The People’s Princess – Yabshi Pan Rinzinwangmo
She is a student with a taste for Prada, but Tibetans consider Yabshi Pan Rinzinwangmo divine. Can she change her country? 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…
The Cult and Iconography of the Tibetan Protective Deities
Extracted from Page 445 of Oracles and Demons of Tibet | by Réne De Nebesky-Wojkowitz NOTE: 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…
Lama Zopa Advice Book
Dorje Shugden is a spirit or mundane Dharma protector that some believe is a fully enlightened being. He has become a rallying cry for some who wish to return Tibet to a theocracy (His Holiness the Dalai Lama wants democracy) with one school or sect as the official ‘church’. No FPMT centre does this practice…
Advice from Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang
Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang was His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama’s philosophical assistant and personal tutor for fifty years. Trijang Rinpoche also received these lineages of Tapo Dorje Chang. Pabongka was his root guru and helped him to grow. He was very kind to Trijang Rinpoche. Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche was responsible for keeping the teaching…
Spirits in Dharamsala
As you can see this history of Pehar’s previous lives do not point to actions of higher level being. Part 2 of the video: According to Tibetan Buddhist myth, Gyalpo Pehar is a spirit belonging to the gyalpo class. When Padmasambhava arrived in Tibet in the eighth century, he subdued all gyalpo spirits and put…
Advice from Dorje Shugden that His Holiness should leave and that He guarantees H.H. safety
Watch this video to see proof of how Sera Monks recalls Dorje Shugden giving the actual advice Excerpt from the autobiography of Kyabje Trijang Dorjechang regarding the advice from Dorje Shugden that His Holiness should leave and that He guarantees H.H. safety When I was fifty-nine, in the year of the earth boar, on the…
“An Unbelievable Expert on All Subjects…”
Sermey Jetsun Khen Rinpoche Losang Tharchin on Pabonka Rinpoche Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche Dechen Nyingpo and his classmate, Gyelrong Sharpa Choje—known as Jangsem Choje Lobsang Nyima—went 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…
“This feeling of renunciation was overwhelming…”
(From The introduction to Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand – A Concise Discourse on the Path to Enlightenment By Pabongka Rinpoche Edited by Trijang Rinpoche Translated by Michael Richards Wisdom 1991. All formatting and emphasis mine…) His kindness is without equal. He was — and now I shall give his name in view…
“…Our childish minds were unfit vessels for so vast an ocean of teachings…”
(From Trijang Rinpoche’s introduction to Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand- A Concise Discourse on the Path to Enlightenment By Pabongka Rinpoche, Edited by Trijang Rinpoche Translated by Michael Richards Wisdom 1991. All emphasis and formatting mine) Prasdrin pararia syaklutaki yanta, Tray am guhyanatd tigolama eka, Sudhi vajradharottarah muni aksha, Prayachchha tashubham valdruga kota….
His Eminence Trijang Dorjechang Losang Yeshe
March 18, 2009 by truthaboutshugden (extracted from http://truthaboutshugden.wordpress.com) His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang was one of the foremost Tibetan Buddhist Masters of our time, taking birth at the turn of the twentieth century and passing away in 1981 at the age of eighty-one. Not only had he followed in age exactly the example of…
“…It was in his private quarters at the Tashi Chuling hermitage that I first met Pabongka Rinpoche…”
(From the Forward to The Principal Teachings of Buddhism by Tsongkhapa, with a commentary by Pabongka Rinpoche, translated by Geshe Lobsang Tharchin, Mahayana Sutra and Tantra Press, 1998, all emphasis and formatting mine…) Meeting Je Pabongka… It was in his private quarters at the Tashi Chuling hermitage that I first met Pabongka. He had been…
Lama Zopa on Je Pabongka Part 1
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…
Ribur Rinpoche On Je Pabongka
I have had some success as a scholar, and as a lama I am somebody, but these things are not important. The only thing that matters to me is that I was a disciple of Pabonka Rinpoche. – Ribur Rinpoche Pabongka Rinpoche: Excerpts from A Memoir by Ribur Rinpoche The Venerable Rilbur Rinpoche was born…
Kyabje Zong Rinpoche on Je Pabongka
Kyabje Phabongka had such vast qualities it is difficult to comprehend them ~ Zong Rinpoche About Zong Rinpoche… Zong Rinpoche was one of the foremost Lamas of his generation, and a life-long Dorje Shugden practitioner besides… (Zong) Rinpoche was born in Kham in 1905. He went to Lhasa when he was eleven years old to…
“He displayed tremendous abilities as a public teacher…”
(From the Forward to The Principal Teachings of Buddhism by Tsongkhapa, with a commentary by Pabongka Rinpoche, translated by Geshe Lobsang Tharchin, Mahayana Sutra and Tantra Press, 1998, all emphasis and formatting mine…) Pabongka Rinpoche was actually the second Pabongka, for it was finally agreed to announce that he had been recognized as the reincarnation…
“Scholars and Yogis Please Check!”
The title of the blog (http://truthaboutshugden.wordpress.com) 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…
Kyabje Ling Rinpoche and Dorje Shugden
Kyabje Ling Rinpoche (1903-1983), 97th Ganden Throne Holder, and yongs ‘dzin to the 14th Dalai Lama was born 1903 in Yabphu near Lhasa. Yabphu is a holy place of Chakrasamvara and Vajrayogini, being shaped like a double triangle. It also contained a precious image of Naropa’s Vajrayogini that was to known to have spoken many…
Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang (Wikipedia)
Kyabje Trjang Rinpoche (1900-1981) Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche (1900-1981) was a Gelug Lama and a direct disciple of Je Pabongka. He was the junior tutor and spiritual guide[1] of the 14th Dalai Lama for fifty years. He is also the root lama of many Gelug Lamas who teach in the West including Zong Rinpoche, Geshe Rabten,…
Gelukpa 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 who are so sublime and precious that a special protector is needed to guard and further them…
Famous Oracle of Dungkar Monastery
(all the photos below were emailed to us by friends for the website use, we welcome excellent photos like these, if you have more photos please email them to [email protected]. Thank you) This photo shows the famous Dungkar Monastery oracle who could take possession of six deities including Dorje Shugden and his entourage Kache Marpo…
FPMT – for breaking away from their Guru and Lineage, this is the Result…
Extracted from the Spanish Magazine “BABYLON” issue May/June 2009 (link to full magazine http://www.magazinebabylon.com/BabylonMagazine5.pdf)
Guru Yidam Protector
The Three Roots: Guru, Yidam and Protector How relying sincerely on all “three roots” forms the basis of our spiritual practice “The practice of analytic meditation should begin with the topic of how to serve a spiritual teacher.” “If you contemplate skillfully for about seven days the benefits of serving a teacher and for about…
Middle Way
Motivation, Meaning, Method Foundation View Practice Meaning The path of selflessness (enlightenment) is like a razor’s edge. If you fall left or right, into the abyss of dualism, good and bad, you turn from a Buddha into ten thousand devils… one of the great Zen masters has been quoted to this extent, and it may…
Universal Protector of Future Buddhism
Part 1 – Great King whose Time has Come HUM Unimpeded 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…
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 Teachings’ upholders. He wants to: pacify all harm to us, the yogis and entourages, that arises because of previous karma…
Appearance
Gyalchen Dorje Shugden’s Appearance Learning about iconography is a great way to discover any deity’s nature, function, and the methods that are applied in their practice. With beauty and power the following excerpts (in quotation marks) from prayers and praises to Gyalchen Dorje Shugden express via his outer appearance his inner intent and wishes. Principal…
Lineage
With deep faith I prostrate to you, Vajradhara Dorje Shugden. Although you have already attained the Buddha-ground and engage in the twenty-seven deeds of a Buddha, you appear in various forms to help the Buddhadharma and sentient beings. You have manifested in different aspects as Indian and Tibetan Masters, such as Manjushri, Mahasiddha Biwawa, Sakya…
The Dorje Shugden Statue that was in Kopan Monastery, Nepal
This is the holy Dorje Shugden statue that once belonged to Lama Yeshe. It was placed in Kopan Monastery all the time. Lama Yeshe prayed to Dorje Shugden till the end, he never gave up his commitments to his Gurus. But after Lama Yeshe passed away and the Dorje Shugden issue became big, Kopan Monastery…
Ven. Dagpo Rinpoche
Venerable Dagpo Rinpoche, also known as Bamchoe Rinpoche, was born in 1932 in the region of Kongpo, in southeastern Tibet. At the age of two, he was recognised by the Thirteenth Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of Dagpo Lama Jampel Lhundrup. At six, Rinpoche entered Bamchoe Monastery to study the basics of sutra and tantra, and…
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