The Collected Works Of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume One - Plot & Excerpts
PHOTO: PAUL POPPER, LTD. It was now necessary for us to regain the high road, as there was no other pass across the mountains, and we arrived at a place called Ugyen Tamda. There was a small temple in this village which was famous because it held an image of Ugyen Rinpoche otherwise known as Guru Padmasambhava, the apostle of Tibet; we held a special service there as it was the tenth day of the month according to the Tibetan calendar, which is the particular day for these devotions. We were also shown Tsongpön Norbu Sangpo’s saddle and a Tibetan version of the Chinese Book of Changes (I Ching) which had belonged to him. He was a merchant who lived in the seventh century and his name was still honored, for he was a very spiritual man, besides having compiled the first written record of Tibet’s trade with other countries. Ahead of us lay the very high pass of Sharkong La; it was extremely steep and the weather was very stormy, so when we had got about halfway up we camped for the night.
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