Goodbye Forever - Volume Two

by Ngakpa Chögyam

The incognito incarnation of gTértön Aro Yeshé returns to Nepal having tried to fulfill the predictions of Kyabjé Düd’jom 3 years in the 1970s’ Art School scene attempting to live as a ngakpa. He has mixed success. He visits Samye Ling in Scotland and spends intimate time with the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa - but also navigates strange encounters. He presents these errant events to Düd’jom and is surpised to learn that he has acquitted himself without blame. He receives Dzogchen transmssions - some of which are recounted here in detail. He is surprisingly advised never to abandon Blues, or divide Vajrayana from the Western Arts - as he works to establish the ngak’phang tradition in the West and, somehow, find a sangyum - an ideal marital partner and practice consort. Foreword by His Eminence Trülku Ogyen Drö’drül Thrin-lé Kunkyab Rinpoche - gTértön Drukdra and Khar-trül Wangchuk Rig’dzin Rinpoche.

722 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 24, 2021

Reviews

[Joe Larabell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This whole series (three volumes so far... more to come) follows the author's initial encounter with Tibetan Lamas and other practitioners in India and Nepal. Besides being an interesting story told in the author's usual wry humor, the narrative is also riddled with valuable teachings he received from Dudjom Rinpoche (as of Volume 3, he hadn't yet met Kunzang Dorje Rinpoche but that story can be found in Wisdom Eccentrics). Once I started the series, I couldn't stop until I hit the point where I had no choice but to wait for the next volume (which I intend to read as soon as it's out). Very enjoyable and easy reading.