An incredible messenger delivers Inside Information!!

Our last post ended: 


By the time the Tibetan exiles arrived, the 1960s had dawned. Hippies and seekers were on the trail: wide-eyed, curious, and more than ready for what the lamas brought with them.
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One of the handful to escape, at age 41, was a lama by name of Tulku Urgyen. He came from a family of acclaimed meditation masters, stretching back centuries.


Lucky to get away.
But it wasn't just luck. He had inside info.
What? From whom?

Fast forward: western students of Tulku Urgyen later compiled his life story from hours of teachings and anecdotes recorded on cassette tape.


The biography, Blazing Splendour, is a gobsmacking read.


It records how the 'inside info' was delivered in a vision by a dakini, described as fierce yet luminous, with a commanding presence.


(Bear with me. A dakini is a wisdom figure of light who delivers visions arising in heightened mind states, that feel intensely real. The sort of thing Alexandra David-Neel was deeply curious about.)


From the biography: 


One night Tulku Urgyen dreamt he'd awoken in a cave and nearby stood a dakini of incredible beauty, captivating to behold and wearing exquisite jewellery. He asked what would happen to Tibet. “Thirty-six months from now”, she said, “the Buddha’s teachings in Tibet will be stamped to the ground and the land left in darkness.” 

Tulku Urgyen cross-examined her about certain factual events, to test her accuracy (she was spot-on).
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When he woke from the 'dream' he was surprised to see the dakini still visible at a slight distance. But as he gazed at her, she slowly disappeared. (Blazing Splendour, chapter 32)

Strange stuff, hey?
But why even tell you this?


Find out in the next post!.