The 4th Edition of ‘The Promise’, the Pictorial Biography of H.E. Tsem Rinpoche Is Out!
The 4th Edition of The Promise is out! Click to purchase
The 1st edition of The Promise was published in 2012 and the recently launched 4th edition carries many more details that have arisen as the result of further interviews and conversations with people who have known Tsem Rinpoche and who have come to experience his tremendous kindness.
Of particular note is the Foreword which was graciously written by H.H. the 101st Gaden Tripa Jetsun Lungrik Namgyal Rinpoche, the most senior monk of the Gelugpa order today. The Gaden Tripa is regarded to be Lama Tsongkhapa’s representative on earth and the Gaden Trisur (Tripa Emeritus) is someone who has held this most esteemed position in the past.
The 4th Edition of The Promise provides details of a number of Rinpoche’s holy past incarnations that have been confirmed by high lamas and the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden who took trance in his oracle, the Venerable 7th Panglung Kuten, to bestow the recognition.
Tsem Rinpoche personally did not want to make a big fuss over this and in fact, Rinpoche even resisted the idea of having a biography book to begin with. But Rinpoche’s teachers have advised that having a biography done of Rinpoche’s life would inspire many people and draw them to the Dharma. And it is not difficult to see why.
This new edition of The Promise features many interesting photos never before published in other editions.
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Those who know Rinpoche, know a lama who is extremely humble and down to earth with no airs of grandeur whatsoever. However, Rinpoche’s line of previous incarnations include some of the most important personages and erudite scholars to have shaped and made Tibetan Buddhism into the potent spiritual practice that it is today.
This list includes the likes of Magadha Sangmo, a student of the historical Buddha whose reverence for Lord Shakyamuni was legendary; Duldzin Drakpa Gyaltsen, a direct disciple of Lama Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism; Mahasiddha Virupa, the great 9th century yogi and Abbot of Nalanda Monastery; and Thonmi Sambhota, a key minister of the 7th century Emperor Songtsen Gampo who was the first to bring Buddhist texts from India to Tibet and who invented the Tibetan script.
Tsem Rinpoche’s past incarnations also include the Mahasiddha Naropa, one of the great Mahasiddhas of ancient India and the father of the Vajrayogini Tantras; Sakya Pandita, the 4th Sakya Throneholder and one of the five patriarchs of the Sakya lineage; and the Emperor Kangxi, one of China’s greatest and most benevolent emperors who stabilised the empire, brought prosperity and was a great patron of Chinese arts and culture.
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In the 4th Edition, we also learn about how Rinpoche first encountered the practice of the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden, how central Dorje Shugden has been to the practice of Rinpoche’s holy teachers including His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche, and how Rinpoche has sworn to uphold all the practices and lineages he has been bestowed by his teachers, including the practice of Dorje Shugden. Such is Rinpoche’s trust and devotion in his Gurus and lineage that nothing can compel him to break his promises.
Personally, I was happy to learn that Reuters, the global media platform is also carrying news of the launch of the 4th Edition of The Promise. As a student of Rinpoche, I am personally a beneficiary of his wisdom and kindness. And I know that as faith in our lama becomes more well defined, so does our focus on the Dharma, and only then do spiritual attainments come within reach.
In the months and weeks leading up to the publication of this book, the Writers Team have worked tirelessly and with unassailable devotion and I thank them as I thank everyone who has been involved in the production of The Promise.
The 4th Edition of The Promise includes notable quotes from various high lamas, great scholars, friends and peers.
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Mostly I would like to thank H.E. Tsem Rinpoche for his life’s work, his devotion to preserving and bringing the pure teachings of Lama Tsongkhapa to us, for his love and care to everyone he meets, for being an inspiration, and for being a lighthouse in this sea of samsara that we find ourselves in.
May Rinpoche live long, may Rinpoche’s holy legacy grow and may Rinpoche continue to turn the wheel of Dharma.
The Promise, 4th Edition is now available at www.vajrasecrets.com. All enquiries can be made in writing to: support[at]vajrasecrets[dot]com.
Thank you.
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For more interesting information:
- Dorje Shugden category on my blog
- The Promise – Tsem Rinpoche’s inspiring biography now in ebook format!
- H.E. the 25th Tsem Tulku Rinpoche’s Biography
- Dorje Shugden – The Protector of Our Time
- Dorje Shugden: Our Personal Stories
- Dear Dalai Lama, please read this
- Dear Dalai Lama, With Folded Hands
- Why so rude?
- 700 Meet A Buddha (七百人幸睹佛现)
- Great Masters Speak about Tsem Rinpoche
- Dorje Shugden Retreat: A powerful practice to fulfill wishes
- Dorje Shugden People Do Not Go to the Three Lower Realms
- Why Accepting Dorje Shugden Is Good for Tibetan Democracy
- The Dorje Shugden category on my blog
- Why can’t the Dalai Lama ‘bind’ Dorje Shugden?
- H.E. Tsem Rinpoche’s first live streaming!
- Manjushri Nagarakshasa comes to KFR!
- They were not wrong
- Can Tibetan Lamas Make Mistakes?
- My plea to His Holiness the Dalai Lama
- My plea to His Holiness (Tibetan) | ངའི་༧གོང་ས་མཆོག་ལ་སྙན་ཞུ་ཞུ་རྒྱུར།
- Huffington Post: Three Times as Many Buddhists as Communists in China: Dalai Lama’s Tibet Wish May Require Rapprochement with Former Adversaries
- Huffington Post: When Machiavelli Dons Tibetan Robes
- Huffington Post: Shugden Acolytes Decry Ostracism Within Buddhist Ranks
- The Fourteenth Dalai Lama & Dorje Shugden | ༧གོང་ས་ཆེན་པོ་སྐུ་འཕྲེང་བཅུ་བཞི་པ་མཆོག་དང་རྡོ་རྗེ་ཤུགས་ལྡན། | 十四世达赖尊者与多杰雄登
- The Fifth Dalai Lama & Dorje Shugden | ༧གོང་ས་ལྔ་པ་ཆེན་པོ་དང་རྡོ་རྗེ་ཤུགས་ལྡན། | 第五世达赖尊者与多杰雄登
- Dorje Shugden: My side of the story
- Should there be a separate autonomous Dorje Shugden state? Part 1
- Should there be a separate autonomous Dorje Shugden state? Part 2
- To Sum It Up
- The Buddhist Divide – An Unholy Campaign against Religious Freedom
- Tibetan Leadership’s New Anti-Shugden Video
- Updated: Dorje Shugden Teaching Videos
- The Dalai Lama Speaks Clearly About the Dorje Shugden Ban
- Nechung – The Retiring Devil of Tibet
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1984 Los Angeles-Left to right: Geshe Tsultrim Gyeltsen, His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche, monk assistant to Zong Rinpoche and the 18-year-old Tsem Rinpoche prior to ordination. Read more- https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/category/me
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
https://video.tsemtulku.com/videouploads/comment-1544345059.mp4
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
更多关于第五世达赖尊者和多杰雄登护法的内容 — https://bit.ly/2zsC3tG
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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
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A poem inspired by seeing a picture of my teacher, Kyabje Zong Rinpoche…
In the sport of correct views,
all that is correct is just a view,
without permanence or substance.
As long as we hold onto views,
our sufferings are gathered
to be experienced without end.
Without the strong methods of emptiness
and compassion, bereft of merit,
we sink deeper without respite.
To arise from this samsara is but
a dreamscape on the deluded mind.
Therefore seek the guru, who confers the yidam,
hold your vows and fixate on liberation
free of new creations. Free of new experiences as
there are none.
~ Tsem Rinpoche
Composed in Tsem Ladrang, Kuala Lumpur on July 7, 2014
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
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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A poem by Tsem Rinpoche
I was walking past a second hand shop on Western Ave selling old things. They had a Japanese-style clay Buddha which was beige in colour on the floor, holding the door open. I thought the shopkeeper would collect a lot of negative karma without knowing if he kept such a holy item on the floor as a doorstop. So I went in to talk to him, but he didn’t look like he wanted to talk or that he even cared. So I asked him the price and he said US$5. I purchased it so he did not collect more negative karma. I was 17 years old and that was in 1982.
I escorted my new Buddha home and washed it lightly and wiped it. I placed it on my altar and was happy with the Buddha. I would do my meditations, prayers, sadhanas, mantras and prostrations in front of this shrine daily. When I left for India in 1987, I could not bring this Buddha along and gave it to a friend. It was a nice size and I made offerings to this Buddha for many years in Los Angeles. In front of the Buddha I placed His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s photo. I remember I was so relieved that the price was affordable. But US$5 that time was still expensive for me but worth it I thought. But I was happy to have brought the Buddha home. Tsem Rinpoche
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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
Amazing post!!!!!
Dear friends, For months we have been working on this BEAUTIFUL and meaningful mural in Kathmandu, Nepal. Please click here to enjoy the many stunning pictures of this mural: https://bit.ly/2LgOj8J
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.
Tsem Rinpoche at Kechara Forest Retreat, Bentong, Malaysia
How can a nun curse someone they do not even know and wish the person to die quickly and be born in hell? What kind of nun is this? Shocking! What more she’s cursing a Buddhist teacher and a monk?! Is this the face of Bhutanese Buddhist?
This is so shameful for her as a nun, her teacher, her monastery, her country and her King. A sangha should not behave in such a manner. A Sangha should carry enlightened Buddha’s teachings of compassion and wisdom to benefit all sentient beings.
A Sangha is not supposed to promote hatred and certainly should not be cursing or wishing another person to die. That wish itself is already breaking one of the vows.
A Sangha is one of the 3 Jewels, an object of refuge. They should not behave like an uncivilized person with so much hate. This is how bad the Tibetan Leadership has spread their lies and hate about Dorje Shugden and Shugden Buddhist practitioners.
In line with the recent de-escalation in Asia, such as the reset of Sino-Indian ties, an article about His Eminence the 25th Tsem Tulku Rinpoche offering his strong prayers and thanksgiving was published on Reuters.
Share and read the good news here: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/current-affairs/reuters-publishes-my-reconciliation-prayers-for-asia.html
A true democracy allows everyone the freedom to exercise their human rights, including the freedom to practise any religion they want. In democratic countries, the government does not interfere with this right. Neither are democratic governments prejudiced against their citizens’ choice of religious belief. They do not force people to stop their religious practice or pass legislation criminalising people because of their religion.
The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), the Tibetan leadership who are based in Dharamsala are the exception. They are the only so-called ‘democratic’ leadership that puts a stranglehold on its people, persecuting them for their religious beliefs. They deny the rights of Dorje Shugden practitioners for simply practicing their religion as they have done for the past 400 years. Dorje Shugden practitioners are ostracised from their own community, denied medical care, education or even employment in government offices. The CTA definitely does not live up to the right to be called a democratic administration, especially when in it inflicts suppression of people’s freedom and disrespects basic human rights.
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I really look forward to getting this autobiography. Rinpoche’s experience with people, situations and benefitting others, in this one lifetime could be several lifetimes for many others. Truly a life less ordinary.
Friends receiving copies of The Promise, and they are all smiles ??
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
The 4th Edition of “The Promise:”- Rinpoche has sworn to uphold all the practices and lineages he has been bestowed by his Teachers, including the practice of Dorje Shugden. Such is Rinpoche’s Trust and Devotion in his Gurus and Lineage which nothing can compel him to break “His Promise.” When the Tibetan Leadership (The CTA) first implemented the ban on the practice of Dorje Shugden over 20 years ago, main reason for the ban was that this Protector endangers the life of our beloved Tibetan God-King, His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama. Secondly, they added that Dorje Shugden jeopardize the efforts of the Tibetan people to regain their freedom from China and return to their Homeland. In fact, by tarnising, albeit incorrestly, the reputation of this “enlightened Dharma Protector”, nothing that the Central Tibetan Administration, (i.e. CTA) said about Dorje Shugden could be further from the truth. “There is solid evidence to refute all of CTA’s false accusations against Dorje Shugden, going back all the way to 1959 and beyond,as alledged by Dorje Shugden’s representative Party. According to notes in the script as written, “Just as Dorje Shugden had portended towards 1959, the situation was said to be extremely tensed in Lhasa. For years before the Dalai Lama’s escape, Khampa guerillas waged war against the Chinese soldiers along the border, and the Chinese became impatient. Soon a plot to capture the Dalai Lama and influential officials of the Tibetan Government was uncovered.” It was said in Trijang Dorje Chang autobiography that he wrote and summoned the “Panglung Oracle” to his chambers and invoke Dorje Shugden to ask for the protector’s advice. Dorje Shugden confirmed that the Chinese were ready to carry out plans to get rid of the Dalai Lama. When the info. was communicated to H.H. the Dalai Lama, he ordered Trijang Rinpoche to seek further advice from the Dorje Shugden. With all neccessary help from his personal changtso(assistants), Trijang Rinpoche sought help from his conduit friends for Dorje Shugden to convey secret plans for the Dalai Lama’s escape to safety, foiling any plans for him to be abducted! Thus as said, both poinant and ironic has saved H.H.the Dalai Lama’s life and with him, the Tibetan Buddhist Religion and the legacy of the Tibetan people. Yet today, the same Dharma Protector is being said and accused of wishing to do harm to the Dalai Lama and destroy the efforts of the Tibetan people to regain their homeland! Whatsoever, the King of Protectors, Dorje Shugden, continues to carry on helping, assisting anyone who invokes his help in their Dharma practices, in order to benefit all beings! Our Dorje Shugden chapel in Bentong, near Kechara Forest Retreat is opened and dedicated in his great works as well as to invoke his blessings for one and all to come and to worship Him! All are welcome! Om Benza Wiki Bittana Soha.
随喜詹杜固仁波切的弟子和团队完成了最新版本的“承诺”， 詹杜固仁波切的生平故事。
这一个版本加入了更多其他高僧的访问、由多杰雄登所确认的詹杜固仁波切转世系统。 当然还包括詹杜固仁波切如何接触到多杰雄登、如何从根本上师至尊宋仁波切得到多杰雄登的授命灌顶。 这本“承诺” 都非常清楚记录了这些重要事件。当然还有这本新版的“承诺” 是中英双语， 让大家都可以容易明白里面的内容。
在藏传佛教中， 我们不难看到很多高僧都有自己的传记， 如果没有传记的话， 至少都会记录并公开他们的生平故事。 在藏传佛教中， 高僧们都会公开他们的传承， 他们的法的源头等等。，因为藏传佛教非常注重传承。 通过阅读高僧们的传记， 我们可以更了解一位上师， 我们可以更了解我们所学习佛法的传承， 而且对佛法更有信心。
想要订购这本传记的人也可以在克切拉网店订购：
https://www.vajrasecrets.com/the-promise-a-tsem-rinpoche-biography-4th-edition
谢谢
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Thank you.
Rejoice.
Great job and is a good book to share and inspire more people.
This fabulous 4th Edition of ‘The Promise’ will much sought book by many who enjoyed reading the pictorial biography of H.E. Tsem Rinpoche . It would then inspire many more people and draw them to the Dharma, Kechara Forest Retreat and see for themselves the beauty of it. Great news Reuters, the international social media have even high lighted about this book. Wow …..it will be wonderful to read Rinpoche’s previous incarnations and all the great works ,Rinpoche had done .
Thank you Rinpoche, Phng Li Kim and the writers team who have worked tirelessly hard to have this wonderful book for us.
Tsem Rinpoche is a humble and low profile person. His teachers used to advise Rinpoche to have biography book because it would inspire many people to practice Dharma. Because of Rinpoche’s devotion to his Guru, he agreed to share with many about his life and now we have the latest version, The 4th Edition of The Promise.
It is for sure that many people would be inspired by the way Rinpoche overcomes the challenges in his life without losing his compassion, integrity, courage and his devotion to his Guru. All these good qualities do not come within one life time but it is due to dharma practice from many previous life times.
Rinpoche has many holy past incarnations that have been confirmed by high lamas and Protector Dorje Shugden. The past incarnations can be traced back to Buddha Shakyamuni time. This is how powerful practicing Dharma can be. Ones who take refuge to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha and practice Dharma all the way under the guidance of a genuine Guru, the end result will be ultimate freedom and happiness, which is enlightenment.
Good news! Especially Reuters, the international news have recommended this book. It show how good this book is and worth to keep and as give as a gift. “The Promise ” book have 2 languages in a book, it is easier for people to read.
Rejoice on the hard work of team who involves in this work,
Most important, Thank you Rinpoche for willing to share your personal stories to guide, inspire and motivate us on the path to enlightenment.
With folded hand
Freon
Thank you Li Kim for giving a brief intrduction on this biography of The Promise. Can’t wait to invite a copy back for myself and family to read. I pray and hope that Rinpoche to live happily,healthily and long life to share dharma and many more great stuffs in the future! ??
It is very important that we have the best Guru to guide us on our spiritual path and indeed I and all Kecharians are very blessed to be students of H.E. the 25th Tsem Rinpoche.
In this 4th edition of Rinpoche’s life and His Promise, it is exciting to learn about Rinpoche’s previous incarnations and all the beneficial works that He had done for sentient beings.
Rinpoche’s previous incarnations includes His being with Shakyamuni Buddha and the founder of our lineage, Je Tsongkapa.
Thank you Rinpoche for giving blessings for this publication.
Hi Li Khim,
Thank you to you and your excellent team in coming up with an updated edition of The Promise. I promise that I will get a copy, study it and embody the countless Dharma teachings contained within. I’ve already read the previous edition and now with the 4th edition, as more information is added, it will certainly give a more comprehensive view into our Guru’s present life and past incarnations – working solely to benefit others.
Thank you again for this hard work to bring the Dharma to others.
Lum KL