Table of Contents
Foreword Lama Zopa Rinpoché vii
Translator's Preface xiii
Introduction 1
Homage and Commitment to Compose 11
Part 1 Seventeenth Century: Drakpa Gyaltsen and the Fifth Dalai Lama
1 The Rise of Tulku Drakpa Gyaltsen 15
2 Two Works by Drakpa Gyaltsen 33
3 The Great Fifth and Drakpa Gyaltsen 43
4 The Death of Drakpa Gyaltsen 47
5 Cremation and Other Postmortem Matters 61
6 Rituals against Dölgyal 69
Part 2 Eighteenth Century: The Sakya Tradition
7 Dölgyal in the Sakya Tradition 79
8 Sakya Masters Who Relied on Dölgyal 91
9 Origin of the Names of Dölgyal 99
10 How the First Sakya Practitioners Praised Dölgyal 103
11 Sakya Scholars Who Have Restricted Dölgyal 111
Part 3 Twentieth Century: Phabongkha Rinpoché
12 Restrictions on the Practice of Dölgyal from All Four Traditions 119
13 The Early Life of Kyabjé Phabongkha 127
14 The Thirteenth Dalai Lama's Regard for Venerable Phabongkha 133
15 Kyabjé Phabongkha's Connection with Dölgyal 139
16 Venerable Phabongkha's Pledge and Remorse 147
17 The Passing of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama 151
18 The Meeting between the Ninth Panchen Lama and Phabongkha 155
19 Kyabjé Phabongkha's Visits to Tsang 165
20 Takphu Vajradhara and the Life-Entrustment Practice 173
21 Unfortunate Events Connected with Dölgyal 189
Part 4 Today: Dölgyal in Exile
22 An Invocation of Dölgyal Ascribed to the Fourteenth Dalai Lama 199
23 Dölgyal and the Tenth Panchen Lama 203
24 Advice from His Holiness the Dalai Lama 1978-98 209
25 Advice from His Holiness the Dalai Lama 2000-2010 233
26 Support Given by Kyabjé Trijang Rinpoché and Kyabjé Ling Rinpoché 261
27 The Incarnation of Trijang Rinpoché 273
28 The Criminal Acts of the Shukden Society 279
29 A Discourse on Dölgyal by the Hundredth Ganden Throneholder 285
30 Resolutions and a Referendum 291
31 The Final Position of the Eight Geluk Monasteries 297
32 Dedication and Colophon 303
Notes 305
Glossary 319
Bibliography 323
Index 331