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LAMA THUBTEN PHURPU SHARES DHARMA IN THE WEST

Lama Thubten Phurpu DorjeShugden.net has received very good news that Lama Thubten Phurpu has recently been on a teaching tour to Italy, Switzerland and Nepal. A prominent Gelugpa lama from Yulshu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Lama Thubten Phurpu was invited to the West to give teachings and Dharma discourses, just like how Lama Jampa Ngodrup visited Switzerland last year for the same purpose. China has been...

DOMO GESHE CHOCKTRUL RINPOCHE'S 11TH BIRTHDAY

A picture of H.E. Domo Geshe Rinpoche during his enthronement ceremony in 2009 Eleven years ago on the 2nd of June 2003, a special boy was born to Karma and Hishey Dorji of Sikkim. In the early spring of 2008, this special boy, who was given the name Losang Jigme Nyak-gi Wangchuk by Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche, was enthroned as the 3rd incarnation of Domo Geshe Rinpoche at Samten Choling Monastery in Ghoom,...

SERPOM MONASTERY'S NEW SCHOOL

Serpom Monastery’s new school building Serpom Monastery was established in year 2008 in the Bylakuppe Tibetan Settlement, Mysore district, India, as a monastic university for advanced Buddhist education. Serpom Monastery is a reflection of the commitment of Buddhist practitioners to uphold the pure doctrine of Lama Tsongkapa and Dorje Shugden, as it was established to protect monks who suffered from discrimination and were cast...

H.H. ZONG RINPOCHE IN SINGAPORE

By Gereon Willamar In 2013, the current incarnation of H.H. Zong Rinpoche visited in Singapore, to give Dharma teachings and bestow initiations. He was meticulous and punctual, arriving at the venue early and personally checking everything was in order. This was similar to what his previous incarnation, Kyabje Zong Rinpoche Jetsun Losang Tsondru Thubten Gyaltsen did. The previous Kyabje Zong Rinpoche was also well...

NEW ABBOT OF SHAR GANDEN ENTHRONED

The Venerable Abbot of Shar Gaden Monastery, Geshe Lobsang Jinpa The Venerable Abbot of Shar Gaden Monastery, Geshe Lobsang Jinpa, was born in 1940 in a village named Medhu Kunga, near Lhasa, in Tibet. His father’s name is Sonam Bhakdo and his mother is Yeshe Kyemo. At the age of 9, he fulfilled his wish to ordain as a monk and was admitted to Gaden Shartse Monastery, later receiving the fully fledged novice vows from Kyabje...

TRISUR RINPOCHE IN SHAR GADEN MONASTERY, INDIA

His Holiness Gaden Trisur Lungrik Namgyal Rinpoche, the 101st Ganden Tripa, was born in 1927 in the Dawa region of Eastern Tibet. At the age of 8 years old, His Holiness joined the local monastery in Yangding and was consequentialy ordained as a monk. Later His Holiness entered Gaden Shartse Norling College. While a student there Rinpoche studied Pramana Vidya (Logic), Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom), Madhyamika (Middle Way...

NEW GESHES AT SHAR GANDEN MONASTERY

The above picture was posted on Shar Ganden’s Facebook page and reveals the successful candidates who have been awarded the prestigious Geshe degree this year. The Geshe degree is a culmination of years of study according to the excellent Gelug educational system and lineage, and is one of the highest accolades in the Tibetan tradition of Buddhist studies, particularly the Geshe Lharampa degree (the equivalent of a doctoral...

DORJE SHUGDEN MONKS OFFER FELICITATIONS TO THE NEW ABBOT OF SHAR GANDEN

Shar Ganden Khen Rinpoche receiving offerings from a long line of devotees during the puja The first historical abbot of Shar Ganden Monastery has served the monastery’s learning of sutra and tantra curriculum well. His Eminence Jetsun Losang Pende is now retiring as the abbot. He will continue to teach his hundreds of students and remain in deeper spiritual meditational retreats within the Monastery and also travel from time to...

CELEBRATING H.H. TRIJANG CHOCKTRUL RINPOCHE'S 31ST BIRTHDAY

On October 12th, 2013 Trijang Buddhist Institute in Northfield, Vermont, USA celebrated the birthday of one of the world’s most erudite masters of our time and lineage. Many guests came from all around the world to celebrate the very auspicious occasion of His Holiness Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche’s 31st birthday, with a program that included the offering of a long life puja to His Holiness. This was followed by a...

FAREWELL TO THE GREAT MASTER: H.E. KHEJOK RINPOCHE

Dorjeshugden.net has received news that the Venerable Abbot of Dhe-Tsang Monastery, H.E. Khejok Rinpoche, entered clear light at Dhe-Tsang Monastery on the 16th of October 2013. Dhe-Tsang Monastery is located at the Abba Tibetan Autonomous County in the Sichuan Province of China. Khejok Rinpoche went into clear light meditation at approximately 8.30am in the morning of October 16th and for the many hours that ensued, Rinpoche’s...