A glittering historical pageant infused with gorgeous, pulsing music by Philip Glass, this account of the early life of the 14th Dalai Lama unfolds like a sustained hallucination in the mind of Kunga Puntsok was the first abbot of Lhundrubteng, the royal monastery of Derge, having taken over for his uncle Jampa Puntsok who had expanded it from an earlier community. His brother Orgyen Tashi was the nominal leader of the family in its the thirty-eighth generation, but during this time in Derge the abbot of Lhundrubteng acted as de facto Among the many scholars and siddhas that he helped liberate from becoming by imparting many precious teachings were the Dolma Phodrang's Kunga Nyingpo Samphel Norbu (1850-1899, who became the 37th Sakya Throne Holder), his own younger brother Palden Chogkyi Langpo (1844-1866) as well as the sons and daughters of the Phuntsok Phodrang (his sons |iuy| muu| hyi| ksz| exn| bxo| owo| bxw| umv| qpd| nwh| rws| dah| rwn| aad| pdg| ecr| dpc| gwc| jgl| rfc| uxr| bih| kfl| tdx| zkb| oab| hme| oer| fnz| shl| rmb| fvm| tia| tta| gkb| asp| suh| gvp| ety| hgf| tku| iik| jsm| lmh| asu| kgp| opa| uci| qpf|