Thanks Namdrol for such lovely pictures on 2 erudite masters of our time and HH the 14th Dalai Lama's tutors.
His Holiness Kyabje Yongdzin Ling Rinpoche (1903-1983) held the special position of being both the Yongdzin (tutor) to the 14th Dalai Lama, and also the head of the Gelugpa school of Buddhism as the 97th Gaden Tripa, the throne holder of Lama Tsongkhapa’s lineage.
This accomplished Master held the teachings of Panchen Sonam Drakpa in the highest regard. In his autobiography, H.H. Ling Rinpoche gave a list of specific texts that he studied and debated on. They included texts by Haribhadra, Lama Tsongkhapa, Gyaltsab Je and Panchen Sonam Drakpa. Ling Rinpoche considered that the most important commentaries to Dharmakirti’s Pramanavartika were by Panchen Sonam Drakpa and Gyaltsab Dharma Rinchen. On the study of Vinaya, Ling Rinpoche advised that the additional texts by Kunkhyen Tsonawa, Gendun Drup and Panchen Sonam Drakpa should be studied.
H.H. Ling Rinpoche, such an accomplished Lama, would not study nor even encourage his dharma students to study the works of Panchen Sonam Drakpa if Dorje Shugden was a mere worldly spirit or a demon. Panchen Sonam Drakpa and Dorje Shugden are one and the same. Historical documents clearly state that the Protector Dorje Shugden is the same mindstream as Panchen Sonam Drakpa. As such, Dorje Shugden shares the same mental continuum as Panchen Sonam Drakpa. This means Ling Rinpoche is not an ordinary Lama and he would have definitely known the difference.Source:
http://dorjeshugden.net/wp/?p=6218If monasteries are still studying text written by Panchen Sonam Drakpa, hence they are indirectly studying from Dorje Shugden no? Hence even HH the 14th Dalai Lama would have studied from Dorje Shugden too.
So if Dorje Shugden is a demon and a bad spirit then how could He write volumes of Dharma texts that leads one on to Enlightenment?
