Compassionate Four-Armed Chenrezig
Four-Armed Chenrezig or Avalokiteshvara (Main figure)
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(Top to bottom): H.H. the 10th Panchen Lama, Amitabha, Four-Armed Chenrezig, Six-Armed Mahakala, Dorje Shugden and Tsangpa Karpo (peaceful Setrap).
His Holiness the 10th Panchen Lama Choekyi Gyaltsen is widely regarded as the emanation of Buddha Amitabha and for many lifetimes, the Panchen Lama line of incarnations had been the tutor of the Dalai Lama’s previous lives who are widely regarded as emanations of Chenrezig. The many incarnations of Panchen Lama also were erudite teachers to hundreds of masters, yogis, high ranking tulkus and sangha in the history of Indian as well as Tibetan Buddhism.
The line of incarnations of Panchen Lama stems back to the time of the historical Shakyamuni Buddha.
On the other hand, Tsangpa Karpo and Dorje Shugden had been the protectors of the Panchen Lama for a number of incarnations. In fact, the 10th Panchen Lama himself composed special extensive prayers to Dorje Shugden and this has been included within his collected written works. This shows that the Panchen Lama himself had the highest regard for Dorje Shugden as an enlightened protector and his powerful ability to assist sentient beings of this time.
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Beautiful art painting of Four-Armed Chenrezig, H.H. the 10th Panchen Lama, Amitabha, Six-Armed Mahakala, Dorje Shugden and Tsangpa Karpo . Four-Armed Chenrezig is the emanation of Buddha Amitabha while Choekyi Gyaltsen was the 10th Panchen Lama of Gelug School of Tibetan Buddhism. He was the one among the lineage of Panchen Lamas who tirelessly worked on both religious and political affairs of Tibet . The 10th Panchen Lama did composed prayers to Dorje Shugden which and has been included in his collected written works. Dorje Shugden as an enlightened protector Shugden had been the protectors of the Panchen Lama for a number of incarnations.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this.