The Teacher of Teachers: His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche
His Holiness Trijang Rinpoche (Main figure)
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(Top to bottom): His Holiness Trijang Rinpoche and Dorje Shugden
Deity: His Holiness Trijang Rinpoche (English)
His Holiness Trijang Rinpoche is most famously remembered for having served as the Junior Tutor to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, a testament to the scholarliness and high spiritual attainments of this great master. Trijang Rinpoche was a student of His Holiness Pabongka Rinpoche and followed in his teacher’s footsteps of propagating the Buddhist teachings. He is credited with taking notes during Pabongka Rinpoche’s landmark 24-day experiential exposition on the Lamrim or Graduated Stages on the Path to Enlightenment teachings. Trijang Rinpoche edited his notes and published them as the text “Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand”, which is highly revered and continues to be widely studied today. Trijang Rinpoche was also a stalwart practitioner of Dorje Shugden and even dedicated an entire volume to Dorje Shugden within his collected works (sungbum). This remains the main source of Dorje Shugden’s practice within the Gelug tradition today.
Deity: Dorje Shugden (Tibetan)
Alternative name: Vajra Rudra (Sanskrit)
Dorje Shugden is an emanation of the Buddha of Wisdom, Manjushri. He took the form of a Dharma Protector in order to safeguard the Buddha’s teachings, especially the important teachings on the Middle Way View. Reminiscent of Manjushri’s form, Dorje Shugden carries a meandering sword and rides a snowlion that represents the fearlessness of a fully enlightened Buddha. Thus, he has great strength to overcome obstacles of the body, speech and mind, and create suitable conditions for our spiritual practice to flourish. Furthermore, he carries a jewel-spitting mongoose and a vajra hook to symbolise that he has the tremendous ability to bestow wealth and resources.
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His Holiness Trijang Rinpoche who was one of the foremost Tibetan Buddhist masters of our time. Been the philosophical assistant and junior tutor of the HH 14th Dalai Lama for more than forty years. A direct disciple of the great HH Pabongka Rinpoche. He had edited the book Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand written by HH pabongka Rinpoche .These Lam-Rim texts which is still been studied up to this day in the Gelugpa lineage. He was one of many Gelug Lamas who had taught in the West. Here he is depicted with Dorje Shugden an emanation of the Buddha of Wisdom, Manjushri.
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