Beautiful ancient Tibetan art to share with you
Recently I was going through the Himalayan Art Resources website when I stumbled across their Dorje Shugden section featuring art from all traditions and schools of Buddhism...
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Recently I was going through the Himalayan Art Resources website when I stumbled across their Dorje Shugden section featuring art from all traditions and schools of Buddhism...
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(詹杜固仁波切和黎国圆讲法师合撰) 亲爱的朋友们: 多杰雄登与西藏佛教萨迦传承的渊源相当久远,这是广为人知的事实。事实上,多杰雄登最初先受到萨迦派的认证和供奉,后来才成为格鲁传承中广为修持的护法。
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“Mass of Vajra Fire: Invocation of the mighty Dorje Shugden, the supreme Dharmapala of the precious teachings of Buddha Tsongkhapa” is a ritual text for the propitiation of Dorje...
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很高兴能为大家呈现我们位于尼泊尔加德满都的首面多杰雄登护法壁画。这面壁画坐落在Dilli Bazaar的Charkhal路段,就在前往我们两座位于Putalisadak和Chabahil...
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关于藏传佛教格鲁派创始人宗喀巴大师的出现,佛陀在世时就曾授记:未来在佛教稍许式微之时,有这么一个人会降生,振兴其教法。在佛陀时代,一男童(宗喀巴大师的前世)向佛陀供养一串水晶念珠。
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旺泽是多杰雄登的怀摄化身,若我们遭遇困局或他人的刁难,旺泽特别能协助我们。旺泽的修持法能帮助我们支配或发挥影响力来扭转局面,让情况有利于我们,好达致高尚的目的。
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor David) Dear friends, It is a well-known fact that Dorje Shugden has a long history of association and practice within the Sakya School of...
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As the Tibetan leadership prepares to celebrate the 58th Anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day, my students felt that it is an important time to address issues that continue to...
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Recently, the Tibetan Journal of Literature featured a compelling article by Dr. Christopher Bell shedding light on the Yellow Book, a pivotal work in the Dorje Shugden saga. Dated July...
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(By Pastor Niral Patel and Beatrix Ooi) For over 400 years, the practice of Dorje Shugden has been propagated within all four major traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Originating in...
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I am very excited to present to you our first Dorje Shugden mural in Kathmandu, Nepal! Located on Charkhal Road in Dilli Bazaar, the mural can be found midway...
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I thought I would make it simple and easy to remember so I came up with these to help you recall the qualities, abilities, benefits and and nature of...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Martin Chow) In December 2015, the international news group Reuters published what it claimed to be an investigative piece titled ‘China co-opts a Buddhist sect...
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Any story of success always comes with tales of jealousy. In Tulku Drakpa Gyaltsen’s story, this is represented in the form of Depa Norbu...
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23-year-old Megnath has been working in Kechara for almost five years now. He is also a very devoted Bhagawan Dorje Shugden practitioner...
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Voodoo is a misunderstood religion and one that is in fact one of the earliest forms of human religion, stemming from before all forms of recorded history and is...
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I had the great fortune to hear about a modern-day yogi-ascetic master from my friend Gen Phuntsok. This master's name was simply Gen Nyima...
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Dear friends around the world, I am delighted to present you with another precious text, His Holiness the 10th Panchen Lama’s sungbum (or collected works). Historically, the Panchen Lama...
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This is the hatred that this nun has expressed on Tsem Rinpoche's Facebook page. Rinpoche has not harmed her in any way. The only reason Rinpoche is subjected to...
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In 1976, His Holiness the 16th Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje graced the opening of Urgyen Rinpoche’s new monastery called Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling in Nepal and gave a prophetic proclamation....
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) The Trode Khangsar is an important chapel dedicated to Dorje Shugden in Lhasa, Tibet. It was built by His Holiness the 5th Dalai Lama towards the...
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One of the earliest modern academic references to Dorje Shugden can be found in Professor L. Austine Waddell’s description of Pemayangtse Monastery in Sikkim...
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Dear fellow friends, Our team has compiled 205 teachers, masters, yogis, geshes, mahasiddhas, lineage holders of various schools of Buddhism that practiced or was affiliated closely to Dorje Shugden. We...
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A little known fact about Bhutan’s Buddhist tradition is that notable Drukpa Kagyu masters of this nation advocated the practice of the Protector Dorje Shugden...
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The Modern Diplomacy article below alludes to the CTA being the same old feudalistic government, albeit with a new coat of paint and some labels by which it proceeds...
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Dear friends from around the world, Here at the beautiful Wisdom Hall in Kechara Forest Retreat stands the Enlightened World Peace Protector Dorje Shugden and his complete entourage of...
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On Wesak Day I received many generous, well thought out and meaningful gifts from students, friends and well-wishers. I wanted to thank everyone for your kind thoughts and generosity....
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Dear friends around the world, I would like to present to you this precious teaching about the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden, Music Delighting The Ocean of Protector: An Account...
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异中求同是为世界带来真正的和谐之道。身处今日这个时代,我们背负过去历史中的种种分歧和问题,也正为这一切寻求解决方案。不管怎样,
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Dear friends around the world, In life nothing is for sure. Nothing is dependable. Nothing is solid or permanent. Even knowing that, still when you have childhood friends, some relatives,...
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Dear special friends around the world, I am most happy to bring you this blog post about His Holiness the 10th Panchen Lama. Although I have never had the...
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In his latest article, investigative author Dr Andrea Galli sees an opportunity for a practical solution towards the Dalai Lama returning to his homeland – through de-escalating tensions with...
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For the last 60 years, the Tibetan leadership have used public relations tools to further their own self-interests, portraying their community as pitiful refugees who are well-deserving recipients of...
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During the 2015 Gelug Conference, the Dalai Lama claimed that Dharma Protector Setrap had given mistaken prophecies to Dagyab Rinpoche as well as monks from Minyak Khangtsen of Drepung...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Those who have known me for some time would know that I truly enjoy giving gifts to others to help them in their Dharma practice, and...
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The reconciliation of our differences is what will bring true harmony to the world. In our day and age, there are many differences and troubles that we have inherited...
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To Your Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso Pelsangpo, With folded hands, I sincerely and humbly request your compassionate attention.
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(Reuters Publishes My Thoughts on Tibetan Self-Immolation) འཛམ་གླིང་ནང་གི་འདུ་འཛོམས་ཁྲིམས་ལུགས་གཡོ་འགུལ་ནང་ནས་བོད་མིའི་རྩ་དོན་དེ་འདུག་རྩུབ་ཅན་མིན་པ་ཡོངས་གྲགས་རེད།
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作为一位佛教徒或皈依三宝的人,对佛陀的教义有基本的了解是很有助益的。除了学习因果业力、转世轮回、无常等内容,我们也应该熟悉佛陀的生平。
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随着多杰雄登的修持继续广泛传播,有越来越多的寺院建立了起来,奉献予这位伟大的护法。我们上网搜寻了多杰雄登传承上师私藏的塑像,以及那些在多杰雄登历史上有着重要意义的塑像。
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The opportunity to take a glimpse into the personal possessions of a private and highly-attained lama is a bonafide rarity. Above is the personal Dorje Shugden statue of the...
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Karena Gyenze adalah emanasi agregat perasaan Dorje Shugden yang telah dimurnikan, setiap aspek dari tubuhnya melambangkan berbagai kualitas tercerahkan. Selain itu, bentuk fisik Gyenze mengungkapkan kemampuan dan kekuatan besar...
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Drakpa Gyeltsen was born in 1619 in Tolung Gekhasa into a noble family by the same name as the village. His family had previously produced the 25th Ganden Tripa,...
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Dear friends, Sometimes when I want to give a Dharma talk or engage in a special puja or something similar, I take a look around as to who is...
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Dear friends around the world, What is interesting is His Holiness the Dalai Lama is considered as the incarnation of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, therefore a highly realized and attained...
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Pope Leo X's papacy was known for making Rome a cultural and political centre of Europe but at the expense of the papal treasury due to his lavish spending....
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For many, life is a constant pursuit of material possessions and tangible achievements. Yet, having achieved our goals and dreams, we may find there is a feeling of emptiness...
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Modern Diplomacy is the latest publication to cover the history and current issues of Tibet. Authored by Dr Andrea Galli, a certified leading investigator, these writings are the result...
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Since Gyenze is the emanation of Dorje Shugden’s aggregate of feeling that has been purified, every aspect of his body represents various enlightened qualities. Furthermore, Gyenze’s physical form reveals...
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("The Tribune" Publishes Dalai Lama Planning to Visit China) ༧གོང་ས་མཆོག་གིས་རང་ཉིད་སྒེར་གྱི་ཐོག་ནས་རྒྱ་ནག་ལ་ཐུགས་འཕྲད་དུ་བསྐྱོད་རྒྱུའི་འཆར་གཞི་ཞིག་གནང་གི་ཡོད་པ་དང་། ངས་ཡིད་ཆེས་མི་ཐུབ་པའི་གནས་ཚུལ་འདི་འདྲ་ཞིག་གོ་དུས།
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(中文翻译请往下看) When the exiled Tibetan leadership (Central Tibetan Administration or CTA) in Dharamsala, North India pushes and enforces the unethical ban against Dorje Shugden, their actions will have the opposite desired effect. The more the CTA enforces this ban which infringes on religious rights, t...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche, Joy Kam and edited by Pastor David) A brief history of Sera Monastery Sera Monastery is one of the “three great” Gelug monastic universities of Tibet,...
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According to His Eminence Tsem Rinpoche, the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden arose to protect Lama Tsongkhapa’s sacred lineage of teachings. However, Dorje Shugden is more than just an ordinary...
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A spiritual lineage refers to a line of transmission of teachings from teacher to student that can be traced back to the Buddha or a widely accepted attained master...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor Khong Jean Ai) (译文请往下阅读) For hundreds of years, Tibet has been a powerhouse of enlightened minds, devoted practitioners and attained masters. As far as the eye can see, from the great monastic universities to the caves scattered throughout the land, hundreds of thousands...
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H.H. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche Explains Dorje Shugden Initiation and Benefits (With English Subtitles)
Dear everyone... This is a good condensed talk I gave on Guru Yoga of Tsongkapa. This is the one you should share with others when they are interested in a not too lengthy explanation. It is the perfect practice for everyone who wants simplicity yet effective blessings. You can share this with more people, it will be good.
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Powerful Dorje Shugden's mantras
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"I was 18 years old in 1983. That was a very special year as I met His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche and received innumerable precious teachings and empowerments from Him at Thubten Dhargye Ling Centre in Los Angeles, California. It was the best time of my life. A time that seems so magical and surreal to me. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche is Heruka Buddha and I met Heruka."
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