Visiting His Holiness Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche in Vermont | 到佛蒙特州拜会至尊赤江卓图仁波切
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Last year in November 2014, I requested a group of my students to go to Vermont (USA) to meet His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche and to make offerings on my behalf. I was unable to go at the time. So they represented me.
Our group had the wonderful fortune to go there and receive a timely audience. They had made extensive offerings to Trijang Rinpoche and updated him on my activities, our works, what we have been doing, and also brought a photo album of Kechara’s departments and all of our activities to show Trijang Rinpoche. The audience with Trijang Rinpoche was over 3 hours, and he had listened attentively and caringly to all of our explanations and updates about Kechara House.
The beautiful and blessed Amitayus statue which was kindly gifted to me by H.H. Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche.
It was during this time that Trijang Rinpoche gave some advice that was passed to me through my students, and also sent me a personal audio message which I treasure. I was very touched by all of that. On top of that, His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche had presented me with an Amitayus statue, which as you all know, represents the Buddha of the Western Paradise, as well as the Buddha of extension of one’s life in order for one to engage in dharma practice and gain attainments. To receive such a precious gift from such an erudite incarnation of a great master was truly touching and humbling at the same time. My previous incarnations had close connections with Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche I was told. Trijang Rinpoche even had his students take my students to a nice meal at Thai Restaurant to show his appreciation. So kind. Blessed.
I would like to thank His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche, his Ladrang and entourage; for the kindness they bestowed to my students and at the same time, for the wonderful and lovely gift which I will display in an open area in Kechara so that everybody may receive blessings from this Amitayus statue. In Tibetan culture, to offer any of the Buddhas of Long Life such as Amitayus, Namgyalma or White Tara to a person or to a Lama, you are wishing them long life, eternal bliss, happiness, youth and strength. So, it has a lot of meaning and significance. It is extremely meaningful to me.
I definitely treasure my connections with my lamas of my previous incarnations. Every samaya is important. Our individual samaya to our gurus is very important. No one single guru should make samaya to him override a samaya to our personal gurus. We can never forsake our gurus for another guru. And no guru can say that we must have good samaya with him at the cost of our samaya to our personal gurus who kindly gave us so much time, energy and practice.
I enclose here pictures of our group with His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche having audience and speaking with them. When the timing is correct, I will go and pay my deepest respects to His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche.
Tsem Rinpoche
Trijang Buddhist Institute (TBI) in Vermont, USA has a beautiful landscape.
(Picture taken from TBI Facebook Fan Page)
Some humble offerings from me to Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche
Beng Kooi presenting my offerings to Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche on my behalf! I was so happy and excited when I first saw this picture. It is so humbling that my students can have an audience with Heruka himself.
Beng Kooi showed a booklet on Kechara to Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche in which he took great interests
Beng Kooi and Pastor Jean Ai with one of Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche’s loyal student, Barbara in TBI Gompa.
Kecharians in Trijang Buddhist Institute in Vermont with a few of Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche’s close students. These are monks whom I have known for over 25 years and we are friends. I am glad to see they are well. I treasure my friends especially sangha friends because we share the same teacher, lineage, practice and monastery. Whatever the ideology of my friends does not concern me, but the human warmth we share is what matters.
去年2014年11月，我要求我的一群弟子前往美国佛蒙特州拜会至尊赤江卓图仁波切，并代表我给仁波切献上供养。由于当时我无法亲自前往会面，弟子们就代表我前往。
这群弟子很幸运地前往该地，并及时获得仁波切的接见。他们给赤江仁波切做了大量的供养，同时向仁波切跟进我进行的活动、佛法工作、长久以来的工作等情况。他们也携带了克切拉各大部门和相关活动纪录的相册，展示给赤江仁波切看。他们跟赤江仁波切的会晤超过三个小时，仁波切很细心和关心地聆听所有关于克切拉团体的讲解和最新跟进。
就在此时，赤江仁波切提供了一些忠告，并透过我的弟子传达了给我，同时他也给我传送了一则我很珍惜的私人语音信息。
我为上述种种深深感动。除此之外，至尊赤江仁波切也赠予我一尊无量寿佛像。众所周知，来自西方极乐世界的无量寿佛，也是延寿之佛，能延长修行人寿命，协助他们投入佛法工作，证得正果。
能从一位大师的智慧转世手中接过这样一份珍贵的礼物，确实是太令人感动的同时又深感谦卑。有人告诉我，我的前世跟赤江仁波切关系密切。赤江仁波切甚至吩咐他的弟子带我的弟子到泰国餐厅吃一顿好的，以示感激。太仁慈了，太殊胜了。
在此我要感谢至尊赤江卓图仁波切、他的拉章和随行人员，对我的学生表达的亲切；与此同时，也感谢他所赠予的美好又漂亮的礼物。礼放将在克切拉公开展示，让每个人都能获得这尊无量寿佛的加持。
根据西藏文化，赠予别人或上师无量寿佛、尊胜佛母或白度母等长寿佛，等于祝福对方长寿、大乐、快乐、青春和充满活力。有鉴于此，这尊佛像蕴含了许多意义和象征。它对我而言别具意义。我绝对珍惜跟自己前世的上师的转世的联系。
每个三昧耶都是重要的。我们个人跟上师的三昧耶非常重要。没有一位上师应该将我们跟他的三昧耶视为是超越我们跟自己上师的三昧耶。此外，也没有一位上师可以说我们必须牺牲跟自己上师的三昧耶，来保持跟他之间的清净三昧耶。我们自己的上师是那位仁慈地对我们付出了如此多时间、精力和给予我们修行的人。
我在此附上我的弟子跟至尊赤江仁波切会晤和谈话的照片。当时机成熟时，我将会亲自前往会晤至尊赤江仁波切，表达我最深的敬意。
詹杜固仁波切
For more interesting information | 更多精彩链接：
- Music Delighting the Ocean of Protectors – A Definitive Guide to Dorje Shugden by Trijang Rinpoche
- A group finished reading the autobiography of H.H. Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche
- His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang
- Various aspects of tantra by His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche
- Prayers for me by H.H. Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche and Khensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering
- Blessed upon sights of these masters
- Perfect practice equals perfect rebirths
- Trijang Rinpoche and Karmapa
- Lineage
- Gaze at great masters
- Can anyone translate biography of Trijang Rinpoche?
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Revisiting this article today, in conjunction with His Holiness Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche’s birthday.
I remember Rinpoche mentioned that one’s teacher’s birthday is very important for the students because, the Guru has chosen that day to come back and benefit us. Hence, we should be grateful and hold our samaya well in order for Him/Her to live long and continue to benefit many.
Happy Birthday to you, H. H. Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche! 💕
It is a great honour to be able to meet the great Lamas like H.E. Tsem Rinpoche, H.H. Trijang Rinpoche, H.H. Zong Rinpoche and many more. They are the living Buddha, they are the ones who has achieved enlightenment, and they know what is best for us in order to liberate from the sufferings.
It is very meritorious to make offerings to lamas like them in order for us to get better connection so that we can continue to learn and practice Dharma under them in this life and probably in our many lifetimes to come until and are liberated.
Offerings can be categorized in 3 levels,
1. Monetary and material offering
2. Skill and time offering
3. Mind Transformation offering
this 3 levels go progressively from the 1st to 3rd which is the highest offering we can make to our guru by transforming our mind.
Monetary and material offering is to offer up money or material items, it is the easiest and lowest level of offering, as anyone who has some money in their pocket can already offer that, not much effort is needed.
Skill and time offering is to offer up our time spent for leisure activities to Dharma activities and for the spreading of Dharma.
The highest offering is mind transformation, which is to learn the dharma, practice the dharma and eventually transform our negative mindset, bad habits into compassionate mindset and Dharmic habits.
That’s wonderful and once a life time great moments and great memories to meet His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche and to make offerings on Rinpoche’s behalf at Vermont,USA. Rejoice to the group of Kecharians , did a good work bringing gifts extensive offerings to Trijang Rinpoche and updated him on all the activities, works done at Kechara and a photo album of Kechara’s departments. In return , H H Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche presented Rinpoche with an beautiful Amitayus statue, known to the Western as the Buddha of the Western Paradise . Looking through those photos tell all. We are fortunate able to glance at the beautiful Amitayus Statue.
Thank you Rinpoche for this Dharma sharing.
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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
更多关于第十四世达赖尊者和多杰雄登护法的内容 — https://bit.ly/2r4aaDN
第五世达赖尊者为多杰雄登护法在拉萨建造的护法殿（布旦康萨）— https://bit.ly/2zBTd8M
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
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
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
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
*Stand not included
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.
Great message every Tibetan especially must read!
Dear Rinpoche,
I rejoice on Beng Kooi and others able to represent Rinpoche to visit H.H Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche. It is important to be able to carry Rinpoche’s instructions well so that we could represent Rinpoche well. Thus, I learned from this article, to be able to understand and follow the guru instructions is essential. To have strong Guru Devotion is important for our spiritual progress. If we want to meet our Guru for next life after lifes, it is good we can have strong samaya with our guru now.
May I have strong Guru Devotion and samaya with Rinpoche.
Thank you Rinpoche for teachings us the important of Guru Devotion
Bowing to Rinpoche’s lotus feet,
Freon
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For longest time, people who have been misled have wrongly accused Dorje Shugden practitioners and have hated blindly without understanding the real issue. Therefore it is very refreshing to see this comment by Suzy in Rinpoche’s YouTube channel [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl-4lIwxph4&t=11s] in which she eloquently expressed how her mind shifted about Dorje Shugden after learning more about the Protector.
It is rejoicing news hear news about Trijang Buddhist Institute the organisation under the auspices of Trijang Rinpoche’s guidance. Trijang Rinpoche the previous one took in all the teachings that Je Pabongka that had to offer, and the current Trijang Rinpoche also looks to be the receptacle of the secret and ear whispered lineage teachings of the Gelug tradition.
Rejoice for the team member who has the chance to meet the great lama, Trijang Rinpoche. Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this article so we are able to connect to the great lamas. So nice that the team is able to share all the activities done by Kechara.
May all the great lamas live long and continue turning the dharma wheel .
I am truly humbled by these acts of kindness, devotion, care and untiring efforts to grow the Dharma.
Thank you Rinpoche for such deep sharing.
Humbly yours,
Lum Kok Luen
It is such an honour for Kecharians to be granted an audience with H.H. Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche. The gifts that H.H. Trijang Rinpoche presented our Guru, H.E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche, a beautiful Amitayus statue and a conch shell bear such deep significance. It is one erudite master requesting another to please live long and continue to turn the wheel of dharma. With folded hands, thank you so much. _/\_
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this article. It is exciting to see that our senior students of Rinpoche have audience with Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche and they are so blessed to be able to meet a great Lama. Rejoice to Rinpoche to receive an Amitayus statue from Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche.
With folded palms,
Vivian
Rejoice to those visited His Holiness Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche in Vermont and to make offerings on behalf of our Guru Rinpoche.The group had a wonderful audience with His Holiness Trijang Rinpoche made extensive offerings to His Holiness and updated him on all activities at KFR. His Holiness Trijang Rinpoche then presented our Guru Rinpoche with an Amitayus statue.I am glad, i am able to see this beautiful Amitayus statues from the above pictures.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this post and beautiful pictures .
May Rinpoche have good health always.
Beautiful pictures showing how lamas are united and have harmony and respect for each other for the dharma. They work hard to spread the dharma and encourage and wish each other well. So, to those with no dharma, seeing such harmony and kindness and care, will encourage further investigation into dharma.
All for dharma and the benefit to all sentient beings.
May Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche live long to spread the dharma.
May H.E. Tsem Rinpoche have stable health and long life.
Trode Khangsar Chapel in Lhasa, TibetOver 400 years ago a great and learned lama Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen was famed in Mongolia, Tibet, Nepal and China for being very saintly and compassionate. He resided in his residence (Zimkhang Gongma Ladrang) in Drepung Monastery. His root guru was H.H. the Omniscient 4th Panchen Lama and his close dharma brother was the 5th Dalai Lama.
The 5th Dalai Lama and Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen had a very close and dharmic relationship and often went to receive teachings together from the 4th Panchen Lama. They were close in age. They both became very learned and well known. During this time, the Dalai Lama was enthroned as a Dharma King of Tibet. But more people went to see Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen for teachings, initiations and divinations. This made the attendants of the 5th Dalai Lama feel threatened that Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen’s fame might usurp the power of the 5th Dalai Lama. So they had a khata forced down his throat. At that moment, Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen dissolved his psychic winds and generated the wish to be a great guardian of Buddha and Tsongkapa’s teachings. As his consciousness dissolved, he entered ‘bardo’ as a dharma protector of the highest order (jikten depey sungma). Many signs were seen throughout Lhasa at this time and the earth was said to have shaken in Lhasa. This event was already predicted to Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen’s previous incarnation when he was one of the 8 main disciples of Lord Tsongkapa the Supreme Master and he served Tsongkapa directly by building Gaden Monastery.
When the 5th Dalai Lama heard what his scheming and power-hungry attendants had done, he was very distressed. He was very sorry Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen was murdered and dishonored as he was a great dharma master. The 5th Dalai Lama composed an apology to Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen. In Lhasa, tens of thousands gathered for the cremation of Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen’s holy body. During the cremation, the 5th Dalai Lama’s apology was read out at which flames spontaneously arose from the body of Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen commencing the cremation. From the body, during cremation, a powerful whirlwind of smoke tunneled into the sky for all to see as this was an indication Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen’s consciousness has arisen as the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden. The Dharma Protector Setrap immediately recognized this new protector Dorje Shugden and ‘enthroned’ him as a powerful Dharma Protector in the realm of the Buddhas. From this, Setrap and Dorje Shugden are closely connected and very close working hand in hand always. After the cremation, the great 5th Dalai Lama built a Dorje Shugden chapel on the spot the cremation took place and named it Trode Khangsar. The 5th Dalai Lama commissioned the statue of Dorje Shugden in this chapel and had monks installed in the chapel to do continuous propitiations to Dorje Shugden. Trode Khangsar Chapel was a commemoration to Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen who was wronged and also a celebration of his consciousness arising as the World Peace Peace Protector Dorje Shugden.
This Trode Khangsar Chapel still exists now in Lhasa where many make pilgrimages there. It is in good condition and was recently renovated. It is over 400 years old and a testimony to the respect the Great 5th Dalai Lama had to Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen who arose as Dorje Shugden.
I have visited this holy chapel in Lhasa years back. I’ve never heard of it till I was in Lhasa and by chance, I was told about it which I was happy to visit. I could not find the place but strangely a bunch of pilgrims from Amdo told me they would show me how to get there in Lhasa.
This short video is a short clip of this holy Trode Khangsar Chapel in Lhasa today commemorating Dorje Shugden, built by the great 5th Dalai Lama. The great 5th Dalai Lama even composed a prayer to Dorje Shugden which is still available today and we can recite to invoke the blessings, protection, and assistance of World Peace Protector Dorje Shugden.
Tsem Rinpoche
Read more: Trode Khangsar – A 400-year-old Dorje Shugden Chapel in Lhasa
https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/dorje-shugden/trode-khangsar-%E2%80%93-a-400-year-old-dorje-shugden-chapel-in-lhasa.html
Short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTybDwTeLAM
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The 5th Dalai Lama’s Prayer to Dorje ShugdenHUM
Though unmoving from the sphere of primordial spontaneity,
With wrathful turbulent power, swifter than lightning,
Endowed with heroic courage to judge good and bad,
I invite you with faith, please come to this place!
Robes of a monk, crown adorned with rhinoceros leather hat,
Right hand holds ornate club, left holds a human heart,
Riding various mounts such as nagas and garudas,
Who subdues the mamos of the charnel grounds, praise to you!
Samaya substances, offerings and torma, outer, inner and secret,
Favourite visual offerings and various objects are arranged.
Although, previously, my wishes were a bit dense,
Do not stop your powerful apparitions, I reveal and confess!
Now respectfully praising with body, speech, and mind,
For us, the masters, disciples, benefactors and entourages,
Provide the good and avert the bad!
Bring increase like the waxing moon in spiritual and temporal realms!
Moreover, swiftly accomplishing all wishes,
According to our prayers, bestow the supreme effortlessly!
And like the jewel that bestows all wishes,
Always protect us with the Three Jewels!
From: http://www.dorjeshugden.org/practice/the-5th-dalai-lamas-prayer-to-dorje-shugden
Tibetan prayer from: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/dorje-shugden/the-14th-dalai-lamas-prayer-to-dorje-shugden.html
I always feel receiving dharma gifts like holly statues and dharma text is a blessing,. Its make us move to dharma especially when we receive gift like that from our Guru or from a monk. Thank you for sharing Rinpoche . _/\_ _/\_ _/\_
I hope Tibetan leadership will stop contradicting itself and discriminating based on faith, for the benefit of Tibetan people.
It was through the blessing and kindness from Rinpoche that a few Kecharians were able to meet this great being, H.H. Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche. I am happy for Kechara as a whole as this meeting left a strong message that Kechara is heading in right direction and that Rinpoche is indeed an indisputable genuine Lama. Hope H.H. will visit KFR one day.
Rejoice to Pastors and Kecharians. It is so precious to meet an erudite master such as H.H. Trijang Rinpoche, and all this with due kindness from H.E. Tsem Rinpoche. It is very appreciates to learn guru devotion, strong samaya and unbroken lineage between both masters from one lifetimes to another.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this info and pictures of precious meets with H.H. Trijang Rinpoche.
OM BENZA WIKI BITANA SOHA _/|\_
It is rejoicing news indeed, for Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche to give dharma gifts such as the conch shell and also a buddha statue. To me it is asking Tsem Rinpoche to live long and spread the buddha dharma in the most gentle way possible by teaching and sharing.
It’s amazing, sometimes when you make a spiritual choice, some people can criticize and segregate you for it. As if your choice must be approved by them. If they don’t approve they have some mandate to tell you that you are wrong and also can be rude for your choice of faith. If you don’t pray to what they pray to, then your ‘god’ is a demon or something. How archaic. LOL. I find that amazing. LOL again. How can you come to my space, face and life and tell me my religion is wrong? I didn’t hurt anyone with my faith and I don’t intend to. Whatever others of my same faith are or are not doing is not me. So don’t bundle me up into the same package. I am me and they are them. Besides, I am more than my religion. There are many aspects of who I am. So don’t just look at my spiritual choice and summarize me. You don’t know me. And you don’t have to know me. Also I owe nothing to you. I don’t need your approval for my spirituality. I would love to be your friend but let’s not let our spiritual choice ever get in the way. Be modern, be today and accept who I am as I don’t hurt anyone. 🙂 So look at all parts of who I am but the bottom line is my spirituality is my choice, do not ever presume to comment, disparage, judge or even think anything about it. I eat what I want. I dress as I like. Live where I want. Befriend who I wish. Write what I like on my social media space and pray to whatever I feel is working for me. Full stop! 🙂 Thanks for letting me live my life as your opinion of it is not needed, requested or solicited and I say this with deepest respects to you.. Humbly, Tsem Rinpoche
I am grateful to have this sharing by Rinpoche as we have the opportunity to see this auspicious and precious Buddha Amitayus gifted by H.H. Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche to Rinpoche.
May Rinpoche have good health and long life to continue to turn the dharma wheel.
For me, I have received teachings from H.H. the Dalai Lama and I still have to respect him as one of my lamas. It might be different for some of you who have not. But my approach must be respectful. Even if I didn’t have teachings from H.H. the Dalai Lama, would still approach him in a respectful manner. The advice against Dorje Shugden practice by His Holiness is hurting many people in fact millions. It’s creating discord, segregation and pain. Everything the Dalai Lama teaches is about compassion, tolerance and reconciliation and the Shugden practitioners deserve that too. I therefore, respectfully prostrating to the ground would ask H.H. the Dalai Lama to please send his ministers to talk to the leaders of the Shugden group and resolve this issue. I say all this with deepest respects. As a part Tibetan, I also wish His Holiness the best. Long live the Dalai lama. Humbly, Tsem Rinpoche
Dear everyone, His Holiness Dalai Lama says to kick out monks from the monasteries who do not listen. I was so surprised at this short speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS6hq5HJNik
Dear everyone , Dalai Lama is spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism whether Tibetans agrees or not it’s up to individual but according to all different schools of Tibetan Buddhism, he is right now so he has to be true if he sees something problem which is guidance for Tibetan people. Same time it’s up to individual to follow his advise or not.. If you have right to follow The evil spirit then we have also right to stopped. Best thing is, to go on their own track,,, no body likes to invite a person who is harmful to family and I am sure u r doing same as u think we r problem for you… More thing is Chinese govt has destroyed many monastery and not giving religion freedom in Tibet but I hardly see spirit supporters taking steps on that coz I think ur guru monastery was also burn down… Don’t only target his holiness 14th Dalai Lama. By editing few video doesn’t prove much.. Watch whole video … Bhoegyalo
What a great honour, what a great blessing, what a great privilege to be offerings such wonderful gifts to H.H. Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche. And to able to part of this precious pure lineage of Je Tsongkhapa and have Rinpoche as our Guru and the link to more precious Gurus – living Buddhas on earth such as H.H. Trijang Rinpoche! May we never be separated from out lineage Lamas in this life and in all future lives! Yes I agree with Pastor Henry, proud to be a Buddhist, student of Rinpoche and Kecharian. We must have done something right to be able to have connection with living Buddha Gurus. In deep awe and gratitude. Hope that one day H.H Trijang Rinpoche can visit us in KFR 🙂
With his infinite feelings of deep gratitude, Rinpoche will never forget any kindness he has received, and is determined to “pay-back” by becoming spiritually evolved to be of better service to benefit others. May Rinpoche be blessed with a healthy long life to continously focus his desire in benefiting all sentient beings. May Rinpoche stay hundred of Aeons to spread the Dharma as the suppreme merit field for all sentient beings. May all negativities be ended for a bliss and goodness to increase like the waxing field and to be enjoyed in the glory of perfection by all beings. Om mani Padme Hung.
I thought conch shells were only blown in Hindu temples.
Truly happy for fellow Kecharians who visited His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche. Thank you, Rinpoche, for sharing these beautiful photos of their meeting with Heruka. It is truly heartwarming to see how much love and care that His Holiness has for Rinpoche through his beautiful gift of Amitayus. It helped me further appreciate the meaning of Guru-Disciple relationship that spans not just one life time but for countless life times. May His Holiness and Rinpoche be blessed with long life to continue to spreading the Dharma far and wide.
Tq for Rinpoche’s sharing . It was a wonderful sharing , it make me felt that we also met up with Trijang Rinpoche personally .
Dear Rinpoche,
It is very rare that we can receive such true sharing from our Rinpoche. I am very glad and proud to be a student of H.E Tsem Rinpoche
With folded hands
Thank you.
Thank you Rinpoche for the sharing.We are certain that the symbolic gesture of the holy gift “The beautiful Buddha Amitayus ” to Rinpoche would be materialise .We are so fortunate to have a glimpse of the holy Buddha Amitayus too.
May H.E Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.be able to meet up inperson with Rinpoche in the near future to share their views to promote and spread dharma awareness to another higher level globaly.
Now this is going little out of line.geshe keys and gyaltso of new kadampa tradition is a split away cult like organization from main stream gelugpa tradition. You should check little more. His organization dud not have any scripture from other great master than himself. There is good documentary by bbc on his organization.
It is quite out of this world to witness the joining of great Dharma masters like Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche and Tsem Rinpoche. These are silent heroes who dedicate their time and effort to study and preserve the precious pure lineage of Lama Tsongkhapa’s doctrine. Despite the challenges and obstacles, these master do not give up so that the Dharma remains available to us…so that happiness, peace and, ultimately, liberation is available to us. How privileged and fortunate are we?!
Rinpoche has always emphasized and displayed consistent practice of Guru Devotion. I believe this connection with Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche stems from Rinpoche’s clean samaya with all of Rinpoche’s Gurus. Always doing Rinpoche’s best to uphold and honor the promises to his teachers and uphold every teaching they bestow upon him as precious and perfect…not letting politics get in the way of pure practice.
Rinpoche’s practice of Guru devotion has spread to BODs like Beng Kooi who, through the practice of her Guru devotion, accumulated the “required” merits to represent Rinpoche to meet with Trijang Rinpoche. So, we have exemplary individuals like Beng Kooi and team (whom we can relate better with as fellow Malaysian who grew up in an environment similar to our own) to show us Guru devotion is possible and achievable if we so choose.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this visit of the Kechara team to Trijang Buddhist Institute!
I rejoice to the Team who had went to Vermont and made offerings to H.H Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche on behalf of Rinpoche. Such an honour and blessing for us that Kechara are able to connect with the reincarnation of His Holiness Trijang Rinpoche. His Holiness has been the epitome of the renaissance of Lama Tsongkhapa tradition, which has spread to all walks of life as we speak now.
To have both His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche and Tsem Rinpoche spreading Dharma together show us the compassion and both Guru who reincarnate back life after life to continue to benefit the sentient beings.
May His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche have good health and long life, and may Trijang Rinpoche able to lead us as His previous incarnation did to spread Lama Tsongkhapa teaching to even more people.
Thanks Rinpoche for sharing this. It is so rejoice and precious to see two high lama offer gifts to each other. These photos show how our guru H.E Tsem Rinpoche treasure other Rinpoche who is also spreading Dharma and help out others, and we can see H.H. Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche show his love and care to our guru as well. In Buddhism, that is no comparison and no argument, all are about showing compassion and we respect and treasure those are spreading or learning Dharma and wish for their higher attainment always. When I see these photos I feel so warm and touching, how beautiful it is!
Yes Denise, you are right. Real gurus and practitioners make no comparison or argument with each other, as the main priority and aim is to benefit others and spread the pure teachings of the Buddha. Disciples should not jump from one guru to another, because of fame, nor should the teachers speak ill of other teachers. Buddhism is the practise of wisdom and compassion, and not to push us towards going against the 8 worldly Dharmas. So yes, it is lovely to see Tsem Rinpoche show his love and respect to Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche and vice versa; because their samayas with each other are intact due to their pure motivation in both their Dharma works.
Thanks for your comment, Carmen. May you are blessed and protected by the 3 jewels.
For us to be alive now living in this age where holy beings like HH Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche and Tsem Rinpoche turning the wheel of dharma together is too rare and few. It is just like the Lamrim story of the “blind sea turtle coming out to take a breadth of air right in the middle of a golden floating yoke”. The realization of this human life is so precious for us to chance on this opportunity to be able to make offerings to His Holiness is a rarity. How lucky for Kechara and Kecharians to have this opportunity. Thank you Rinpoche.
Dear Rinpoche. Thank you Rinpoche for the above sharing. Really felt so blessed to be above to see the precious gifts Rinpoche gifted to His Holiness Chocktrul Rinpoche and also to be bless upon looking at the beautiful Buddha Amitayus which His Holiness gave to Rinpoche.
May Rinpoche stay strong and healthy.
I feel blessed and honoured, and I tremendously rejoice with Rinpoche’s offerings to His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche. I am proud as a Buddhist, I am proud as a student of Rinpoche, and I am proud as a Kecharian.