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THE WAY TO RELY UPON DORJE SHUGDEN

There are two ways to rely upon Dorje Shugden: in thought and in deed. If we recognize that Dorje Shugden is the embodiment of the Three Jewels; if we remember his kindness in protecting and preserving the Buddhadharma; if we recall how he eliminates obstacles and gathers the necessary conditions for Dharma practitioners; and if with deep faith we develop respect for him and hold these special feelings continually, we are relying...

THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF DORJE SHUGDEN

Dorje Shugden and the Deities of his mandala are the same nature as the Deities of the body mandala of Lama Losang Tubwang Dorjechang, who is in essence Je Tsongkhapa. After Je Tsongkhapa passed away, Khedrubje received five visions of him, each time appearing in a different aspect. Later, the great Yogi Dharmavajra saw Je Tsongkhapa in the aspect of Lama Losang Tubwang Dorjechang. This name was given to Je Tsongkhapa...

THE WHEEL OF PROTECTION

Dharamsala February 14, 1981, 6:00 a.m. The Dalai Lama sits on his throne in the Central Cathedral. Outside, the night is black and still. A cold breeze blows down from Mun Peak. Two old women, up before dawn, circumambulate the temple. They cannot see within. The buildings curtains have been tightly drawn, its front door locked, its side doors guarded by a watchful group of monks. Only a hint of the bright electric light inside...

THE PEOPLE’S PRINCESS – YABSHI PAN RINZINWANGMO

Can she change her country? The child of Tibet's most religious figure Steven Seagal: The most important man in her life YABSHI PAN RINZINWANGMO, a 20-year-old political science student at a university in Washington USA, likes to be called Renji. Her Chinese mother uses the title “princess”. The Communist Chinese government not only permits the royal honorific but endorses it. Renji’s father was the...

EXTRACT FROM PAGE 445 OF ORACLES AND DEMONS OF TIBET

By Rene De Nebesky-Wojkowitz The cult and iconography of the tibetan protective deitiesNote: The material for this book was collected between 1951 and 1954, with the assistance of two Gelug Lamas, and one Nyingma Lama The various descriptions of Nechung Gompa, vivid and interesting as they may be, still do not suffice to give a detailed account of this remarkable temple and its treasures. I tried in vain to obtain a dkar phyag...

AN UNBELIEVABLE EXPERT ON ALL SUBJECTS

Sermey Jetsun Khen Rinpoche Losang Tharchin on Pabongka RinpocheKyabje Pabongka Rinpoche Dechen Nyingpo and his classmate, Gyelrong Sharpa Choje known as Jangsem Choje Lobsang Nyimawent together very often to debate when they were at their monastery. Indeed, both of them became Geshes. Later Jangsem Choje Lobsang Nyima entered Gyu Me Tantric College and became a great scholar. He proceeded to become gi -go, an administrator, as I...

THIS FEELING OF RENUNCIATION WAS OVERWHELMING

(About Pabongka Rinpoche) His kindness is without equal. He was - and now I shall give his name in view of my purpose - Jetsun Jampa Taenzin Trinlae Gyatso Paelzangpo. Although people like me are immature, uncultured and unregenerate, there was a time when I feasted on his oral instructions into the Mahayana [the Supreme or Great Vehicle] at Chuzang Hermitage, a lonely place that was blessed by the presence of great...

OUR CHILDISH MINDS WERE UNFIT VESSELS FOR SO VAST AN OCEAN OF TEACHINGS

Prasdrin pararia syaklutaki yanta, Tray am guhyanatd tigolama eka, Sudhi vajradharottarah muni aksha, Prayachchha tashubham valdruga kota. O Lama Lozang Dragpa, One with Shakyamuni and Vajradhara, O sum of every perfect refuge, O mandala-guise complete with three mysteries of Enlightenment, rain upon us tenmillion goodnesses. (About Pabongka Rinpoche)O my Guru, my protector, who, through the Supreme Vehicle,...

IT WAS IN HIS PRIVATE QUARTERS AT THE TASHI CHULING HERMITAGE THAT I FIRST MET PABONGKA RINPOCHE

Meeting Je PabongkaIt was in his private quarters at the Tashi Chuling hermitage that I first met Pabongka Rinpoche. He had been away on an extended teaching tour in eastern Tibet and just returned. I was still the wild teenager and had been stuck with the distasteful job of nyerpa for Gyalrong House. This means I was a kind of quartermaster and had to make sure there was enough firewood and food to keep the house kitchen going for...

LAMA ZOPA ON JE PABONGKA

Regarding allegations that Pabongka Rinpoche was a sectarian Lama who presided over the destruction of the monasteries and sacred images of other traditions..."Another thing is that some Tibetans and others severely criticize Pabongka Dechen Nyingpo because he practiced Shugden, making him out to be some kind of demon. However, Pabongka Dechen Nyingpo wrote incredible teachings on sutra and tantra; on Heruka, Tara Cittamani and many...