Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche was among Tibetan Buddhism’s greatest masters of the twentieth century, and pivotal in bringing the highest Buddhist teachings to the West. His memoirs offer an intimate glimpse into the extraordinary reality of Tibetan Buddhism, as well as an in-depth portrait of the lost culture of old Tibet.

In Blazing Splendor you will find stories about the fifteenth and sixteenth Karmapa, about Khyentse, Kongtrul, Chokgyur Lingpa and their incarnations, the great yogis Shakya Shri, Dzongsar Khyentse, Shechen Kongtrul and Dudjom Rinpoches, as well as anecdotes of the former lives of Dzigar Kongtrul, Chökyi Nyima, Tsoknyi, Mingyur and Khandro Rinpoches, and many, many others. Includes 108 photos.