Gaze at great masters
The elite and great masters of Gaden Shartse Monastery, left to right:
His Eminence Kyabje Lati Rinpoche, Sokpa Kensur Rinpoche, H.H. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche, Kari Kensur Rinpoche, Gyuto Kensur Rinpoche and H.E. Sharpa Choeje Jetsun Lobsang Nyima.
All were students of Trijang Rinpoche. All were scholars of Sutra and Tantra. All were masters of hundreds of students around the world. All were either great abbots of Gaden or Gyuto Tantric college. All were great practitioners of Heruka and Vajra Yogini and fully realized.
All have passed and except for Lati Rinpoche (waiting for incarnation) and Gyuto Kensur Rinpoche, the incarnations are back.
Just to see these great erudite monks/yogis is a blessing. They are many more masters of Gaden Shartse Monastery but these are a few who on that day gathered at His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche’s house. I thought to share this precious and rare picture with the world.
I had the great fortune to meet most of them when I arrived in Gaden Monastery in 1988.
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I hope Rinpoche will be sitting among these erudite masters too ?
Very rare and precious photo of great masters of Gaden Shartse Monastery tells a thousand words. Looking at this photo is a great blessing.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing.
Its indeed a very rare and precious photo of great masters of Gaden Shartse Monastery. This photos paints a thousands words.I am fortunate to come across this. I would like to thank Rinpoche for receiving this lineage teachings and the practice of these great masters. Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this with all of us and merely by looking at this precious photo is a blessing .
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this precious photo of great masters. All of them were students of Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche. They were scholars of Sutra and Tantra, great practitioners of Heruka and Vajra Yogini and fully realized and most important they spread the dharma all over the world.
May the great masters those who passed and have returned in perfect human form continue the works of his previous incarnations to spread the Dharma in the ten directions.
Thank you Rinpoche for the blessing. I feel so fortunate to have the opportunity to learn Dharma from Rinpoche as all the teachings that Rinpoche teaches us come from pure lineage and great masters.
May we take actions and transform our minds to benefit others in order to repay the kindness of Rinpoche and all the great masters.
How powerful are the blessings of such great lineage masters, and how instrumental they have been to the spread of the dharma of Je Tsongkhapa’s(the Gelug )Lineage. Through Tsem Rinpoche, we(his students) receive the precious lineage teachings and practice of Kyabje Zong Rinpoche and many of the High Lamas in this rare and precious picture. Through Kyabje Zong Rinpoche, we receive the lineage teachings of Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche – the Teacher of Teachers. Through Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, we receive the lineage teachings of Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche – the Lion among Lions, the great Teacher (directly and indirectly) of all the great Gelug masters of this era.
If not for these three ‘generations’ of illustrious masters, the entire corpus of Tibetan Buddhism would not have been brought to all 4 corners of the world , after Tibet fell to the Chinese.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this picture with us. This photo has a lot of meaning in it. You are so fortunate to be able to meet these lamas. Its super awesome how all of them are put into one picture
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this with all of us. Blessing us just by looking at them.
Chab Sum choe all my Gurus… Thak you Rinpoche for sharing it
Beautiful Picture of The Great Masters.thank you Rinpoche.
Rinpoche had the great fortune to meet most of the six great elite masters of Gaden Monastry when he arrived there in 1988.All were said to be scholars of sutra and tantra, great abbots of Gaden or Gyuto Tantric College and great practicioners of Heruka and Vajrayogini. Also said to be fully realised, they could be regarded as “Bodhisattvas”, perhaps seeing to lessen the sufferings of all living beings in this World throughout the series of their countless lives, until their final birth when they emerge as buddhas. Om mani padmi hung. Thank you so much for the sharing Rinpoche.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing such an auspicious event with us.Such a rare event to gather all of them together.Can not wait to see them together again.This time much younger and determine to face the obstacles ahead to help mankind with their accumulated wisdom and compassion.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful picture! I love looking at pictures of great masters, they are a reminder to me on what I wish to achieve in my spiritual path
Gazing at the lotus faces of these divine beings, great pandits and masters, perfect practitioners, I am filled with awe and inspiration! Their returning in incarnations that continue to benefit all beings with the dharma, practicing perfectly their vows of renunciation, moral discipline and their bodhisattva vows,how can anyone deny anymore that Perfect Practice Equals Perfect Rebirths?
Sometimes by just looking at the pictures of great masters or any other great people in the world, it tells a lot of stories. I’m sure these successful people developed success from failures. They have been through much discouragement and disappointment yet all these did not stop them from moving forward but served as stepping stones to success.
Beautiful Picture of The Great Masters. Thank you for sharing the pictures to us to create the connection .
Thanks Rinpoche for the sharing.
I am so fortunate that although i do not have chance to meet with them personally, but i am able to see their picture on this blog.
Thanks again to Rinpoche for the sharing
Thank you Rinpoche for giving us the blessings by sharing the picture of great masters. May all the 239 people on MH370 airplane receive the blessings and protection from all these great masters.
Thank you for sharing such a precious photo with us. Wouldn’t it be amazing to get all their current incarnations to pose for another photo like this again? 🙂
Yes it would!!