User talk:Sébastien

Dear Sebastien, Thank you for your help on Lama Gonpo Tseten's entry. It has, I've been told, helped some of his former students bring their their guru into their mind, and in a way, connect with him. That was part of my intention in creating the page. Again, thank you. 11 December 09

Dear Sebastien, I've added three more pictures to the collection on Lama Gonpo Tseten. Each one is titled beginning Gonpo_Tseten_Rinpoche. One is to replace the blurry photo of the Guru Rinpoche thangka with a clear one. Another is of his residence at his monastery in Amdo, the tird photo is a scan of the cover of the English Translation of the 1st Mipham Rinpoche's text White Lotus, which is a painting by Lama Gonpo which he gave to Thinley Norbu Rinpoche when he returned to Tibet (due credit is not given to the painter on the book jacket). I only have one more "formal" photographic portrait of Lama Gonpo still to scan. Thanks for all your help! 15 May 2009 Phurba Trinley

Dear Sebastien, I hope your time away was fruitful. I had Lama Kunga Thartse Rinpoche, Thartse Khen R's brother, check the bio of Khen R and he approved the text in its entirety. I also uploaded a few more pictures of Lama Gonpo Tseten and some of his paintings.

Dear Sebastien, thank you for all your help! I'll upload a series of photos of Lama Gonpo, including one taken in Amdo with some of his reconstituted community of monks and nuns shortly before he changed realms (circa 1990), as well as a formal photo of him (1980), and the one I mentioned before of his hand holding the Nyamchak Ter Phurba. All of them will start with the title Lama_Gonpo_Tseten so you'll be able to find them when you return. Lama Gonpo was and is the great inspiration of my life. Tashi Deleg! 10 January 2009

3 January 2009 20.49 Dear Sebastien, thanks for making such a good article out of what I put on for Khen Rinpoche, as well as Loter Wangpo and also the Compendium of Tantras article. Also, adding my old friend Moke Mokotoff's selection of photos by Khen Rinpoche was really a great idea. You and Adam are such wonderful elements of Rigpa Wiki!I have tons of content, but little skill at editing. I have a beautiful photo of Lama Gonpo's hand holding the famous Nyamchak Ter Phurba (itself a beautiful object) which I thought might be a good addition to his article. I am wondering if I should upload it or not for future use. Please advise me on this. Again, thank you for your help.

Dear Sebastien, I added to Lama Gonpo's article a reference to him having been requested to come to the USA and teach by Gyatrul Rinpoche from an interview given by Sangye Khandro http://www.lotsawaschool.org/sangye_khandro.html but don't know how to reference it, if such a reference would be needed anyway. BTW... Gyatrul Rinpoche, who has been a major force in Buddhism in the USA for so long, since 1972, doesn't have a bio in the Rigpawiki, which probably should be remedied. Not having ever received teachings from him I don't feel qualified to do it, however.

Thanks for your help. Though having received and practiced tsa-lung myself I found the Tsa entry in the wiki a bit confusing and presumed it would be expanded, but pointed the similarly named entry in Lama Gonpo's bio to it. Like almost everything in Tibetan Buddhism there's so many differences in translation and English rendering of Tibetan words that it can be confusing. There ought to be a grand coundil of the great translators (among whom would be Richard Barron, John Reynolds, Erik Pema Kunsang, etc) and have them all decide to use a common set of terms for certain Tibetan words used in Dzogchen teachings. Again, THANK YOU for your invaluable help! - Phurba Trinley 08:36 20 DEC 08

Dear Sebastien: thank you for your help in making Lama Gonpo's article so well put together. Upon reviewing the material I have at hand I made a couple of corrections to my earlier contribution, and added a couple of detail's that I'd left out, like his marriages and son. Again, thank you very much! Tashi Deleg! -Phurba Trinley 12:28, 19 DEC 08

Hello, Sebastien. Thank you very much for your expert help in putting the article in good shape. Nyoshul Khen's book, like Dilgo Khyentse's, refer to Patrul Rinpoche of Tso (the page number in DK'd book is 135). Alas, all the rest of the material is not commonly available. In those days things were photocopied and passed out by the Lama's translator, thought the Dorje Phurba booklet was professionally printed. If it would help I can get it scanned by a friend and then send the various items to you via email for Rigpa's archives. I also have more photograph's of Lama Gonpo who, as you may imagine, was my root guru.

Great job on the Khyentse incarnation line! Keep it up. --adam 20:25, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Hi Seb, To get a nice simple URL from TBRC just click on "Share" which is at the bottom of the box on the right of any TBRC profile page. That will instantly convert the URL, then you can copy and paste. Since I discovered this, I am trying to add TBRC profiles to all relevant pages, as I think you noticed. Thanks. --adam 10:49, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi Sebastien- thank you very much for your help on Lama Gonpo's article. Now that it's been up for a while I'm noticing other of his students' recollections. I'm hoping to add a few words from John Myrdhin Reynolds and Anne Klein in the future. Because Lama Gonpo had no interest in starting organizations or founding centers he sort of disappeared off the Tibetan Buddhist map after he went back to Tibet. I'm glad to see he is being remembered now.

8 October 2009 - Hi, Sebastien- I added, rearranged, and polished a couple of sections of Lama Gonpo's bio to make it more readable and linear in its 'plot line'. It's delightful to see that it's closing in on 2000 views, which means that people are reading it and appreciating that great man. I hope they are receiving inspiration and blessings from it (and looking at his picture). I remember you wanting a bio of Lama Kunga, Thartse Rinpoche, which I'll work on soonish (by interviewing the subject of the article).

Once again, Sebastien, thank you for your kindness in cleaning up what I wrote and putting it in the appropriate format, with umlauts, accent egus, etc. There is a rather nice formal portrait photo of Lama Gonpo in the Rigpawiki image files, as well as an image of his rather artistic signature. - Phurba Trinley