Loma Gyonma (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Medicine Buddha, White Tara, Loma Gyonma, Trakpo Sumtril, Dorje Shugden and Vairocana Shugden (Shize). The Forest Goddess is an example of an Indian folk deity absorbed into Tantric Buddhism. She is a popular practice and has numerous forms with varying emphases. For the practitioner of Esoteric Buddhist...

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  Wisdom from an Old Lady For ninety-nine years, I have worked for the benefit of beings. Now this work is almost complete. I will not take birth again in this human realm in a physical form, nor will I leave behind any remains or relics. But my emanations in the world will be...

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Queen Genepil (1905-1938) the last queen of Mongolia. She was executed in May, 1938, shot as part of the systematic Stalinist destruction of Mongolian culture, in which a vast amount of the population were killed, including almost all the shamans and Buddhist lamas. Star Wars took inspiration of course. From FB Genepil, the last...

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Palden Lhamo (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Guru Rinpoche, Lama Tsongkhapa, Palden Lhamo, Nechung and Dorje Shugden. The fearsome Palden Lhamo or Shri Devi in Sanskrit, is widely believed to be an emanation of Saraswati, the Goddess of Wisdom. She was originally part of the entourage of Mahakala but became a powerful protectoress in...

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White Tara (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Ushnishavijaya (Namgyalma), Amitayus, White Tara, Dorje Shugden Tara is known as Jetsun Drolma in Tibetan and she is a very important figure in Tibetan Buddhism. She is known as the ‘saviouress’ and is also considered the embodiment of the activity of all the Buddhas. According to the...

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Our large group in Bangkok woke up around 4 am to get ready. We left the hotel at around 5 am to drive to Banglampoo area of Bangkok. Without traffic, it took us around 20 mins to get there (Remember Bangkok is a huge metropolitan city with 10 million residents). The other day it...

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Amitayus (Main figure) (Top to bottom): White Tara, Ushnishavijaya (Namgyalma), Amitayus, Dorje Shugden and Vairochana Shugden (Shize). According to the scriptures, Amitabha and Amitayus are essentially the same enlightened being. Within the doctrine of Mahayana Buddhism, a fully enlightened Buddha is said to possess three bodies, beginning with emanation body (Nirmanakaya), enjoyment body (Sambhogakaya)...

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Nagarjuna (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Manjushri, Nagarjuna and Dorje Shugden. The Buddhist master Nagarjuna was born to a Brahmin family in the land of Beda, South India. When he was born, it was prophesied that Nagarjuna would only live for 10 days, however due to the offerings made by his father, it was...

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Her practice includes methods to end the otherwise repetitive states of Bardo and rebirth, by transforming the process into a journey, which may lead to full enlightenment. In preparation for which, Vajrayogini further offers the omnipresent ability to reconstruct the nature of the most, mundane everyday experiences, such that they may reveal higher destinations,...

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In the emerald forest there lies magical beings and powerful entities of old. There are beautiful gentle creatures of the forest such as deers, rabbits, owls and so on. Faeries, little people, elves, dwarves, trolls and other magnificent worldly and other-worldly beings of mystical origins who nurture and look over the natural world call...

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Avalokiteshvara Simhananda (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Black Manjushri, Yellow Dzambala, Avalokiteshvara Simhananda, Shabala Garuda, Sakya Dorje Shugden Tanag, Tsui Marpo and Setrap. Avalokiteshvara is a popular archetypal Bodhisattva in the Sutras, in which he strives towards enlightenment. Within the teachings of Vajrayana Buddhism, he is said to be a Buddha, who attained full...

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Four-Armed Chenrezig (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Buddha Shakyamuni, Maitreya, Manjushri, Four-Armed Chenrezig, Vajrapani, Six-Armed Mahakala and Dorje Shugden. The thangka here depicts the “Three Protectors”, known in Tibetan as the Rigsum Gonpo. This enlightened trinity refers to Chenrezig or Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri and Vajrapani. They symbolically represent the compassion, wisdom and skilful means of...

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Wonderful description of how Black Manjushri works on us from Zasep Rinpoche’s website on the practice: The Black Manjushri initiation and practice are helpful in healing cancer and protecting against negative energies. For dangerous diseases, life-threatening illnesses, maladies or obstacles, Black Manjushri is one of the most powerful practices. Manjushri, normally a peaceful Buddha...

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Vajrasattva (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Buddha Amitabha, Buddha Samantabhadra, Vajrasattva, Vajrakilaya and Dorje Shugden. The Buddha Vajrasattva first appeared in ancient India and his tantric practice centres primarily upon the purification of delusions and negative karma. Like many other Buddhas within Vajrayana Buddhism, Vajrasattva has a number of popular forms and is relied...

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Tsemrinpoche.com is now available in Nepali! Watch the videos below to find out more about the new website. For more information, visit: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/l/np/.        

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H.H. the 31st Sakya Trizin Ngawang Kunga Lodro (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Hevajra, Vajrayogini, H.H. the 31st Sakya Trizin Ngawang Kunga Lodro, Mahakala of the Doors and Sakya Dorje Shugden Tanag. The 31st Sakya Throneholder Ngawang Kunga Lodro was the son of the 30th Sakya Throneholder Sonam Rinchen. He was considered to have...

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H.H. the 10th Panchen Lama (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Amitabha, Lama Tsongkhapa, H.H. the 10th Panchen Lama, Tsangpa Karpo and Dorje Shugden. The Panchen Lama line of incarnations are believed to be emanations of Amitabha, the Buddha of Boundless Light. Amitabha is relied on strongly within Pure Land Buddhism that is popularly practised...

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Yamantaka (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Six-Armed Mahakala, Palden Lhamo, Yamantaka, Kalarupa and Dorje Shugden. Yamantaka or Vajrabhairava is one of the three Kingly Tantras (Tib: Sang De Jig Sum) of the Gelug order as proliferated by Lama Tsongkhapa. The other two tantras are Guhyasamaja and Heruka Cakrasamvara. Yamantaka is the manifestation of Manjushri,...

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All enlightened beings are worthy of homage and worship. They are the best beings to take refuge in and we should offer them our prayers as we can put our full confidence in them. Of all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, I personally find that Manjushri is extremely important. This is because what keeps us in samsara (cyclic rebirth) is our total ignorance and misunderstanding of the reality of existence. What is necessary to penetrate this deep ignorance that keeps us bound in a perpetual state of reincarnation is wisdom. We need many types of wis...

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Red Vasudhara (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Kurukulle, Tinuma, Marichi, Red Vasudhara, Sakya Dorje Shugden Tanag, Dorje Setrap and Tsui Marpo. Vasudhara’s name literally means ‘A stream of jewels’ in Sanskrit. She is widely regarded as a Bodhisattva of wealth, prosperity and abundance. Hence, she is popular in several Himalayan countries and is the...

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