       38
The First Enthronement at Palpung                               41
Enthronement and Early Education in Tsurphu              45
Visit to Kham 1936-1940                                                 48
King of the Snakes and Other Miracles                          48
The Great Encampment of the Karmapa                       50
Further Education in the Traveling Monastery                 53
Visions, Prophecies and Discovering Reincarnations       54
In Tsurphu 1941-1944                                                      61
Transmissions and Practice Years                                  61
Tsurphu, Seat of the Karmapas                                      63
The Years 1945-1950                                                        68
Travels to Southern Tibet, Bhutan, India and Nepal         68
Visits to Nepal, Sikkim and India                                   72
Karmapa Attains the Highest Realization                         75
The Last Decade in Tibet                                                  79
Chinese Invasion                                                          79
Death of His Root Lamas                                             81
Journey to China                                                           82
On Diplomatic Mission to Kham                                  85
The 2500th Anniversary of the Buddha: Pilgrimage         93
Taking Leave of Tibet                                                   97
Chapter 2
Beginning Anew in Exile                                     103
The Years 1959-1970                                                      105
New Seat in Sikkim                                                      107
Difficult Circumstances                                                109
Travel To Nepal, Bhutan and India                               116
“Think Big” Construction of the Rumtek Monastery     118
Life in the New Monastery                                          124
Establishing Practice, Vinaya and the Transmission       127
Karmapa’s Ceaseless Activity                                        130
Karmapa and the People of Sikkim                               132
Travel to India, Ladakh, Bhutan and Nepal                   136
The Years 1971-1974                                                      146
On Pilgrimage through India                                        146
First Western Spiritual Seekers Meet the Karmapa          153
Preparing the Propagation of the Dharma in the West   164
Invitations to the West                                                 168
Chapter 3
When the Iron Bird Flies                                     171
Karmapa’s First Journey to the West                               173
The Beginnings of Buddhism in the West                     173
Buddhism in America                                                  174
The First Visit to North America                                    177
Arrival in New York                                                    178
Visiting the Sangha of Trungpa Rinpoche                     183
Visit in Boulder                                                           191
Visit to the Hopi Nation                                              197
Karmapa in California                                                 206
Canada                                                                       211
How the Gyalwa Karmapa Changed America                217
Europe                                                                             220
United Kingdom                                                         221
Marvelous Welcome in Scandinavia                              224
Denmark                                                                    229
Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium                        231
Paris                                                                           234
Audience with the Pope                                               237
The Cradle of European Buddhism                              242
Last Stop in Europe—Switzerland                                246
Part 2
Encounters with the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa         251
His Holiness the Dalai Lama                                        253
His Holiness the 41st Sakya Trizin                                254
Beru Khyentse Rinpoche                                             257
Lama Gendün Rinpoche                                             261
Jigme Rinpoche                                                           265
Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche                                           272
Lama Tönsang                                                            274
Abbess Ani Mingyur                                                   278
Dzigar Kongtrül Rinpoche                                           280
Lama Tsültrim Namgyal                                              286
Trinle Densapa                                                           290
Laxmi Prova Kansakar                                                292
Arnaud Desjardins                                                      294
Jetsünma Tenzin Palmo                                               298
Lama Ole Nydahl                                                        303
Lama Tsültrim Allione                                                 309
Matthieu Ricard                                                           313
Sharon Salzberg                                                          314
Shenphen Hookham                                                   317
William Stucky                                                             320
Kabir Bedi                                                                  325
Achi Tsepal                                                                 328
Kevin Lyons                                                               335
John Seonaidh Perks                                                   339
Judy Lief and Peter Volz                                              341
Joseph Duane                                                             345
Lama Jampa Thaye                                                      347
Mary Finnigan                                                             351
Karma Palden Thargye                                                355
Naomi Schmidt                                                           357
Georgina and Etienne de Swarte                                  359
Acknowledgements                                                     365
Dedication                                                                  367
Annex                                                             368
Glossary: Persons and places                                       369
Glossary: Buddhist terms and divinities                        371
Further reading and viewing                                         381
Web links                                                                   383
Photo Credits                                                             383
About the Author                                                        384
Photo Section                                                                    385
PART II Encounters with the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa
His Holiness the Dalai Lama: My friendship with the Sixteenth Karmapa**
His Holiness Sakya Trizin: “He was very kind and compassionate”
Lama Gendün Rinpoche: “He is a Buddha, not an ordinary human being”**
Beru Khyentse Rinpoche: “Among the Karmapas, the 16th was particularly great”
Jigme Rinpoche: “He was one with everything”**
Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche: “Everybody has the responsibility to take care of sentient beings”
Lama Tönsang: In Tsurphu with the 16th Karmapa
Ani Mingyur: The nuns of Tsurphu
Dzigar Kongtrül Rinpoche: Upholder of the Lineage
Lama Tsültrim Namgyal: “My life with the 16th Karmapa”
Trinle Densapa: Karmapa in Sikkim
Laxmi Prova Kansakar: Karmapa in Nepal
Arnaud Desjardins: “The teaching was simply to see him”
Jetsünma Tenzin Palmo: “It was an incredible time”
Lama Ole Nydahl: “He was completely enlightened and incredibly powerful”
Lama Tsültrim Allione: “The devotion I felt for him I never felt for anyone else”
Matthieu Ricard: Embodiment of Compassion
William Stucky: Karmapa’s Meeting with Swami Muktananda
Achi Tsepal: Karmapa in Bhutan and the United States
Kevin Lyons: Knower of the Three Times**
John Seonaidh Perks ‘They just spontaneously began to glow’
Joseph Duane: Even today I can immediately connect to the situation
Sharon Salzberg: “A Tremendous Period of Discovery"
Lama Shenphen Hookham: "Karmapa was playing with everything  and he enjoyed"
Lama Jampa Thaye: “The definitive proof what the Dharma life brings about”
Mary Finnigan: Karmapa transforms a London squat
Karma Palden Thargye: Karmapa’s first visit to Scandinavia
Naomi Schmidt: He really enjoyed the spontaneity
Georgina and Etienne de Swarte: “What do we risk with the Karmapa?”



Table of Contents
Radiant Compassion
Volume Two
(Publication in December 2020)
 
Part 1: Stories from the Life of the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa
Chapter 1: The Years 1975-77


Chapter 1: The Years 1975-77    11
In India and Nepal        11
Around the World Aa Second Time        22
Visit to the US   22
Visit to the East Coast   27
Karmapa in California    42
Returning to the East Coast       60
Second Visit To Europe 64
Karmapa Visits His European Seat         66
Germany – The Sleeping Spiritual Giant  72
New Centers In Scandinavia       76
Further Journey Through Europe           80
In Austria and Switzerland          86
Onward journey to Belgium       101
The Dharma King in the United Kingdom         102
Chapter 2: The Years 1977-1980
Founding and Renovation of Centers in India     127
Life in the Rumtek Monastery    135
Encounters in Rumtek, Delhi, and Calcutta          148
The Third Trip around the World
Unusual Encounter in California 158
In North-East US and Canada   171
Visits to Southeast Asia 175
The Last Year in Rumtek           180
Chapter 3: Taking leave of Karmapa
Karmapa’s Farewell        182
The Last Great Teaching            182
Farewell from Rumtek    187
“Your Holiness, you are dying.”
Return of the Kudung
Cremation Day
Part 2: The 16th Gyalwa Karmapa's Buddha Activity
The Knower of the Three Times
How Karmapa Recognized Tulkus
How Karmapa Helped after Death
Karmapa and Animals
The Parents of Karmapa’s Disciples
Karmapa Loved Children
Miracles Everywhere
“No Politics, Dirty Business”
Karmapa’s Opinion of Women
Moments Which Changed Entire Lives
The Black Crown of the Karmapas
The Black Pills of the Karmapas
Karmapa’s Ideas for the West
Karmapa and the Vinaya
Did Karmapa Speak Foreign Languages?
The Mantra “Karmapa Khyenno”

 
Part 3: Encounters with the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa
Lama Gendün Rinpoche            : “You must go soon, because the time is ripe”**
Nedo Kuchung Rinpoche: “His Holiness Karmapa is always with us”      
Zurmang Gharwang Rinpoche: “Like boiling water melting ice”  
Bardor Tulku Rinpoche: “His Holiness was my teacher and like a father to me”    
Karma Trinlay Rinpoche: “All we know in the West about the Dharma, we basically owe to the 16th Karmapa”      
Traleg Khandro: Traleg Rinpoche’s experiences with the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa    
Hannah Nydahl: “His way of teaching us was very skillful”**       
Lama Ole Nydahl: Transcending borders           
David Nichtern: Tendrel Universe         
Phil Budin: “He was living the teachings”           
Tara Diane Budin: “Karmapa will always be present in me”         
Dale Brozosky: “Join the tour!” 
Christian Bruyat: The Sun of Dharma    
Jean-Louis Massoubre: “Don’t be sad, in not even two years we’ll meet again”     
Franz Ritter: The Great Man with the Black Crown and the Small Black Cat         
Hans-Harald Niemeyer: Woodstock on your doorstep    
Friedel Kremer: “It furthers one to see the great man”    
Achi Tsepal: Keepers of the Buddha’s Teaching 
Larry & Girija Brilliant: Sub Ek! All is one!          
Erik Pema Kunsang: He was Mahāmudrā!            **
Lama Yorgos Theofanus (Zopa Gyamtso): With Karmapa in the Pure Realms     
Robert Sachs: “Many things constantly happened on various levels”        
Bart Mendel: Ordinary Magic***
Steve Roth: Suppreme Lord of Compassion***  
Dr. Andrea Loseries-Leick: My Guru Karmapa  
Erik Weiss: “We’ll just go home and get on with it!”       
Dr. Raj Kotwal: “The chance of my life”
Dr. Dwight McKee: “Dying was not a big deal to him”  
Eleanor Mannikka: The Cremation of the 16th Karmapa 
** Texts from other publications
*** Texts written by their authors for this publication

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  • Welcome
  • Short Biography of HH the 16th Karmapa
  • Words of His Holiness
    • Prophecies >
      • Prophecy 1944
    • Vajrasongs >
      • Spontaneous Vajrasong at the Ground Breaking Ceremony of the Shri Nalanda Shedra in Rumtek
      • Words of Advice >
        • Short Wisdom Quotes
    • Interview 1980
    • Long-life prayers by HH the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa
    • Western Visitor's Interview
    • Letter to European Disciples 1978
    • Words of His Holiness the 16th Karmapa: From Social Media, Part One
  • A book about HH the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa
    • Presentation of the book about HH the 16th Karmapa >
      • Interviews
      • background informations
  • Extracts from Radiant Compassion
    • Table of Contents
    • prefaces and introduction
    • From Volume One, Chapter One >
      • Enthronement in Tsurphu
      • Lama Tönsang about Tsurphu
      • Tireless Dharma activity despite escalating violence
      • Garchen
    • From Volume One, Chaper Two: Travel to Nepal, Bhutan and India >
      • Birth of a Buddha
      • Construction of the Rumtek Monastery
      • travels
      • Minor Obstacles Abroad
      • The First Western Students
      • The 16th Karmapa in the USA 1974
      • Visit to the Hopi Nation
      • extracts of volume two >
        • Vienna 1977
        • Laying of the Foundation Stone of the KIBI
        • HH the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa's Parinirvana
        • Birdstories
        • Steve Roth Supreme Lord of Compassion
        • The Black Crown of the Karmapas
        • Moments that Changed Entire Lives
        • Bardor Rinpoche
        • Peace!
  • Who's the Karmapa?
  • Texts about HH the 16th Karmapa
    • Sickness and Parirvana
    • Visit in Rumtek 1965
  • Videos
  • background
    • rumtek shedra >
      • additional information >
        • dates
        • risks
  • bibliography
  • mistakes and modifications
  • links
  • about the author
  • contact, disclaimer, copyright
  • Dana - Donations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Feedback and Reviews
  • Disclaimer
  • sitemap
    • original documents >
      • ranking
      • Letter to Practitiones in Scandinavia
  • Contact
  • additional interviews and accounts
  • Bookorders Volume One and Two
    • Prices
    • Volume Two
  • the latest posts