I cant believe no one has mentioned this article yet on our forum here! China, sending a lama abroad to teach? Hang on a minute! Arent they meant to be atheist... ? So why are they getting so involved with religious affairs, sending lamas here and there to teach... and paying for the monasteries to be rebuilt? Sounds like their doing a lot more for Tibetan Buddhism and culture, than the Tibetans themselves are doing.
The irony is, if the Tibetans stopped self-immolating and causing unrest, the Chinese could focus on rebuilding the country. As it is, the Chinese are so fearful of investing there because of the instability... every time something crops up, the Chinese clamp down. Is that what Tibetans want, a country without any forms of modernisation? I cant imagine what they wish to go back to if they ever got back their lands... would all these modern time Tibetans born in exile be able to hack a life in the old romanticised Tibet theyve got floating about their heads?
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http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/news/the-first-lama-that-china-sent-abroad/The First Lama That China Sent AbroadBy: Mar NeeIn December 2012, Lama Jampa Ngodup Wangchuk Rinpoche became the first Tibetan lama to be appointed by the Chinese Government to travel on an official trip abroad to give Dharma teachings in Switzerland. He was even received by officials of the Chinese consulate in Zurich upon his arrival.
Lama Jampa Ngodup is a highly respected lama and is instrumental in the resurgence of Buddhism as the whole and promotion of Dorje Shugden’s practice in China through his large-scale teachings and initiations, such as the
Dorje Shugden sogtae, to thousands of monastic and lay practitioners there. By officially nominating him to travel abroad to teach, this would mean that the Chinese government is openly encouraging the proliferation of Buddhism, China’s ancient heritage and Dorje Shugden’s practice. This claim is further supported by
Chinese blogger Ji Xiang who claims that the practice of Dorje Shugden in particular is growing rapidly in China.
Lama Jampa Ngodup arrived in Switzerland to a warm welcome from H.E. Gonsar Rinpoche and his retinue of students
In Switzerland, Lama Jampa Ngodup was accorded such great respect that H.E. Gonsar Rinpoche personally received him at the airport and also escorted him in the traditional way with a golden parasol and incense into his center, Rabten Choeling. Lama Jampa Ngodup was then seated respectfully on a throne and the traditional offerings of body, speech and mind were offered to him before the teachings.
During his visit at the center, Lama Jampa Ngodup met with many practitioners – lay and ordained – including many esteemed scholars and masters like H.E. Rabgyä Rinpoche (Geshe Rabten’s unmistaken incarnation) and the great scholar and prolific debate master
Gyumed Kensur Sonam Gyaltsen Rinpoche. Even world-famous healing lama H.E. Gangchen Rinpoche and Lama Michel Rinpoche flew to Switzerland to join when they heard that Lama Jampa Ngodup was giving teachings there.
Opening DoorsThis event marks a significant shift in China’s strict policing of Tibetan monks. They are allowing Lama Jampa Ngodup to revitalise the teachings in China and also to travel because he has no affiliations with the Dalai Lama or the CTA (Central Tibetan Administration) due to his Dorje Shugden practice. Thus, it appears that the Dalai Lama’s ban on Dorje Shugden has actually opened the doors for Tibetan lamas to promote Buddhism and Dorje Shugden’s practice within China and abroad.
Putting politics and bans aside, isn’t this precisely what the Tibetan government and people want for their lamas? To protect the Sangha and spread the Dharma in Tibet, China and beyond? If it is, then the Tibetan government must consider a different approach to their Chinese counterparts so that their own lamas can benefit not just Tibet’s 6 million but also China’s 1.2 billion population and the rest of the world. Wouldn’t that be something incredibly beneficial to rejoice in?
Lama Jampa Ngodup is so well respected, he was even received by the Chinese Consulate General from Zurich, Liang Jianquan
What the CTA do not realize is that while they have expended so much energy on suppressing Dorje Shugden practitioners and curbing their Dharma activity, these Shugden lamas are flourishing strongly everywhere else in the world. Instead of shying away from the Chinese, these Shugden lamas have taken the bull by the horns and strived instead to develop much friendlier relationships with China. Because of this, they are now being allowed to practice and teach broadly throughout China, bring Dharma to the millions of people there, and even begin to spread it to the rest of the world too.
It remains to be seen what else in 2013 these great Shugden lamas will accomplish as Dorje Shugden takes to the stage as the world’s rising Protector. With the firm and established existence of large Dorje Shugden monasteries in China like Gonsa Monastery in Kham, we can only expect that more and more lamas from these monasteries will soon be traveling abroad to spread the teachings.
... with loads of brilliant pictures in the article
here!
