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008			121115s2006 maua b 000 0beng
010			_a2006013421
020			_a9781590305348
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050	0	0	_aBQ990.R867 _bM86 2006
082	0	0	_a92 TRU
100	1		_aMukpo, Diana J. _q(Diana Judith)
245	1	0	_aDragon thunder _b: my life with Chögyam Trungpa _c/ Diana J. Mukpo ; with Carolyn Rose Gimian.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aBoston _b: Shambhala _c, c2006.
300			_ax, 420 p. _b: ill. _c; 22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 417-420).
520			_aAt the age of sixteen, Diana Mukpo left school and broke with her upper-class English family to marry Chögyam Trungpa, a young Tibetan lama who would go on to become a major figure in the transmission of Buddhism to the West. In a memoir that is at turns magical, troubling, humorous, and totally out of the ordinary, Diana takes us into her intimate life with one of the most influential and dynamic Buddhist teachers of our time. Diana led an extraordinary and unusual life as the "first lady" of a burgeoning Buddhist community in the American 1970s and '80s. She gave birth to four sons, three of whom were recognized as reincarnations of high Tibetan lamas. It is not a simple matter to be a modern Western woman married to a Tibetan Buddhist master, let alone to a public figure who is sought out and adored by thousands of eager students. Surprising events and colorful people fill the narrative as Diana seeks to understand the dynamic, puzzling, and larger-than-life man she married--and to find a place for herself in his unusual world. Rich in ambiguity, Dragon Thunder is the story of an uncommon marriage and also a stirring evocation of the poignancy of life and of relationships--from a woman who has lived boldly and with originality.
600	1	0	_aTrungpa, Chogyam _d, 1939-1987
650		0	_aLamas _v--Biography
700	1		_aGimian, Carolyn Rose
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