Zong Rinpoche on Je Pabongka: “He Was Actually Heruka”
Mahasiddha Pabongka Rinpoche has a long history and during his time the Dharma increased greatly in Tibet. He was actually Heruka Demchok…
Dalai Lama Used 2014 Lamrim Teachings To Undermine His Guru
In early December 2014, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama gave his annual teachings on Lama Tsongkapa’s “Great Stages of The Path To Enlightenment” to an international audience in Dharamsala. The teachings were held over three days and not long into the first day’s teaching, it became obvious that the Dalai Lama intended to use this religious platform for his political agenda once again…
Dagpo Kelsang Khedrup
Most Gelugpas would have known or heard of the great Lama Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche. After all, Pabongka Dorje Chang is the very reason we are all fortunate enough to have the precious text, Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand. This text is still being studied and used in Gelug monasteries and Dharma centers throughout…
Pabongka Rinpoche (Wikipedia)
Pabongka Rinpoche (Tibetan: ཕ་བོང་ཁ་, Wylie: Pha-bong-kha; also spelt Phabongkha), Jampa Tenzin Trinlay Gyatso, (1878–1941) was one of the great Gelug lamas of the modern era of Tibetan Buddhism. He attained his Geshe degree at Sera Monastic University, Lhasa, and became a highly influential teacher in Tibet, unusual for teaching a great number of lay people. He was the root Lama of both Kyabje Ling Rinpoche and Kyabje Trijang…
Nyungne Lama Yeshe Zangpo (in the 1700s)
This great master became famous because of his long and intense fasting retreats to the 1000-armed Avalokiteshvara. Hence, he was bestowed the title Nyungne Lama and also sometimes known by his Sanskrit name, Jnanabhadra. At a young age, he was enrolled into the monastery and was ordained by one of the most influential Gelug masters…
Creating the Conditions for Practice
I am very new to Dorje Shugden’s practice as I was formally introduced to the Protector only about a month or so ago. It would be hard to write a testimonial when I do not have months and years of practice behind me, but I would still like to seize the opportunity to share a…
Why Worry?
Though I met my Lama almost 20 years ago, I only reconnected to him a few years later during a chance encounter at a restaurant. I remember I folded my hands to him; he did not say much but asked his assistant to take down my particulars. I was reconnected again! At one point, I…
Tulku Drakpa Gyaltsen
The Compassionate Martyr During the era of the Great Fifth Dalai Lama, Dorje Shugden took rebirth in the form of a very special incarnate Lama. This would be Dorje Shugden’s “last” incarnation before arising as a Dharma Protector. From childhood, this incarnation exhibited many signs of a superior being. For example, he had…
The Era of Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche
Dorje Shugden’s practice remained relatively obscure until the time of Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche. This Lama was an heir to the Changkya line of incarnations but was banned due to political affiliations that the previous incarnations had with the Chinese court. In this incarnation, the high Lamas decided to enthrone him as a Tulku of an…
Lamrim Shugden
We are the holders of the tradition of Je Tsongkhapa. The principle defining characteristic of this tradition is the union of Sutra and Tantra. One of the most important things for us to do as Kadampas is to realize this union. I have worked extensively in the past on the union of the Lamrim and…
Dorje Shugden Empowerment
Dorje Shudgen is the dharma protector of the Mahayana tradition of the great Buddha-Lama Je Tsongkhapa. He is an enlightened being who is an emanation of the wisdom, compassion and spiritual power of all the Buddhas. His powerful mandala and retinue are the synthesis of the three Jewels – Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. His job…
Inauguration Ceremony November 2007
The Kadam Tashi Choe Ling dharma centre was founded in 1995 under the spiritual guidance of Kyabje Dagpo Rinpoche. The centre was officially registered as a society on 17th August 2007 under the name of Persatuan Kadam Tashi Choe Ling Malaysia and inaugurated by Dagpo Rinpoche through prayers and an auspicious 4 days of teachings…
Lama Jampa Ngodup Rinpoche’s Teaching, Markham, Tibet, VOL l
(17:35) “IF YOU GO FOR REFUGE IN THE DHARMA, YOU HAVE TO RESPECT EVERY SINGLE LETTER OF IT…” Lama Jampa Ngodup Rinpoche speaks out against people who disparage the teachings and texts of the Gelug great masters like Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche, Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche and Dagom Rinpoche, especially texts related to the Dharmapala Dorje Shugden….
Kyabje 13th Daknak Rinpoche Teaching LAMRIM
Kyabje 13th Daknak Rinpoche from Sera Jey, teaching LAMRIM in Taiwan Gadenpa. (Video is in Tibetan – no subtitles). For more information about H.E. Daknak Rinpoche: The Opening of a New Dorje Shugden Monastery Daknak Rinpoche celebrates Lama Tsongkhapa Day in Taiwan Daknak Rinpoche visits Segyu Gaden Phodrang
The Return of the King: Kyabje Drakpa Gyeltsen Rinpoche
This website team has the privilege to receive this incredible news very recently and has the permission to announce it to the world…We at this website wish His Holiness Kyabje Drakpa Gyeltsen Rinpoche long life, continuous Dharma activities and stable health. We know your incarnation is well and currently living among us although you remain…
Can This Holy Being and His Predecessors and Followers Really All be Spirit Worshippers? You Decide.
By saying that those practicing Dorje Shugden are spirit worshippers, the Dalai Lama is saying that his own root Guru, Trijang Rinpoche, was a spirit worshipper. But a quick look at Trijang Rinpoche’s biography shows that he was a holy and reliable Lama, that the Dharma of Je Tsongkhapa that he taught was beautiful and…
Lama Zopa Advice Book
Dorje Shugden is a spirit or mundane Dharma protector that some believe is a fully enlightened being. He has become a rallying cry for some who wish to return Tibet to a theocracy (His Holiness the Dalai Lama wants democracy) with one school or sect as the official ‘church’. No FPMT centre does this practice…
“An Unbelievable Expert on All Subjects…”
Sermey Jetsun Khen Rinpoche Losang Tharchin on Pabonka Rinpoche Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche Dechen Nyingpo and his classmate, Gyelrong Sharpa Choje—known as Jangsem Choje Lobsang Nyima—went together very often to debate when they were at their monastery. Indeed, both of them became Geshes. Later Jangsem Choje Lobsang Nyima entered Gyu Me Tantric College and became a…
“This feeling of renunciation was overwhelming…”
(From The introduction to Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand – A Concise Discourse on the Path to Enlightenment By Pabongka Rinpoche Edited by Trijang Rinpoche Translated by Michael Richards Wisdom 1991. All formatting and emphasis mine…) His kindness is without equal. He was — and now I shall give his name in view…
“…Our childish minds were unfit vessels for so vast an ocean of teachings…”
(From Trijang Rinpoche’s introduction to Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand- A Concise Discourse on the Path to Enlightenment By Pabongka Rinpoche, Edited by Trijang Rinpoche Translated by Michael Richards Wisdom 1991. All emphasis and formatting mine) Prasdrin pararia syaklutaki yanta, Tray am guhyanatd tigolama eka, Sudhi vajradharottarah muni aksha, Prayachchha tashubham valdruga kota….
“…It was in his private quarters at the Tashi Chuling hermitage that I first met Pabongka Rinpoche…”
(From the Forward to The Principal Teachings of Buddhism by Tsongkhapa, with a commentary by Pabongka Rinpoche, translated by Geshe Lobsang Tharchin, Mahayana Sutra and Tantra Press, 1998, all emphasis and formatting mine…) Meeting Je Pabongka… It was in his private quarters at the Tashi Chuling hermitage that I first met Pabongka. He had been…
Kyabje Zong Rinpoche on Je Pabongka
Kyabje Phabongka had such vast qualities it is difficult to comprehend them ~ Zong Rinpoche About Zong Rinpoche… Zong Rinpoche was one of the foremost Lamas of his generation, and a life-long Dorje Shugden practitioner besides… (Zong) Rinpoche was born in Kham in 1905. He went to Lhasa when he was eleven years old to…
Kyabje Ling Rinpoche and Dorje Shugden
Kyabje Ling Rinpoche (1903-1983), 97th Ganden Throne Holder, and yongs ‘dzin to the 14th Dalai Lama was born 1903 in Yabphu near Lhasa. Yabphu is a holy place of Chakrasamvara and Vajrayogini, being shaped like a double triangle. It also contained a precious image of Naropa’s Vajrayogini that was to known to have spoken many…
Shar Gaden Monastery Lamrim teaching by Venerable Geshe Thupten
Watch this video of Geshe Thupten teaching lamrim in Shar Gaden as well as beautiful photos of the monastery during the opening ceremony.
Kyabje Trijang Chocktrul Rinpoche Teaches LAMRIM (in Tibetan)
Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang was His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama’s philosophical assistant and personal tutor for fifty years. Trijang Rinpoche also received these lineages of Tapo Dorje Chang. Pabongka was his root guru and helped him to grow. He was very kind to Trijang Rinpoche. Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche was responsible for keeping the teaching of…
Lamrim Dedication by Kyabje Denma Gonsar Dorje Chang
In this video, Kyabje Denma Gonsar Dorje Chang chants the Prayers of the Lamrim Dedication. Denma Gonsar Rinpoche is a great senior lama and student of both Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche and Pabongkha Dechen Nyingpo. He transmitted the pure teachings to his district people and 600 monks of his monastery. This great monastery houses a 12-storey…
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