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RIBUR RINPOCHE ON JE PABONGKA

Pabongka Rinpoche: Excerpts from a memoir by Ribur RinpocheMy guru, kind in three ways, who met face-to-face with Heruka, whose name I find difficult to utter, Lord Pabongka Vajradhara Dechen Nyingpo Pal Zangpo, was born north of Lhasa in 1878. His father was a minor official but the family was not wealthy. Although the night was dark, a light shone in the room, and people outside the house had a vision of a protector on the roof. ...

KYABJE ZONG RINPOCHE ON JE PABONGKA

“Kyabje Phabongka had such vast qualities that it is difficult to comprehend them” ~ Kyabje Zong Rinpoche About Zong Rinpoche“(Zong) Rinpoche was born in Kham in 1905. He went to Lhasa when he was eleven years old to study at Shartse. He studied effortlessly and became renowned as a powerful and irrefutable debater. A learned geshe at that time said that ‘even if Shri Dharmakirti had been present, he would not have been able...

SERMEY JETSUN KHEN RINPOCHE LOBSANG THARCHIN

Khen Rinpoche Geshe Lobsang Tharchin was born in Lhasa, Tibet in 1921 and entered Sera Monastery there at an early age. He proceeded through the rigorous 25 - year programme of monastic studies under the guidance of Pabongka Rinpoche and Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche. Upon successful completion of public examination by the best scholars of the day, Rinpoche was awarded the highest degree of Lharampa Geshe (Doctor of Theology) with...

HE DISPLAYED TREMENDOUS ABILITIES AS A PUBLIC TEACHER...

Pabongka Rinpoche was actually the second Pabongka, for it was finally agreed to announce that he had been recognized as the reincarnation of the Kenpo (or abbot) of the small monastery atop the rock. For this reason he was sometimes referred to as “Pabongka Kentrul,” or the “reincarnation of the abbot of Pabongka.” Pabongka Rinpoche’s full name, by the way, was Kyabje Pabongkapa Jetsun Jampa Tenzin Trinley Gyatso Pel...

SCHOLARS AND YOGIS PLEASE CHECK!

The title of this blog - "Scholars and Yogis, please check" - comes from the writings of the great Sakya master Sachen Kunga Lodro. In his wrathful torma ritual for Dorje Shugden, Sachen exhorted the Scholars and yogis of his day to examine the truth, to discover for themselves that Dorje Shugden is a Buddha. He wrote with such confidence and joy, I feel his advice is perfect for the practitioners of today. In an...

GELUGPA GURU TREE, UPDATED BY KYABJE DAGOM RINPOCHE

The emergence of Dharmapala Dorje Shugden While Je Tsongkhapa was giving a Dharma discourse, Nechung appeared to Duldzin Drakpa Gyaltsen in the form of a white dove, urging him to manifest as a protector of Je Tsongkhapa's teachings, that are so sublime and precious that a special Protector is needed to guard and further them in this world. Nechung repeated his request to Duldzin Drakpa Gyaltsen's subsequent incarnations and during...

UNIVERSAL PROTECTOR OF FUTURE BUDDHISM

Part 1 - Great king whose time has come HUMUnimpeded in power and miraculous emanation,Unrivaled in wisdom and compassion,Great King of Dharma Protectors whose time has come, Dorje Shugden,Five Families and Principal, and hundreds of thousands of millions of billions of entourage It is a proverbial saying that nothing is stronger than an idea whose time has come. From a karmic viewpoint this makes perfect sense; it simply means...

WHAT GYALCHEN DORJE SHUGDEN WANTS

Dorje Shugden wants us to soar the path of immortal liberation on unified wings of Sutra and Tantra. He wants to increase Lozang the Victorious One's Teachings, and the life span and activities of the Teaching's upholders. He wants to pacify all harm to us, the yogis and entourages, that arises because of previous karma and immediate conditions, and spontaneously accomplish, just as we wish, all good things, both spiritual and...

THE DALAI LAMA’S AND TIBETAN BUDDHISM’S WAY INTO OUR WORLD

Quite literally, His Holiness’ way from isolated Tibet onto the stage of the world at large was paved by Gyalchen Dorje Shugden. In 1959, in Tibet ’s besieged capitol, Lhasa , as H.H. Trijang Rinpoche writes in his autobiography, he was increasingly worried about His Holiness’ safety. The state oracle’s advice having not been clear so far, Trijang Rinpoche consulted with Dorje Shugden via Panglung Monastery’s oracle, who...

FAMOUS ORACLE OF DUNGKAR MONASTERY

The oracle of Dungkar Monastery taking trance of Dorje Shugden (wrathful form) (photo taken between 1947-1949)(click here to download high resolution photo for printing) This photo shows the famous Dungkar Monastery oracle who could take possession of six deities including Dorje Shugden and his entourage Kache Marpo and Namkar Barzin, and it was through this oracle that Lama Zopa Rinpoche was confirmed as a tulku. It was at this...