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Kunu Lama: Knowledge in the palm of the Hand
Kunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen was an accomplished master., who came originally from the Himalayan region of the northern India. When he was young he met a Lama in Sikkim, whoadvised him to go to Tibet to pursue his studies in Buddhism. so he went to Kham in eastern Tibet, where he received teachings from some of the great Lamas. His knowledge of Sanskrit earned him respect and opened many doors fo him. During his time in Tibet Kunu lama became exceptionally learned and realized.
Eventually he did return to India, where he lived as a true ascetic. When my master and I came to India on pilgrimage after leaving Tibet, we searched for him everywhere in Benares. Finally we found him staying in a Hindu temple. No one knew who he was, or even that he was a Buddhist, let alone that he was a master. They knew him as a gentle, saintly yogin, and they offered him food.
When the Tibetan monks and Lamas came into exile, Kunu Lama was chosen to teach them grammar and Sanskrit at a school founded by the dalai lama. He was considered an excellent language teacher. But one day someone asked him a question on the teaching of Buddha. The answer he gave was extremely profound. So they went on asking him questions, and they found that whatever they asked, he knew the answer. He could in fact give any teaching that he was asked for. His reputation grew and His Holiness the Dalai Lama took him as his spiritual guide.One day a master went to him to ask about bardos. As Kunu Lama described the bardos it was so vivid and precise that it was as if he was giving directions to go to Kensington High Street, or Central Park. He was pointing out the bardos directly from his own experience. A practitioner of his caliber has journeyed there through all the different dimensions of reality.
These teachings come from the wisdom mind of the Buddhas, who can see life and death like looking in the palm of their hand.
Kunu Lama Tenzin Gyaltsen was an accomplished master., who came originally from the Himalayan region of the northern India. When he was young he met a Lama in Sikkim, whoadvised him to go to Tibet to pursue his studies in Buddhism. so he went to Kham in eastern Tibet, where he received teachings from some of the great Lamas. His knowledge of Sanskrit earned him respect and opened many doors fo him. During his time in Tibet Kunu lama became exceptionally learned and realized.
Eventually he did return to India, where he lived as a true ascetic. When my master and I came to India on pilgrimage after leaving Tibet, we searched for him everywhere in Benares. Finally we found him staying in a Hindu temple. No one knew who he was, or even that he was a Buddhist, let alone that he was a master. They knew him as a gentle, saintly yogin, and they offered him food.
When the Tibetan monks and Lamas came into exile, Kunu Lama was chosen to teach them grammar and Sanskrit at a school founded by the dalai lama. He was considered an excellent language teacher. But one day someone asked him a question on the teaching of Buddha. The answer he gave was extremely profound. So they went on asking him questions, and they found that whatever they asked, he knew the answer. He could in fact give any teaching that he was asked for. His reputation grew and His Holiness the Dalai Lama took him as his spiritual guide.One day a master went to him to ask about bardos. As Kunu Lama described the bardos it was so vivid and precise that it was as if he was giving directions to go to Kensington High Street, or Central Park. He was pointing out the bardos directly from his own experience. A practitioner of his caliber has journeyed there through all the different dimensions of reality.
These teachings come from the wisdom mind of the Buddhas, who can see life and death like looking in the palm of their hand.
Suma Ro
5:15 PM
+Sushama Karnik How about this one?
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