Foreword to the 1995 Edition 5
Foreword to the 1977 Edition 7
Acknowledgements 15
How to Pronounce Tibetan Names and Words 21

1. Found and Enthroned 23
2. The Founding of Surmang 31
3. Düdtsi-til and Namgyal-tse 36
4. My Childhood at Düdtsi-til 42
5. In the Steps of the Tenth Trungpa 59
6. I Go to My Guru 69
7. Death, Duties and a Vision 78
8. A Many-sided Training 91
9. The Dalai Lama's Visit 100
10. Khampas in Revolt 113
11. Lonely Vocation 123
12. Into Hiding 143
13. Must We Escape? 166
14. It Must Be India 174
15. Refugees on the Move 185
16. Travelling the Hard Way 196
17. Days of Crisis 208
18. Touch and Go! 219
19. Across the Himalaya 230
Song of the Wanderer in Powo Valley 250
Epilogue 251

Appendix I: The Administration of the Ka-Gyü Monasteries of East Tibet 267
Appendix II 270
Glossary 272
Index 279