Dear friends, In the Tibetan language, the word ‘Rinpoche’ means ‘precious one’ and so in Buddhism, this title may be given to someone who is highly respected or is a tulku (the reincarnation of a holy person). For example, practitioners and students may refer to a seemingly ordinary monk as ‘Rinpoche’ because they highly...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche and Pastor David) His Holiness the 11th Panchen Lama Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu recently bestowed the Kalachakra initiation at his New Palace near Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in Xigaze (Shigatse), southwest of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. This is the first Kalachakra initiation to be held publicly in Tibet/China in the last...
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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 undermine...
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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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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 China on many fronts...
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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 from the past and are trying to overcome. But what will make the most impact in the world is how we deal with them now,...
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The unmistaken incarnation of Sonam Yeshe Wangpo was Ngawang Sonam Gelek Pelzang. He was born at Olka Ribuk, during the Wood-Horse Year of the 10th 60‐Year Cycle according to the Tibetan calendar...
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The Origins of Wedding Vows In Western civilisations, Christian marriages are generally understood and recognised as occurring at a wedding, where the bride and groom profess to each other what are called “Wedding Vows”. Wedding vows in the form of “To have and to hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for...
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The Rinjung Lhantab is a voluminous collection of tantric deity sadhanas (spiritual practices) that was compiled and edited by Palden Tenpai Nyima, the 7th Panchen Lama...
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(By Tsem Rinpoche) Dear learned friends, I wanted to share with you some interesting information that was recently brought to my attention. On December 28, 2018, during the 30th anniversary of His Holiness the 10th Panchen Lama’s passing into clear light, His Holiness the Dalai Lama issued a video message to commemorate the occasion....
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By Pastor Shin Tan and Tsem Rinpoche At one of the highest points on the eastern seaboard, rural fieldstone buildings that resemble a Tibetan mountain monastery sit atop Lighthouse Hill. Founded in 1945, this “Jewel on a Hillside” is home to one of America’s most extensive collections of Himalayan artefacts and was “the only...
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(Reuters Publishes My Reconciliation Prayers for Asia) ང་རང་ཚོ་ནང་ཕན་ཚུན་མི་མཐུན་པ་དེ་དག་འགྲིགས་འཇགས་བྱུང་བ་ཡིན་ན། ང་ཚོས་འཛམ་གླིང་འདི་ནང་མཐུན་གཤིབ་ཚད་དང་ལྡན་པ་འཁྱེར་ཐུབ། ང་རང་ཚོའི་དུས་འདིར།
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(Dalai Lama's Sudden Change of Mind About China-Backed Panchen Lama) ཉིན་འགའ་ཤས་སྔོན་ལ། ༧གོང་ས་མཆོག་གིས་མི་མང་པོ་ཧང་སངས་དགོས་པའི་བཀའ་སློབ་བསྩལ་ཡོད།
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几天前,达赖尊者做出了一项令许多人震惊的宣布。达赖尊者于2018年4月25日表示,根据“可靠消息”,他所认证的十一世班禅大师转世人选根敦确吉尼玛(也译为更登确吉尼玛)尚安然在世。
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On April 25, 2018, the Dalai Lama said that the Panchen Lama recognised by China is being educated by a good teacher AND that it is possible for two incarnations of a being to exist at the same time...
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Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso was born to a family of Nyingma practitioners in 1617 in the Yarlung Valley of Tibet, descendents of the Imperial line of the Yarlung Dynasty...
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Sanggye Yeshe was born in the Tsang Valley in Tibet in 1525, in a town called Drukgya, the youngest of four sons. He encountered his future master, Wensapa Lobzang Dondrub...
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Lobzang Chokyi Gyeltsen was born in a village called Drukgya in Tsang. As a youth he studied with Sanggye Yeshe, then the abbot of Tashilhunpo...
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The Third Changkya, Rolpai Dorje was born in 1717 in the Drakkar territory of Nub Padmo De Monastery, one of four monasteries that Sakya Pandita Kunga Gyeltsen established...
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Wensapa Lobzang Dondrub was born in Lhaku in Tsang, in a place called Wensa in 1505. His father was Sonam Dorje and his mother was Pel Dzomkyi...
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