Talk:Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche

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[edit] Substantial Update

I just added a lot to this article. This involved a lot of work over time. The official biography available online from some of Chagdud Tulkus web sites is written in a warm, flowery style, appropiate to Namtars -Tibetan Spritual Biographies. For Wikipedia I concentrated on translating all sources available to me, into a straight Western encyclopedia type article focusing on highlights of his career. I did use bits and pieces of facts from other descriptions of him, but everything has been substantially rewritten. It is not original research, but secondary or tertiary research. It can all be verified from his books, or articles written about him in other publications. The three block quotes all cite the sources.

His passing was his final teaching.Note I do not use the word miraculous, but quote what his son said about his passing. I will see if I can put the original Brazilian press release here. This practice has not happened much in the West, but note the article on Chokyi Lodro Rinpoche in which he also went out doing (t'hug dam). This is something Tibetan Lamas tend to do, so it is worthy of being reported about , whether one believes in its validity or not.Jlpinkme 9:54 PM 15 October 2006 UTC

[edit] "Miraculous" Death

While I personally do not doubt that His Eminence's death was indeed miraculous and that he was a highly realized being, such hagiographical usage is, I feel, not in line with a biographical encyclopedia article and I have therefore removed it. Zero sharp 20:31, 13 October 2006 (UTC)