Geshe Lobsang Tayang’s Sungbum (Collected Works)
(By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor Adeline Woon)
Introduction
Geshe Lobsang Tayang (1867-1937 CE), also known as Jetsun Lobsang Tayang or Jetsun Lobsang Tamdin, was born in 1867 in an area within the Gobi desert, an arid region between northern China and southern Mongolia. Known for his vast knowledge of Buddhism, Geshe Lobsang Tayang is often said to be as learned as the Indian pandit Ashvagosha, whose most famous work is the “50 Verses of Guru Devotion”. Geshe Lobsang Tayang was also the lineage holder of many sacred practices.
Geshe Lobsang Tayang began his traditional Buddhist education at the age of four, during which he learned the alphabet and began translating different texts. 13 years later, at the age of 17, Geshe Lobsang Tayang departed for Ulaanbataar where he joined Kunga Choling Monastery. Kunga Choling was a philosophical college belonging to the Gelug lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, and its curriculum focused on the textbooks used in Drepung Loseling Monastery in Tibet.
Geshe Lobsang Tayang
It was originally founded in 1809 by the Fourth Jetsundampa Khutuktu as part of the Ikh Khuree Monastic City complex. Jebtsundamba Khutuktu is literally translated as “Holy Precious Master of Mongolia” and it is a title given to the spiritual heads of the Gelug lineage of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia. The spiritual head also holds the Bogd Gegeen title, which translates as the “Highest Enlightened Saint”, making him the highest ranking lama in Mongolia. In 1938, a year after Geshe Lobsang Tayang’s death, the monastery was almost completely destroyed and was later rebuilt in 2001 on the original site.
It was at Kunga Choling that Geshe Lobsang Tayang studied both Sutra and Tantra under the spiritual guidance of Khewan Jigje and Acharya Sangye. Later on, he received full monastic ordination from Palden Chophel, the abbot of Ulaanbataar. In 1907, Geshe Lobsang Tayang received the Kachupa degree which is the equivalent of a Bachelor’s degree, obtained after five to six years of study. He was 40 years old at the time.
In addition to his scholarly prowess, Geshe Lobsang Tayang is also known for performing miracles during his lifetime. One such incident was his revelation of two miraculous stupas inscribed with magical letters on Wu Tai Shan in Northern China, one of the four sacred mountains in Chinese Buddhism and a place where Manjushri, the Buddha of Wisdom, is said to reside. In 1922, Geshe Lobsang Tayang established a Tantric college, and in 1926, a Buddhist college based on Drepung Gomang Monastery’s curriculum.
A scholar and prolific author, Geshe Lobsang Tayang composed numerous works on classical Buddhist themes, especially Buddhist philosophy. History also occupied a very prominent role in his writings. Amongst his other works, he produced an abbreviated translation of Faxian’s (法显) travel journals that was later published in 16 volumes.
He also initiated the volume of texts known as the Dorje Shugden Be Bum or collected works, that includes a number of early Dorje Shugden texts written by various Tibetan and Mongolian masters. Geshe Lobsang Tayang composed the introduction and history for the Be Bum and the catalogue of texts that it included. The Namthar (biography) of Tulku Drakpa Gyaltsen, the previous incarnation of Dorje Shugden, and his reincarnation lineage is also included in the Be Bum.
Geshe Lobsang Tayang’s collection of written works, known as his sungbum, has been used by Mongolian, Tibetan and Western scholars of Tibetan Buddhism such as Lhatsun Rinpoche, one of Kyabje Yongdzin Ling Rinpoche’s teachers. The late Kyabje Yongdzin Ling Rinpoche was His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama‘s senior tutor. In the book “The Life of My Teacher: A Biography of Kyabje Ling Rinpoche”, the Dalai Lama gave insight into the practices that were included in Geshe Lobsang Tayang’s collected works:
One of Ling Rinpoche’s teachers, the Mongolian Geshe Palden Sangpo from Tashi Khyil Monastery had received many teachings and consequently was invited to Lhasa by Lhatsun Rinpoche. Ling Rinpoche, along with Kyabje Takdrak Rinpoche, Khangsar Rinpoche from Gomang college and others received the initiation into the thirty-three white, peaceful deities of the Amitayus inner practice from the Niguma tradition, the twenty-three red and wrathful deities of the secret practice, the nine red deities of the very secret Rechung Gongkhuk lineage, the nine white deities that grant immortality, the seventeen deities of Sitatapatra, and many others, all based upon the manual of the famous nineteenth-century Mongolian Geshe Lobsang Tayang from Dhakural.
Later, Ling Rinpoche invited Lhatsun Rinpoche to his residence at the Norbulingka. There, over the next month, Ling Rinpoche received many sutra and tantra teachings from Lhatsun Rinpoche, who had in turn received them from the Tashi Khyil Mongolian Dorampa Geshe Palden Sangpo and the Dakhural Geshe Lobsang Tayang.
Geshe Lobsang Tayang’s Sungbum
Geshe Lobsang Tayang’s collected works (sungbum) were first catalogued in Dr. Lokesh Chandra’s “Materials for a History of Tibetan Literature” published in 1963 by the International Academy of Indian Culture of New Delhi. Between 1975 and 1976, Geshe Lobsang Tayang’s collected works were published as “The Collected Works (gsung ‘bum) of Rje-btsun Blo-bzang rta-mgrin” by the Mongolian Lama Guru Deva Rinpoche in New Delhi.
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Below is a summary of the contents of the Sungbum:
Volume 1
Geshe Lobsang Tayang’s compositions:
- “108 Verses in Praise of Great Compassion”
- Praises to various bodhisattvas, such as Always Crying based on their liberation stories.
Geshe Lobsang Tayang’s commentaries on:
- “Exalted Praise [to Buddha Shakyamuni]” by the Indian master Udbhata Siddhasvamin
- “Wheel of Sharp Weapons” by Dharmarakshita
- “The Poison Destroying Peacock’s Mind Training” by Dharmarakshita
- “Praise Exceeding that of the Gods” by Shamkarapati
- “Kaliyugaparikatha” by Acharya Mati Chitra
Also included in this volume are accounts on the origins of various monasteries in Khalkha Mongolia.
Volume 2
- A history of Buddhism in India, Tibet and Mongolia
Volume 3
- Various writings on the Vinaya (the Buddhist monastic code of conduct)
- A commentary to “The Essence of the Ocean of Vinaya” by Je Tsongkhapa
Volume 4
- A Brief Exposition on the Presentation of the Grounds and Paths of the Three Vehicles According to the System of the Perfection Vehicle, Essence of the Ocean of Profound Meaning. This text was mentioned in Jules Levinson’s Ph.D. dissertation “Metaphors of Liberation: A Study of Grounds and Paths According to The Middle Way Schools.” Levinson gave a brief summary of this work as follows:
Blo bzang rta dbyangs’s text is divided into two major sections that are approximately equal in length. The first section explains the grounds and paths of the Hinayana and Mahayana. The second section analyzes controversial points on which various scholars and schools disagree. In that latter section, Blo bzang rta dbyangs is particularly interested in distinguishing the Prasangika Madhyamaka school’s position from that of the Yogacara- Svatantrika Madhyamaka.
Volume 5
- A commentary to Maitreya’s “Distinguishing Dharmas and Dharmata” based on Rongtongpa’s commentary according to Je Tsongkhapa’s tradition. This commentary is translated in “A Study of the Dharmadharmatavibhanga” by Raymond E. Robertson.
Volume 6
- Various Guru Yoga texts including practices associated with the Hundreds of Deities of the Land of Joy
Volume 7
- Various puja texts including those related to Maitreya and Medicine Buddha
Volume 8
- Various texts related to tantric deities such as Heruka and Guhyasamaja
Volumes 9, 10 and part of 11
- Works related to the Kalachakra practice
Volume 11 also contains several works related to Dorje Shugden in the following sequence:
- Propitiation to Dorje Shugden called rgyal chen rdo rje shugs ldan rtsal gyi bskang ‘phrin mdor bsdus don chen myur ‘grub based on a propitiation text written by Kirti Rinpoche.
- Praise to Four Faced Mahakala written by Sonam Gyatso, the Third Dalai Lama that was amended to become a praise to Dorje Shugden. Geshe Lobsang Tayang stated that Dorje Shugden became known as an emanation of Four Faced Mahakala, and that Dorje Shugden is the uncommon protector of Jamgon Lama Tsongkhapa’s tradition of profound view and whose practice is related to secret tantra.
Also included in this volume is a catalogue and introduction to the Dorje Shugden Be Bum (collected works from various sources) titled “The Meteoric Wheel Enclosure of Blazing Activity”. What is remarkable is that Geshe Lobsang Tayang was able to secure the transmissions for nearly all of the texts that he collected. In addition, although the project was initiated by Geshe Lobsang Tayang, the Dorje Shugden Be Bum is a living document and a complete collection of texts about Dorje Shugden that has been published and re-published several times as listed below, with the first modern publication in 1984:
- Introduction and catalogue to the Be Bum called “The Uncommon Dharma Protector of the Second Conqueror Manjunatha”
- A collection of various historical accounts about Dorje Shugden and other protectors, titled “Some Historical Accounts of the Secret Activities of Lamas, Gods and Protectors”
- “The Collected Rituals for Performing All Tasks through the Propitiation of the Great Protective Deity of Tsongkhapa, Manjushri Re-embodied, Dorje Shugden”. Geshe Lobsang Tayang started this collection while Kyabje Yongzin Trijang Rinpoche later expanded on it.
- “The Propitiation of Manjunatha, the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden” published by Sera Mey Press in 1992. This work is a much shorter collection of rituals. Most of its content can be found in the Dorje Shugden Be Bum with a few exceptions.
Volume 12
- Various texts on the Tantric practices of Guhyasamaja, Chakrasamvara, Vajrayogini, Vajrabhairava, Yamantaka, Vajrapani, Black Manjushri and other deities
Volume 13
- Various texts related to the practices of Tara as well as Vaishravana (Namtose) and other deities
Volume 14
- Various protector rituals including a history of the activities of various protectors
Volume 15
- Various texts from Geshe Lobsang Tayang’s collected works
Volume 16
- This volume primarily documents all the transmissions Geshe Lobsang Tayang received from various masters
- Lists of transmission lineages that Geshe Lobsang Tayang received, which provides a fascinating glimpse of the lineage masters.
Volume 17
- Various texts from Geshe Lobsang Tayang’s collected works
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Conclusion
Geshe Lobsang Tayang is fondly remembered and praised to this day for his meticulous collection of academic works that are widely used by both Western and Eastern scholars alike. His writings contain many important texts from various masters and historical accounts of various monasteries that allow readers to trace their authenticity directly to its original source.
This is one aspect that is a very important component for learning the Dharma as Buddhists believe that in order for a practice to be of benefit, carry the blessings of the enlightened beings, and propel practitioners along the spiritual path to Enlightenment, one must be able to trace the teachings to an authentic source. In this way, one knows not only the validity of the teachings but also the great biographies of the masters who wrote or compiled them, just like Geshe Lobsang Tayang, to inspire them along the path of transformation.
References:
- https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/who-is-tulku-drakpa-gyeltsen.html
- http://www.dorjeshugdenhistory.org/among-shugden-texts-1867.html
- http://www.dorjeshugdenhistory.org/among-shugden-texts.html
- https://treasuryoflives.org/zh/institution/Kunga-Choling
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jebtsundamba_Khutuktu
- The Life of My Teacher: A Biography of Kyabje Ling Rinpoche by Dalai Lama
- Wisdom Publications, Simon and Schuster, 11 Jul 2017 – Biography & Autobiography
- Translated by Gavin Kilty
- Introduced by Thupten Jinpa
For more interesting information:
- Who is Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen?
- Various prayers to Dorje Shugden composed by His Holiness the Omniscient 10th Panchen Lama (download PDF)
- Glenn Mullin on Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen
- Dorje Shugden Illustrated Story & Graphic Novel
- Largest Dorje Shugden Statue in the World
- The 14th Dalai Lama’s Prayer to Dorje Shugden
- A short prayer to Dorje Shugden
- Dorje Shugden Retreat: A Powerful Practice for Protection
- Dorje Shugden Trakze to Dispel Black Magic & Spirits
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Interesting biography of a great Mongolian scholar and master, Geshe Lobsang Tayang also known as Jetsun Lobsang Tayang or Jetsun Lobsang Tamdin who was a lineage holder of many practices. Well known for the collections of many important texts written by Mongolian and Tibetan masters which he had compiled throughout his life. Many of which were important texts and historical accounts of the birth of various monasteries, Buddhism in India, Tibet and Mongolia. He was also known for having composed rituals and prayers to Dorje Shudgen. He left a legacy of numerous texts and volumes which he wrote and compiled. Lobsang Tamdin, had spent his whole lives spreading dharma by teaching and writing dharma texts. We are very fortunate that this great Mongolian scholar, Lobsang Tamdin, was able to keep record and authored for Tulku Dragpa Gyeltsen’s biography and Dorje Shugden’s reincarnation lineage. He also indicated that Tulku Dragpa Gyeltsen took rebirth as Kang Emperor of China who was believed to be the emanation of Manjushri. This record is very important to show the unbroken lineage of Tulku Dragpa Gyeltsen and Dorje Shugden which was passed down to the next generation. He had been working tirelessly and contributed many teachings and knowledge he received throughout his life time for us to enjoy the glory of Dharma.
Thank you Rinpoche and Pastor Adeline for this sharing.
Mantras are sacred verbalized words that invoke the protection and blessings of the deity to whom the mantra is ascribed. Mantras are also the manifestations of Buddhas in the form of ‘sounds’, hence the various mantras of Dorje Shugden contain the essence of the Protector.
Dorje Shugden’s main mantra 多杰雄登主要咒语
OM BENZA WIKI BITANA SOHA
Dorje Shugden’s mantra for peace 平和咒语
For gaining attainments through the energy of Peaceful Shugden, peace of environment and mind, harmony in one’s abode and dwelling area, and calming of disasters
OM BENZA WIKI BITANA SHANTI SIDDHI HUNG
Dorje Shugden’s mantra for health 福寿安康咒语
For long life, increasing life, healing of disease and protection from diseases
OM BENZA WIKI BITANA AYU SIDDHI HUNG
Dorje Shugden’s mantra for increase 增长咒语
For gaining great merits and increase of all necessary needs, both material and spiritual
OM BENZA WIKI BITANA PUNYE SIDDHI HUNG
Dorje Shugden’s mantra for control 控制咒语
Of worldly deities, negative people and nagas and for influencing friends towards the positive
OM BENZA WIKI BITANA WASHAM KURU HO
Dorje Shugden’s mantra to grant protection 庇护咒语
Visualize that you are in the Protector’s mandala, fully protected from outside interferences. Recite when in danger or for dangerous situations, for protection while travelling or when residing in dangerous/hostile places
OM BENZA WIKI BITANA RAKYA RAKYA HUNG
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Dear friends,
Tibet has produced many powerful meditations, rituals and guidelines to help us gain spiritual protection, gain wisdom and higher states of consciousness. In general Tibet has produced many powerful methods for the growth of our spiritual evolution. Dorje Shugden is an angel, a saint, a powerful spiritual protector-warrior who originated 350 years ago when a highly awakened Tibetan Lama fulfilled his vows to become a special being to grant protection, wisdom, material needs, safety when travelling (normal and astral travel) and spiritual awakening. Both the Great 5th Dalai Lama and the current His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama composed short yet effective prayers to invoke upon the power and blessings of this special saint and protector. One can recite either one of the prayers that you feel suits you, anytime or even daily. When you feel a special need for help, you can recite either prayer anytime. When you are feeling down, afraid or just need a blessing, you can recite them. After reciting either invocation, it is good to chant the mantra of Dorje Shugden: Om Benza Wiki Bitana Soha.
You do not have to be a Buddhist or practitioner of any religion to invoke upon the blessings and protection of this special enlightened and awakened angel Dorje Shugden. He helps all without discrimination or bias as he is filled with compassion and love. Divinity has no boundaries, they help all who call upon them.
Enclosed are the prayers in English, Chinese and Tibetan.
May you be safe, protected and blessed.
Tsem Rinpoche
More on the Great 5th Dalai Lama and Dorje Shugden – https://bit.ly/2w7KHv6
More on H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama and Dorje Shugden – https://bit.ly/2QdaL4n
Chapel (Trode Khangsar) built by the Great 5th Dalai Lama dedicated to Dorje Shugden in Lhasa – https://bit.ly/2zBTd8M
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亲爱的朋友们，
西藏产生了许多有助于我们得到精神庇佑、取得智慧和更高层次之觉悟的强大禅修法、仪式和教诲。总括来说，西藏产生了许多有助于我们在修行上取得提升的强有力方法。多杰雄登是一个天使，一位圣人和一名护法战士。他的崛起始于350年前，当一位高度觉悟的西藏高僧履行本身的承诺，化身为特别的护法，赐予我们守护、智慧、物质需要、出入平安（平日外游和神游时）和灵修上的觉醒。任何人都可以随时随地在任何时候念诵适合自己的祈愿文。当你需要特别的帮助时，你可以随时念诵任何一篇祈愿文。当你感到沮丧、恐惧或仅是需要加持时，你也可以持诵这些祈愿文。在念诵任何祈请文后，你应该接着念诵多杰雄登的心咒：嗡 班杂 维格 毗札那 娑哈 Om Benza Wiki Bitana Soha。
要祈请多杰雄登这位特殊、觉悟和觉醒的天使赐予加持和庇佑，你无需是佛教徒或任何宗教的修行者。他总是没有分别或偏见，充满慈悲和慈爱地帮助一切众生。神圣是没有界限的，圣者会帮助有求于他的任何人。
以下附上英文、中文和藏文的祈愿文。
愿你平安，常受庇护和加持。
尊贵的詹杜固仁波切
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Divination (‘mo’) Text by Dorje Shugden
This is an important divination (‘mo’) text composed by Dorje Shugden himself. Dorje Shugden took trance of the Choyang Dulzin oracle lama, the senior oracle of Gaden Shartse Monastery, and instantly on the spot composed this text within two hours.
The divination text contains information on how to use dice to do divination for the future and is known to be highly accurate. When practitioners use this text, they will be in direct contact with Dorje Shugden to get answers to questions about the future. It is for those who have good samaya with Dorje Shugden and are free of the eight worldly dharmas to be of benefit to others in divining the future.
Tsem Rinpoche
DS-MO-choyang.pdf
A Daily Request for Wealth, Peace and Protection
Composed by H.E. Tsem Rinpoche
In the heavens there are myriad manifestations of the divine. All those manifestations specifically show us different aspects of divinity in order to be of benefit to all living beings. All the rupakaya forms of the divine have compassion, skillful means and wisdom. We invoke upon them whether we are happy, sad, down, lost, fulfilled, confused, empty, and during the whole range of emotions we constantly experience due to an untrained mind.
Understanding our nature, Great Wisdom Being Dorje Shugden, therefore all the more so, please hold us close to your bosom as an only child to a parent.
Though the manifestations of the divine need no offerings and gifts from us, we offer you supreme Manjushri Dorje Shugden a libation of tea, incense and mantras, in order to ask you to bless us, to be a part of our lives, to abide in our dwellings and to give us signs, omens and portents of both good and bad. When the negative arises, quell them immediately. Please increase the positive for my weary and worn mind as I lay my hopes in you.
When difficulties, problems and confusion arise, we ask you, who is but the culmination of all that is powerful, holy and omniscient to bless myself, family, loved ones, environment and even my pets. May I see wisdom, find hope, and be at peace.
I request you, O Divine Bhagavān Dorje Shugden, who wears a round dome hat and the three robes of a saffroned bhikshu, who wields a sword of liberty, justice and wisdom and clutches a wish-fulfilling jewel, who rides on a supreme lion of subjugation of all that is negative, to fulfill my wishes. I understand my wishes may not be the best, so I surrender to your wisdom for the outcome though it may not be what I have in mind. Please bless myself and everyone that we may enter into the supreme city of liberation.
Great Bhagavān Dorje Shugden, I request you sincerely from my heart to be a part of my life, bless my home, and grant me wisdom, solace and comfort, that I might be of service to others without agenda, and that I may focus out onto others and not be fixated on myself, creating more problems for all that I hold dear.
Bless me to become kinder, wiser, more compassionate, tolerant and very forgiving to all those who hurt and love me. In order to become close to you, Dorje Shugden, we must surrender the banal. We must abandon fixed views, projections and rigidity. Lastly, in my final moment when I leave this plane of existence, only the positive actions I have done will matter as everything and everyone will be left behind. Let me realise this and act upon this now! At this crucial moment, please may I have a vision of yourself, the powerful and merciful Dorje Shugden, to take me to where I may course in the sky to continue my journey of spiritual waxing.
I offer you saffron-coloured tea and my faith to fulfill my prayers and gain siddhis. By reciting your mantra, may healing, peace, love, long life, protection and perfect view of sunyata arise.
Mantra of fulfillment, peace and wisdom:
OM BENZA WIKI BITANA SOHA
(It is good to recite this mantra daily as much as you like or your timing allows.)
I dedicate this supreme heartfelt prayer to the all-knowing Celestial and Supreme Protector Dorje Shugden, that I may quickly become a being of light, compassion, love and enlightenment.
Please play the audio included here to follow along with the prayer.
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Be blessed with these rare videos featuring explanation and advice about Dorje Shugden practice by His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche in his own voice. The teaching was requested by Geshe Tsultrim Gyeltsen, one of the earliest masters who taught Tibetan Buddhism in the West.
Video 1: H.H. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche Explains Dorje Shugden Initiation and Benefits (With English Subtitles)
Kyabje Zong Rinpoche was an erudite scholar, ritual master and practitioner of the highest degree from Tibet. At the request of Geshe Tsultrim Gyeltsen, one of the pioneers who taught Tibetan Buddhism in America, Kyabje Zong Rinpoche gives clear explanation and advice about the life-entrustment initiation of Dorje Shugden and how to go about the practice and get the maximum benefits in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzFMvlxAqtc&feature=youtu.be
Video 2: H.H. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche speaks on the History and Lineage of Dorje Shugden (With English Subtitles)
In this video, an erudite scholar, ritual master and practitioner of the highest degree from Tibet, Kyabje Zong Rinpoche talks about the incarnation lineage of Dorje Shugden and how the practice arose, with examples of Dorje Shugden’s previous lives that reveal his powerful spiritual attainments and contributions. This very rare teaching was given at the request of Kyabje Zong Rinpoche’s student, Geshe Tsultrim Gyeltsen, one of the pioneers who taught Buddhism in the West to many disciples since the 1970s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIzKSJgK618&feature=youtu.be
For more information: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/great-lamas-masters/kyabje-zong-rinpoches-advice-on-dorje-shugdens-practice.html
Mongolia was a repository of Gelug lamas, traditions and teachings, and so wonderful to read that this Lama wrote the biography of Tulku Dragpa Gyeltsen, without which this great Lama who manifested as Dorje Shugden will be even more obscured from us, today.
It is common knowledge once Tulku Dragpa Gyeltsen was assassinated, the Gaden Phodrang made many steps to try and erase their wrongdoing of taking the life of a High Lama of Drepung.
Medicine Buddha puja encourages healing of all levels – physical, mental and emotional healing for those in need.
High resolution file of this thangka is available for download for all dharma practitioners around the world and for those who just want sacred images in their environment. Enjoy, be blessed and share this with others.
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For the first time available, Dorje Shugden and his entourage of 32 asssistants of his mandala.
Dorje Shugden is a powerful protector deity who is also an emanation of Manjushri, a wisdom bestowing Buddha. Therefore, he has great ability to help us to progress further on the spiritual path. He does this by helping us to overcome obstacles and problems for the modern individual.
Due to his enlightened nature, Dorje Shugden is able to manifest 32 deities and within the same abode resides Setrap and Kache Marpo:-
1. 5 Dorje Shugden families or emanations. They consists of the following:-
– Dulzin Dorje Shugden, which performs activities to eliminate inner and outer obstacles.
– Shize, which performs activities to pacify all illnesses and disease.
– Gyenze, which performs activities to increase all desirable material and spiritual wealth.
– Wangze, which performs activities to control difficult people and circumstances.
– Trakze, which performs activities to wrathfully eliminate all insurmountable obstacles and life-threatening situations.
2. 9 Mothers. They represent protection of the five senses and developing control of the four elements. These are all attributes that signify their ability to assist tantric practitioners with their higher meditations.
3. 8 Guiding Monks. They represent the Eight Great Bodhisattvas (Avalokitesvara, Manjushri, Vajrapani, Samantabhadra, Maitreya, Kshitigarbha, Akashagarbha, Sarva-nivarana-viskambini) and they bring about the growth of the Dharma, through the Sangha, Dharma practitioners and Dharma establishments.
4. 10 Youthful & Wrathful Attendants. They represent the ten wrathful attendants to avert inner and outer obstacles. They are beings who are from Mongolia, China, Kashmir, India, Bengali, etc.
5. Setrap. He is a senior Dharma Protector from India and an emanation of Amitabha Buddha. He had enthroned Dorje Shugden as an authentic Dharma Protector. Therefore, he also resides within the same mandala of Dorje Shugden.
6. Kache Marpo. He is not an emanation of Dorje Shugden but he is still an enlightened Dharma Protector in his own right. He was originally known as Tsiu Marpo of Samye Monastery. However, he has placed himself under the service of Dorje Shugden as his chief minister, performing many activities in order to protect and benefit practitioners. Therefore, he stands guard at the main entrance of Dorje Shugden’s mandala. He often takes trance of qualified mediums to speak.
7. Namkar Barzin. He is the reincarnation of an old Mongolian monk and when he passed away in Phari area of Tibet, his spirit was placed as a powerful assistant of Dorje Shugden. He guards and protects buildings and great institutions especially those that benefit others. He rides on a mythical Gyaling animal that resembles a goat but with scales.
These sacred images are available on *Vajrasecrets. They are made of high quality alloy and are one of a kind. They are based on the lineage of His Holiness Panchen Rinpoche’s monastery, Tashilhunpo in Shigatse, Tibet. In fact, the iconography of these statues are based on detailed photographs taken by H. E. Tsem Rinpoche during a trip to Tashilhunpo’s protector chapel. These are based exactly as the 10th Panchen Lama’s personal collection.
Dorje Shugden mandala: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=131570
Dorje Shugden’s benefit and practice: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=62422
Dorje Shugden’s origins: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=106424
Dorje Shugden chapel in His Holiness Panchen Rinpoche’s Tashilhunpo Monastery in Tibet: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=68698
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His Holiness the 10th Panchen Lama
Tibetans commonly refer to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama and His Holiness 10th Panchen Lama as the “sun and moon” of Tibetan Buddhism. They are the center of Tibetan Buddhist civilization, which draws to its sphere of influence millions of non-Tibetan practitioners. The Panchen Lama’s incarnation line began with the 16th abbot of Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, Lobsang Chokyi Gyeltsen (1570 – 1662). He was bestowed the title of Panchen Lama by His Holiness the 5th Dalai Lama after being declared as an emanation of Amitabha.
After being given the title, his three previous incarnations were posthumously also bestowed the title, making Lobsang Chokyi Gyeltsen the 4th Panchen Lama. He became a teacher to many Tibetans, Bhutanese and Mongolian religious figures, including His Holiness the 4th and 5th Dalai Lamas, and the 1st Jetsun Dampa of Mongolia. A prolific author, Chokyi Gyeltsen is credited with over a hundred compositions, including a number of commentaries and ritual texts that remain central in the Gelukpa tradition today. Along with his role as a teacher of the Dharma, the Panchen Lamas are usually responsible for the recognition of the rebirths of the Dalai Lamas, and vice versa.
The 10th Panchen Lama, Lobsang Trinley Lhundrub Chokyi Gyeltsen (19 February 1938 – 28 January 1989) continued both the spiritual and political roles of his predecessors. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, his contemporary, was even heard to say and echo the Panchen Lama’s own words that the Dalai Lama would safeguard Tibet from the outside while the Panchen Lama would safeguard Tibet from the inside, as he never left Tibet after the political troubles of 1959. He was truly loved by the Tibetans, all the way until his passing. When he taught, thousands of people would attend, not only from his own Gelug lineage, but masters and practitioners from all traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.
At his sprawling monastery of Tashi Lhunpo, he has a special chapel specifically dedicated to Dorje Shugden, where prayers and rituals are performed on a daily basis. In his great omniscience the Panchen Lama held Dorje Shugden as the principal Dharma protector of the monastery. He also personally propitiated Dorje Shugden among other Dharma protectors, and even wrote extensive prayers and rituals to Dorje Shugden. These rituals and prayers are contained within his ‘sung bum’ or collected works, which are provided here. As such a great lama, with an erudite and clear understanding of the Buddhist scriptures, a teacher to millions in both Tibet and China, from an established incarnation line and an emanation of the Buddha Amitabha, he could not be mistaken about his practice of Dorje Shugden.
His Holiness 10th Panchen Lama is known for his composition of commentaries and practice texts that are still in use by contemporary Buddhist practitioners both in Tibet and across the world. One of these is a powerful ritual composition propitiating the compassionate Dorje Shugden.
Upon the request by Acharya Lobsang Jangchub to compose a shorter version of the prayer (sadhana) for the exhortation of activities of Dorje Shugden, Panchen Lama immediately composed an abbreviate form of Dorje Shugden’s Kangsol. This text is entitled “Manjunatha’s (Tsongkapa) Lineage protector Dorje Shugden and five forms wrathful propitiations and confessional prayers and fulfilment of activities rites” or “Melodious sound of Accomplishment of the Four Activities” for short. Once the prayers were completed, he had signs and strong feelings that Dorje Shugden has been working hard to protect the Buddhadharma in general and the lineage of Lama Tsongkhapa specifically.
Mirroring the abilities of one of his earlier incarnations, Khedrub Je, a disciple of Lama Tsongkhapa and master of both sutra and tantra, the Panchen Lama used his compositional skill and poetic prowess to create a masterful sadhana. Worthy of note is a praise in which the first letter of each verse is a Tibetan vowel. Such compositions are rarely seen, and have historically only been used when propitiating senior Dharma protectors such as Palden Lhamo and Kalarupa.
The Panchen Lama also stated that while composing the Dorje Shugden sadhana (prayers) he was filled with a sense of happiness and bliss. He ends the composition with not only his official title but his ordination name, Tenzin Trinley Jigme Choje Wangchuk, endorsing the validity of his work. He composed the sadhana in his own Tashi Lhunpo monastery while in the Hall of Clear Light and Bliss.
See the Panchen Lama’s writings and download: https://bit.ly/2KIfeXb
This elderly & innocent monk in India was brutally attacked, find out why. Shocking – https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/?p=163953
“If the Dalai Lama, if His Holiness the Dalai Lama can be harmed by Dorje Shugden, then we might as well not practice Buddhism anymore. If His Holiness the Dalai Lama can have his life shortened by a so-called evil spirit, any evil spirit, then can he be Avalokiteshvara? So on one hand you say, we say, I say, everybody says, he is Avalokiteshvara; on the other hand you’re saying that he can be harmed by an evil spirit… Which one is it? Can he be harmed by an evil spirit or is he Avalokiteshvara? Do you think Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri, Vajrapani, Tara all take refuge in something else to protect themselves from Dorje Shugden? How illogical is that? How illogical of people to say His Holiness the Dalai Lama can be harmed by an evil spirit, any evil spirit or “Dorje Shugden” evil spirit. How is that possible?” – Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
Photo: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, young Tsem Tulku Rinpoche and Tsem Tulku Rinpoche’s tutor Kensur Rinpoche Jampa Yeshe
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Sakya tradition’s thangka of Dorje Shugden sitting on a throne within his palace with his four emanations and high Sakya Lamas nearby. Tsem Rinpoche
Antique Pelden Lhamo thangka with sacred Dorje Shugden at the bottom right. Can see Tsongkapa and Guru Rinpoche on the top also. Beautiful and holy.
Isn’t this just lovely?! Look at these cute Tibetan kids singing praises to Dorje Shugden during Losar celebration in Tibet! Great blessings to all – Click to watch! ???
https://video.tsemtulku.com/chat-videos/chat-1519938132.mp4
https://video.tsemtulku.com/videouploads/comment-1519934791.mp4
Will the CTA (Tibetan govt in exile) and their supporters in East and West say voodoo is evil and cannot be practiced too? Will they advise against Voodoo and say its a demon’s practice and people who practice are bad too? Truth be told, no one has the right to say anything about anyone’s religion. Listen to what this man says in the short snagged clip because he speaks well and with the truth.
Watch the rest of the video on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0_syJQBteA
I have always wondered about this picture of the Lama, and now this article presents the full autobiography of this erudite Mongolian lama. May more Mongolians get the buddha dharma from their Mongolian masters of sutra and tantra.
Mongolians have a close history with Tibetan Buddhism, and it was initially started off, by Sonam Gyatso the 3rd Dalai Lama, who made friends with Altan Khan and brought many of the warlike Mongolians to the door of dharma.
This excerpt of the Swiss Television documentary presented in 1988 is a painful reminder of the hypocrisy and the sad reality of the oppression, discrimination, and ostracisation of Dorje Shugden practitioners. For 20 years, Dorje Shugden practitioners have endured this and no one supported their fight as the Tibetan leadership in exile continues to undermine their effort by denying the existence of this ban, and silencing their voice by peer pressure, flooding the media and fooling the general public with accusations that Shugden practitioners are political tools supported by the Chinese government to create discord within the Tibetan community. Please listen to their plea and please share this video far and wide to end this injustice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gis2vaURT40
Thank you Rinpoche and Pastor Adeline on yet another sharing on a great and erudite Buddhist master. Geshe Lobsang Tayang is indeed very meticulous in his works and it is through his devotion that the sungbum collection can materialize.
May the works be preserved for future generations and may more benefit from the works for the proliferation of the Dharma.
Stories on erudite masters and great buddhist scholars are always interesting and inspiring to read about their attainments and great works. Especially the ones related to Dorje Shugden. Thank you Rinpoche and Pastor Adeline for another great write up ?
Lobsang Tamdin was also known as Lobsang Tayang, has a vast learning knowledge. His works have been referenced by Tibetan and Western Tibetan scholars alike for various studies. He went to Wutai Shan, a pilgrimage place of Manjushri in Northern China, and revealed two miraculous stupas inscribed with magical letters. One crucial aspect of any text in Tibetan Buddhism is its unbroken transmission lineage passed from master to disciple each generation.
Among Lobsang Tamdin’s historical writings is an account of the origins of the Western College of the Great Khure Monastery. Amazing the inventory of sacred objects of this college were the three representations of Dorje Shugden. One of the most interesting and revealing transmission lineages is that of the ritual pertaining to the black horse aspect of Dorje Shugden. There are many other transmissions such as the complete written works of other great Lamas as well. Dorje Shugden was invoked through an oracle at which time he stated that he would take responsibility to protect the monastery when it was founded. One crucial aspect of any text in Tibetan Buddhism is its unbroken transmission lineage passed from master to disciple each generation.
Lobsang Tamdin’s collected works primarily documents all of the transmissions he received from various masters and even he enumerates the actual lineages. Amazing Lobsang Tamdin was able to secure the transmission for nearly all of the texts collected for the Dorje Shugden .
Thank you Rinpoche and Pastor Adeline for sharing the incredible work of a great man.
The Mongolian ruler, Altan Khan conferred the title of Dalai Lama Mongolian upon Sonam Gyatsho in 1578. It is also the Mongolian scholar and monk who kept the history and works of Tulku Dragpa Gyeltsen alive in Mongolia. Mongolia and Mongolians play such a very big part in the history of Tibetan Buddhism and keeping its preservation intact as Altan Khan gave them a ruler after the kings of Tibet and the scholar monk gave back to them the lost works.
Mongolia is very special.
Geshe Lobsang Tayang was a great Mongolia master and also the lineage holder of many sacred practices. He was well-known for his vast knowledge of Buddhism and his collections of written works in 12 volumes. These 12 volumes of written works consisted teachings and commentaries already existing at that time. It also documented all the lineages of transmissions to the practices he received.
In Volume 11, there is an incredible documentation about Dorje Shugden Be Bum, where Geshe Lobsang Tayang was able to collect and secure the transmissions for almost all texts. This document became the central reference text to all the Shugden text and it has been republished several times in our modern days.
All these written text shared one crucial aspect, its unbroken transmission lineage passed from master to disciple from one to another generation. The authenticity of every practice and teaching should be able to trace back to its original. Knowing and learn the biographies of these great lineage masters is an inspirations that increase ones faith to practice sincerely.