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@@ -42104,4 +42104,47 @@ instantly restored him to wholeness.  After bathing and meditating at the
 river, Gautama proceeds to the tree of enlightenment.  All these events have
 taken place within the span of one day.
   -- Wendy Garling, in "Stars at Dawn", published by Shambhala Publications
+~
+True compassion is spacious and wise as well as resourceful.  This type of
+compassion could be called intelligent love or intelligent affection.  We know
+how to express our affection so that it does not destroy a person but instead
+helps him or her to develop.  It is more like a dance than a hug.  And the
+music behind it is that of intellect.
+  -- " 'Intellect and Intuition,' in The Heart of the Buddha: Entering the
+     Tibetan Buddhist Path", by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, published by
+     Shambhala Publications
+~
+    Gampopa recognized in Dusum Khyenpa an exceptional being and declared that
+he would amply spread Buddhism throughout Tibet.  He added that he would be
+liberated in this life from samsara, cyclic existence.  Over many years the
+Karmapa received from this great bodhisattva the teachings that Gampopa
+himself had been given by his masters.  First, Gampopa transmitted to him the
+teachings of the Kadampa tradition, including the classical scholastic studies
+known as the “gradual path,” which emphasize the development of
+renunciation and altruism.  They henceforth became an educational constant for
+the Kagyu lineage and the basis of the study of the Vajrayana.  Dusum Khyenpa
+then received from his master the teachings and transmissions related to the
+tantras.  One day, when Gampopa bestowed upon his disciple the Hevajra
+initiation, the Karmapa perceived his master in the form of the deity himself.
+    Gampopa then urged Dusum Khyenpa to go on retreat into the neighboring
+caves in order to actualize what had been transmitted.  After only nine days
+of meditation, he spontaneously experienced a strong feeling of warmth and
+bliss.  He removed his monk robes and dressed himself in the simple attire of
+white cotton—repa—worn by yogis.  He meditated for nine months,
+concentrating in particular on the practice of calm abiding (samatha), which
+allows practitioners to pacify and stabilize their mind.  Having excelled in
+this, he continued his retreat for three more years, perfecting his meditative
+capacities on the understanding of the nature of mind through penetrating
+vision (vipashyana) practice.  Finally Gampopa conferred upon him the ultimate
+instructions of the Kagyu lineage.  He then considered that the realization of
+his disciple was henceforth stable.
+    From then on the life of Dusum Khyenpa was divided between retreat and
+travel.  He traveled throughout central Tibet, receiving instructions from
+other teachers or dispensing his own teachings.  Nonetheless, until his master
+passed away, he often returned to Gampopa to receive other transmissions.
+Gampopa encouraged the Karmapa to go on retreat in the near future at Kampo
+Gangra in eastern Tibet, prophesying that it would be in this location that
+Dusum Khyenpa would attain complete enlightenment.
+  --  from "History of the Karmapas", by Lama Kunsang, Lama Pemo, and Marie
+      Aubèle, published by Shambhala Publications