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WRATHFUL DORJE SHUGDEN FIRE PUJA IN SHAR GADEN

These monks are doing Wrathful Dorje Shugden Fire Puja in Shar Gaden. This puja is very rare and is done once a year officially by Shar Gaden or as requested. It is done to achieve something that is riddled with obstacles and is very...

AT THE OPENING OF SERPOM MONASTERY

Shugden Strikes Back! There are some moments in history that the world looks back on with a sense of awe, and Serpom Monastery’s grand opening is set to become one of them. This auspicious occasion was more than any other monastery opening. It was an inspirational reminder that despite the dark and difficult times for Shugden practitioners, there are still people with deep faith who will follow in Duldzin Drakpa Gyeltsen’s...

GRAND OPENING OF SERPOM MONASTERY, 18 DECEMBER 2011

December 18th, 2011 was a historical day as it was the long awaited, much anticipated official opening of Serpom Monastery. Serpom is located in South India, a five-hour pleasant drive from Bangalore. Built by the kind donations of sponsors and devotees, it has taken a few years to construct and now houses over 800 monks. Sera Mey Monastery has many *Khamtsens of which one is Pomra Khamtsen which was the largest in Sera Mey...

THE GELUK EXAM - 2011

The Gelug Exam is widely known as the final stage of Buddhist studies within the monastic community especially in terms of Sutra studies. A monk must pass his monastery’s local exam where one must participate in all the related subjects like the Vinaya class (either 1st year or 2nd year) in order to be a fully eligible for the Gelug Exam. In Tibet, this particular exam tradition was unknown to the general populace. Instead,...

KYABJE ZONG RINPOCHE PERFORMING FIRE PUJA

Kyabje Zong Dorje Chang performs a fire puja in front of the Ganden Shartse old assembly hall. Geshe Tendar Rinpoche is also in this picture. Tendar Rinpoche was widely known for having transcendental wisdom in Tantric fields and had conferred the Dorje Shugden Life entrustment many times at various places. At the moment his reincarnation is studying in Shar Gaden. Source: Click here to read Biography of Kyabjye Zong Rinpoche:...

H.H. GADEN TRISUR & YONGYAL RINPOCHE VISITING IN CHENGDU, CHINA

Geshe Wangchuk and HH the 101st Gaden Trisur Lungrik Namgyal Rinpoche Recently many high lamas of the Dorje Shugden lineage gathered at Chengdu, Sichuan, China. They are the 101st Gaden Trisur Lungrik Namgyal Rinpoche, the abbot of Serpom Monastery Yongyal Rinpoche, the young and current incarnation of Zemey Rinpoche, Geshe Wangchuk who has been diligently giving Dorje Shugden initiation in Kham Tibet, and a few others. Zemey...

CINCINATTI ORACLE APPEARS IN INDIA

Kuten Lama inaugurates Shar Gaden Kuten Lama, head of a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Cincinnati and a highly respected oracle in the Tibetan Buddhist Gelugpa lineage has recently helped to inaugurate the beautiful new Shar Gaden Monastery in South India. Shar Gaden was established by devotees of Dorje Shugden, who wished to build their own institution to preserve and spread the practices and teachings which they have been...

INAUGURATION OF JANGCHUP LAMRIM TEMPLE

Lumbini, Nepal His Eminence the renowned Gonsar Rinpoche has been a firm and strong practitioner of Dorje Shugden since day one. Gonsar Rinpoche is the root and heart student of Geshe Rabten and Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche among other teachers. He hails from Sera Je Monastery. He has wonderful centres in Switzerland, Mongolia and Austria. Gonsar Rinpoche has recently built a beautiful monastery in the birthplace of our Lord Buddha...

CULTIVATION OF RICE FIELDS AT SHAR GADEN

From 29 May 2010, Shar Gaden has started cultivating 20 acres of rice fields which were allotted to them in March 2008. In the 1960s, the Indian government had allocated landed properties to each individual Buzar monks - one acre per monk - purposely for farming, and Ganden Shartse had nearly 90 members at the time. Later, the allocation of properties including the land were based on quantity of Buzar members. Even...

DORJE SHUGDEN MOVIE PROJECT

Dorje Shugden: On The Trail Of A Buddhist Protector is a documentary film project. The general idea is to do documented research on the origin and practice of the Buddhist protector deity Dorje Shugden. It is important to show the practice as integrated part of a living Buddhist tradition without going into the recent controversy. To see how Dorje Shugden practitioners realize their protector practice in their day to day life offers...