It would not be far-fetched to say that most influential Gelug lamas of today would consider H.H. Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche as their direct teacher, or as their lineage teacher through his heart son H.H. Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche. However, in present times, few are aware of Pabongka Rinpoche’s teacher, His Holiness the 4th Tagphu Pemavajra...
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Hello, This is your latest dose of Celebrity Ghosts. I hope you enjoy. Tsem Rinpoche Part 2 Part 3 Note: All articles published on the blog are conceptualised, approved and edited by H.E. the 25th Tsem Rinpoche. For further assistance and any urgent enquiries, please write in to mail@tsemladrang.com.
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor David) Tulku is a Tibetan term for the ‘emanation body’ (Sanskrit: Nirmanakaya) of an enlightened being. This refers to one of the three main types of manifestations of an enlightened being who deliberately takes rebirth within samsaric existence in order to benefit sentient beings. In Tibet, the recognition of...
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His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche (1905-1984) was a highly attained master of the Gelug tradition and a disciple of His Holiness the 3rd Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche (1901-1981), junior tutor of the 14th Dalai Lama. He was a renowned teacher, famous for his analytical mind and mastery in philosophical debate. He was also a well-known...
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(译文请往下看) Dear friends around the world, On November 24, 2018, a grand Dorje Shugden puja was conducted at Malacca’s Dorje Shugden Chapel to commemorate the chapel’s 3rd anniversary. Three years ago, some of my devoted students heard that I had the wish of having a chapel to Dorje Shugden in Malacca. I have visited Malacca many times and some of my oldest students live there. They made my wish come true on October 10, 2015. These students, wanting others to benefit from the practice of Dorje Shugden just like they had, found the place, had it re...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor Jean Ai) Surely the most famous and well-established refugee community in the world has to be the Tibetan people and that is thanks to the single-handed efforts of His Holiness the Dalai Lama who has spent the last 60 years keeping the Tibetan cause alive, relevant and in the global consciousness....
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Within the lineage of Dorje Shugden’s incarnations, none is more illustrious than Panchen Sonam Drakpa. In that lifetime, he became the 15th Gaden Throne Holder and the Abbot of the Three Seats...
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To end the year on a high note and kick off the new year with a bang, we'll be hosting several power-charged pujas throughout the month of December in Wisdom Hall, Kechara Forest Retreat.
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor David) Introduction The Dorje Shugden controversy began when the Dalai Lama made successive attempts to wrongly assert the nature of the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden to be a harmful spirit. He had since issued numerous statements to the effect of banning the practice of Dorje Shugden. The following...
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Dear friends around the world, Some friends of mine recently came across this document which they found to be quite interesting. The article is actually an examination of the validity of a terma text which was practised by His Holiness 5th Dalai Lama. But what’s really interesting is that at the beginning of the...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor Adeline) Dear friends around the world, I am honoured to have been given the privilege of presenting my research on Nechung with all of you, here on His Eminence the 25th Tsem Rinpoche’s blog. Nechung has been a Tibetan Buddhist Dharma protector for the past 1,300 years, keeping his...
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(Can Tibetan Lamas Make Mistakes?) ཤུགས་ལྡན་གྱི་རྙོག་དྲ་ནི་ཡིད་སྐྱོ་དགོས་པའི་གནས་སྟངས་ཞིག་ཡིན་པ་དང་། གནས་སྟངས་འདི་མཇུག་མ་སྒྲིལ་བར་ཇེ་སྡུག་ཏུ་འགྲོ་བཞིན་ཡོད། ང་རང་༧རྒྱལ་བ་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་མཆོག་ལ་སྐུར་བ་བཏབ་འདོད་མེད།
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Dear friends, One of the ways the Buddhas and enlightened beings help us is by giving us prophecies and divinations. If we trust the Buddhas and follow their advice given through divinations, then we will be able to avoid disasters or change our approach to certain aspects of our lives or important undertakings to...
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(Videos Redressing the Misinformation About Dorje Shugden and the Tibetan Situation) བོད་མིའི་སྒྲིགས་འཛུགས་ཡང་ན་རྡ་སར་གནས་པའི་བོད་གཞུང་དེས། དེ་ཚོ་སོ་སོའི་དམངས་གཙོའི་བཅའ་ཁྲིམས་ལམ་ལུགས་དང་འགལ་ནས།
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Lubsan Samdan Tsydenov was a charismatic Buddhist master and visionary from Buryatia in Siberia. He was born at a time when Buddhism was flourishing in the region. However, as he had foreseen challenging times ahead, he did not let the favourable circumstances blind him. When the Russian civil war broke out, Tsydenov’s decision to...
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When we think of Tibetan Buddhism, we imagine ancient temples on the bleak slopes of the Himalayas, a refuge from the sufferings of the world, where the low, melodious chanting of scriptures can be heard...
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Several weeks ago, my Teacher, H.E. the 25th Tsem Tulku Rinpoche (Tsem Rinpoche), gave me the opportunity to write an article about his life story. I was intimidated and yet excited to take on this challenge. Tsem Rinpoche’s life story is rich, colorful, and not without its challenges. I believe all the sufferings and...
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Here is another one of my favourite videos. Before the videos, it was the best selling book! I read this book decades ago several times and it really ‘made sense’ to me. I loved the book and I loved this documentary based on the book. I remember being in my bedroom laying down on...
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Ucheyma's awe-inspiring depiction as a self-decapitating goddess has inspired generations of practitioners since the introduction of tantric practice in ancient India. Her practice had migrated north to Tibet...
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Shantideva was a Buddhist scholar, monk and philosopher, who lived between the 7th century and the 8th century. He is considered one of the 84 Mahasiddhas. Born a wealthy prince, Shantideva turned his back on the material world the night before he was to be crowned king. This extraordinary transformation blossomed from the teachings...
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