Serene Buddha Shakyamuni
Buddha Shakyamuni (Main figure)
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(Top to bottom): Guru Rinpoche, Lama Tsongkhapa, Buddha Shakyamuni, Four-Faced Mahakala, Dorje Shugden, Palden Lhamo and Dorje Drolo.
Buddha Shakyamuni from where the 84,000 Dharmas arise compassionately turned the wheel of Dharma until his parinirvana at 81. Due to his great kindness in turning the wheel of Dharma enshrined in the 108 volumes of the Kangyur, many have been liberated from samsara and many will continue to be liberated.
It is said Shakyamuni’s teaching will pervade our world system for 5,000 years after which only signs of Dharma will be seen but actual Dharma will not be practised. Shakyamuni established the order of the monks and nuns in which pure discipline (vinaya) can be practised bringing beings to higher states of rebirth which spread all over Asia and now the west. The sangha community embodies the teachings, practice and discipline as taught by Buddha. Buddha strongly advised his students that the true Dharma is within ourselves when we have transformed the very inner poisons eg. ignorance, hatred and desire into enlightenment.
Dorje Shugden arose specifically to protect Lama Tsongkhapa‘s uncommon view of emptiness, which is the Buddha’s highest teachings on wisdom. However, he is a an enlightened being and he can still be relied on by practitioners of any other lineages or traditions. There is no limit or restrictions to an enlightened being’s compassion and skilful means to benefit sentient beings. It was said during Buddha’s time Dorje Shugden was one of his main students.
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