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THE CENTRALITY OF THE PRACTICE IN THE GELUK DURING THE 20TH CENTURY

Particularly in the early days of exile a number of claims were made about the centrality of the practice of Dorje Shugden in Geluk practice: In particular, that the deity was the main protector of the Geluk. This claim seems to be strongly linked to a doctrine connected with the 19th and 20th century charismatic Geluk teacher Phabongkha Rinpoche Dechen Nyingpo, and quite possibly his main teacher Tagphu Dorje Chang who emphasised...

FAVORABLE CONDITIONS

We learn – for example, at this year’s US Festival, where Gen-la Dekyong granted the empowerment of our Wisdom Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugden – that the function of our Dharma Protector is to dispel obstacles and provide favorable conditions for our spiritual practice. The last phrase is important, because the conditions may not at first appear favorable. As Gen-la said, our idea of favorable conditions is that everything goes...

ZEMEY RINPOCHE'S INCARNATION RECEIVES DS INITIATION

Lama Jampa Ngodrup confers initiation of Shugden onto Zemey Rinpoche. Kyabje Zemey Choktrul Rinpoche receives Dorje Shugden initiation (sogtae) with two other young Tulkus from Lama Jampa Ngodrup at Yangding (Shugden) Monastery in Daocheng County, Sichuan, China. Thousands that day received Dorje Shugden’s sacred initiation also after four days of sacred Lam Rim teachings by Lama Jampa Ngodrup. You can see the large crowds that...

VEN. GESHE TENZIN DORJE

Versatile Ven Geshe Tenzin Dorje of Shar Gaden Monastery is the current school principal, the library director and now the preceptor. He has unparalleled skills in numerous fields yet it is his humility and desire to keep a low profile that makes him respected and well-loved by many. May he continue his dharma activities and lead us from the front as he usually does. Source :...

GREAT PRAYER FESTIVAL AT SHAR GADEN

. Many participants, who were endowed with good karma, were fortunate enough to receive wisdom from Rinpoche. Source : Shar Gaden...

DORJE SHUGDEN AT THE MOTHER MONASTERY OF KYABJE ZONG RINPOCHE

Longrong Monastery in China Sichuan Province, Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Derong County is the largest monastery in Derong County, one of the 13 major monasteries of the Yellow Sect of Tibetan Buddhism in the Kham Area. It is also the mother monastery of Kyabje Zong Rinpoche. It occupies about 10 hectares of land and houses 500 monks and 10,000 volumes of Buddhist scriptures. Its followers can be found in all the 12...

MIRACLES AROUND DOMO GESHE RINPOCHE

Dungkar Monstery (in Tibetan means white conch-shell monastery) is Domo Geshe Rinpoche’s monastery, it was destroyed but was rebuilt again last year by the local people. When the construction plan was going on, suddenly a swarm of bees appeared on the site. The people found it annoying and planned of get rid of the beehive on the day of reconstruction itself, or else the work could not begin. However, on the day of reconstruction...

TEST OF FAITH

by Paul Mooney in Amarbayasgalant Its glory long-since faded, the Amarbayasgalant Monastery nonetheless stands out on the almost deserted Mongolian steppes, its chipped red and gold paint contrasting against a green backdrop of mountains. The dilapidated monastery, which dates back to the 1700s, in many ways serves as a metaphor for Buddhism in this country. Twenty years after the fall of communism, which saw brutal purges that...

THE SUMMER RETREAT 2011

The engagement of twice-monthly confessions, the rains retreat (summer retreat, Tib. yarne) and the closing of the rains retreat by a monastic community is a glimpse of the Buddhadharma existing in its pure form. Basically, the continuation of pure Buddhadharma solely depends on the monks’ communities which engage in the aforesaid retreats. Nowadays people have their own definition of the pure dharma according to their own...

INTERVIEW WITH HH THE 101ST GADEN TRIPA LUNGRIK NAMGYAL

Supreme Head of the Gelugpa Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism The following is an interview with His Holiness the 101th Ganden Tripa – Supreme Head of the Gelug Tradition. The interview is conducted on the occasion of His Holiness the 101th Ganden Tripa’s first official visit to Singapore. The interview is conducted by Kunga Nyima and is translated by Associate Professor Huang Yi Yan of Taiwan. It is conducted on 18 June 2003 at ...