For 30 years of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s life, he received countless teachings, commentaries, initiations, oral transmissions, explanations and advice from his Junior Tutor, the incomparable Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche. Many of the lineages that H.H. the Dalai Lama carries and disseminates in the world today come to us directly from him, which originally came from Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche.
Without Trijang Rinpoche’s pivotal presence in the Dalai Lama’s life as his Junior Tutor, we can safely say that we would not know the Dalai Lama as we know of him today, as the great man that he is. In the West, there is a proverbial saying that, “Behind every great man stands a great woman”. In the Tibetan tradition, we can safely assume and say that behind every great teacher is their guru.
In this extremely rare and blessed picture, H.H. Trijang Rinpoche is seen conferring an initiation upon H.H. the young 14th Dalai Lama. From this single image alone, you can see how reverently and humbly His Holiness stoops forward to receive the blessings from his Junior Tutor Trijang Dorje Chang.
Please share this picture with all, as it is very rare and filled with blessings.
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