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A tenshug is a special ritual offered to high lamas to create the necessary merits and conditions for them to extend their lives. When a teacher is manifesting illness or uncertainty in living, students should arrange a tenshug offering done in all it’s completeness.
When the teacher lives long, the Buddha Dharma will grow and benefit many. The Buddha Dharma’s growth is dependent on teachers. The importance of the teacher cannot be overly stressed.
Kyabje Yongyal Rinpoche is the current abbot of Serpom Monastery in Bylakuppe. He is a high incarnate Tulku. He is making his historic first visit to Shar Gaden Monastery in Mundgod. The occasion was to grant the novice ordination on Kyabje Domo Geshe Rinpoche who in this video is seven years old.
At the same time Shar Gaden Monastery took this precious opportunity to offer tenshug to both Kyabje Yongyal Rinpoche and Kyabje Domo Geshe Rinpoche. These two incarnate tulkus are highly precious to the lineage of Lord Tsongkapa’s virtuous way the Gelugpas.
In this video, you may watch the actual tenshug ceremony led by the abbot of Shar Gaden Monastery Geshe Lobsang Pende who makes offerings on behalf of all sentient beings to Kyabje Yongyal Rinpoche and Kyabje Domo Geshe to live a long and stable life turning the wheel of Dharma continuously.
Tenshugs generate powerful energy, merits and blessings that create causes for teachers to live. Not only live but turn the wheel of Dharma. The ceremony is beautiful as well as authentically traditional. May these great masters live 1,000 years and more.
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DS star
January 10, 2012
Wow… such a meaningful and significant event for DS practitioners. Both Kyabje Yongyal Rinpoche and Kyabje Domo Geshe are high lamas that are very important for morale boost of DS followers and the monks that gone through discriminations. May Shar Gaden and Serpom Monastery continue to grow bigger and stronger. May DS practice continue to benefit many sentient beings.
Rinchen
August 8, 2013
This is indeed a very meaningful event that for all DS practitioners. Both Rinpoches are high lamas that are able to do a lot for the Dharma. Spreading Dharma far and wide, together with Dorje Shugden’s name.
It is just heart warming to see ceremonies like that taking place to hold long life prayers for great masters. From what I understand, Sha Ganden would always request to do prayers like this for lineage masters that are doing great work for the Dharma. Requesting them to live long, and spin the Dharma wheel.