A Play of Magical IllusionThe Definitve Life Account of Kyabje Trijang Dorjechang, Tutor to H.H. Dalai Lama

In any highly successful professional life, the point is reached as to whether or not to take it to the next level and become a world class achiever. It is here that the mentor comes in. The stakes are much higher when the individual is a Dalai Lama, the moment when his nation is facing imminent invasion, the perils largely ignored by the rest of the world, and his own life, formal education and training scarcely begun.
In this personal account Kyabje Trijang ­Rinpoche — the Younger Tutor of His ­Holiness the current Dalai Lama — tells the story of his life. It is an eventful and moving life from early on. The rigors of academia in a Tibetan monastic seat, a reincarnate master’s training, brutal challenges that few in his status encounter, and how he came through them all, becoming a rising spiritual master sought equally by commoners as well as the elite in Lhasa: Kyabje ­Rinpoche relates all of these, and much more, in sober detail. He then recounts how he was given responsibilities as the Junior Tutor to His Holiness. We become witness to an unusually close and enduring spiritual bond and deep mutual reverence and affection that develop between the individual and his second mentor.
Few would expect an account of this weight, magnitude, and sophistication from a Tibetan trained in pre-1959 Tibet written in mellifluous blend of prose and poetry, and in words that are light, measured, and at the level of everyday life.
The Supplement by Ven. Zemey ­Rinpoche, from the same original sources, continues the narrative from where the original account leaves off, and completes it with the same attention to detail.
With archival photos rarely found in other books, this is the definitive account of ­Kyabje Yongzin ­Trijang Rinpoche, one of the most influential Tibetans whose life continues to inspire Tibetans and non-Tibetans alike.