Saturday, May 13, 2017
།།ཁྲོམ་དགེ་ཨ་རིག་རིན་པོ་ཆེ།།
Arik Rinpoche of Tromgé
(khrom dge a rig rin po che)
Arik Rinpoche of Tromgé
(khrom dge a rig rin po che)
Arik Rinpoche aka Drubchne Rigdzin Wangshu (grub chen rig 'dzin dbang phyug,1908-1988) was a disciple of Khenpo Ngawang Palzang and one of Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche's Masters. He was also the root guru of Akhyuk Rinpoche. He belonged to the monastery of Tromge in Derge Thromthar (sde dge khrom thar ngar 'gyur rnying ma khrom dge dgon pa) where he was recognized as an incarnation of a previous Master. When Arik Rinpoche passed away rainbows manifested and five-coloured relics appeared among his physical remains.
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
_/\_ Happy Saga Dawa Duchen _/\_
May all sentient beings enjoy happiness and the root of happiness.
May they be free from suffering and the root of suffering.
May they not be separated from the great happiness devoid of suffering.
May they dwell in the great equanimity, free from passion, aggression, and prejudice.
May loving-kindness and compassion blaze forth in union with the wisdom of non-duality.
May they be free from suffering and the root of suffering.
May they not be separated from the great happiness devoid of suffering.
May they dwell in the great equanimity, free from passion, aggression, and prejudice.
May loving-kindness and compassion blaze forth in union with the wisdom of non-duality.
Sunday, May 7, 2017
རྗེ་འབངས་ཉེར་ལྔ། THE TWENTY FIVE GREAT DISCIPLES OF GURU RINPOCHÉ, according to H.H Dudjom Jigdrel Yeshey Dorje Rinpoche.
!! རྗེ་འབངས་ཉེར་ལྔ།
THE TWENTY FIVE GREAT DISCIPLES OF GURU RINPOCHÉ, according to H.H Dudjom Jigdrel Yeshey Dorje Rinpoche.
THE TWENTY FIVE GREAT DISCIPLES OF GURU RINPOCHÉ, according to H.H Dudjom Jigdrel Yeshey Dorje Rinpoche.
This twenty-five are the great disciples of Guru Rinpoché. All of them had attained supreme accomplishment in single lifetime through the path taught by Guru Rinpoche..
1-King Trisong Detsen ཁྲི་སྲོང་ལྡེའུ་བཙན། -
the thirty-eighth king of Tibet, second of the three great religious kings and one of the main disciples of Guru Rinpoche. It was due to his efforts that the great masters Shantarakshita and Guru Padmasambhava came from India and established Buddhism firmly in Tibet.
the thirty-eighth king of Tibet, second of the three great religious kings and one of the main disciples of Guru Rinpoche. It was due to his efforts that the great masters Shantarakshita and Guru Padmasambhava came from India and established Buddhism firmly in Tibet.
2-Namkhé Nyingpo ནམ་མཁའི་སྙིང་པོ།
one of the twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche. He was ordained as a monk by Shantarakshita, learned Sanskrit and travelled to India to receive teachings from Humkara and other teachers. During the empowerment of Kagyé by Guru Rinpoche in the caves of Samye Chimpu, his flower fell on the mandala of Yangdak Heruka. As a result of his practice of this particular deity, he attained supreme accomplishment and was able to ride on the rays of the sun.
one of the twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche. He was ordained as a monk by Shantarakshita, learned Sanskrit and travelled to India to receive teachings from Humkara and other teachers. During the empowerment of Kagyé by Guru Rinpoche in the caves of Samye Chimpu, his flower fell on the mandala of Yangdak Heruka. As a result of his practice of this particular deity, he attained supreme accomplishment and was able to ride on the rays of the sun.
3-Nupchen Sangye Yeshe གནུབས་ཆེན་སངས་རྒྱས་ཡེ་ཤེས།
He is said to have lived for 130 years. He brought the Anuyoga teachings to Tibet and translated many tantras. He also was a student of Vimalamitra and many other great masters.
Legend has that it was due to his miraculous powers that King Langdarma spared the lay tantrikas when persecuting Buddhist followers in Tibet.
He is said to have lived for 130 years. He brought the Anuyoga teachings to Tibet and translated many tantras. He also was a student of Vimalamitra and many other great masters.
Legend has that it was due to his miraculous powers that King Langdarma spared the lay tantrikas when persecuting Buddhist followers in Tibet.
4-Gyalwa Chokyang རྒྱལ་བ་མཆོག་དབྱངས།
one of the twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche and ordained as a monk by Shantarakshita. During the empowerment of Kagyé given by Guru Rinpoche in the caves of Samye Chimpu, his flower fell on the mandala of Hayagriva. As a result of his practice he was able to transform himself into the deity, and he heard the neigh of the horse on the crown of his head.
one of the twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche and ordained as a monk by Shantarakshita. During the empowerment of Kagyé given by Guru Rinpoche in the caves of Samye Chimpu, his flower fell on the mandala of Hayagriva. As a result of his practice he was able to transform himself into the deity, and he heard the neigh of the horse on the crown of his head.
5-Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal ཡེ་ཤེས་མཚོ་རྒྱལ།
the principal consort of Guru Padmasambhava. She was Vajravarahi in human form and also an emanation of Tara and Buddha Lochana.She was born as a princess in the clan of Kharchen.
She became the consort of King Trisong Detsen before being offered to Guru Rinpoche as a mandala offering during an empowerment. She specialized in the practice of Vajrakilaya and experienced visions of the deity and gained accomplishment. In Nepal, she paid a ransom for Acharya Salé and took him as her spiritual consort. Through the power of her unfailing memory, she collected all the teachings given by Guru Rinpoche in Tibet and concealed them as terma. At the end of her life, it is said, she flew through the air and went directly to Zangdokpalri.
the principal consort of Guru Padmasambhava. She was Vajravarahi in human form and also an emanation of Tara and Buddha Lochana.She was born as a princess in the clan of Kharchen.
She became the consort of King Trisong Detsen before being offered to Guru Rinpoche as a mandala offering during an empowerment. She specialized in the practice of Vajrakilaya and experienced visions of the deity and gained accomplishment. In Nepal, she paid a ransom for Acharya Salé and took him as her spiritual consort. Through the power of her unfailing memory, she collected all the teachings given by Guru Rinpoche in Tibet and concealed them as terma. At the end of her life, it is said, she flew through the air and went directly to Zangdokpalri.
6-Palgyi Yeshé དཔལ་གྱི་ཡེ་ཤེས།
He was born at Yadrok in the Drokmi clan. He translated many tantras, notably the tantras of Mamo Bötong, through which through he gained supreme accomplishment.
He was born at Yadrok in the Drokmi clan. He translated many tantras, notably the tantras of Mamo Bötong, through which through he gained supreme accomplishment.
7-Langchen Palgyi Seng ..རླངས་ཆེན་དཔལ་གྱི་སེང་གེ!
a lay tantrika who attained ordinary and supreme accomplishments through the practice of Jikten Chötö. He was also part of the 108 translators who were sent to India and Oddiyana.
a lay tantrika who attained ordinary and supreme accomplishments through the practice of Jikten Chötö. He was also part of the 108 translators who were sent to India and Oddiyana.
8-Vairotsana བཻ་རོ་ཙ་ན།
the greatest of all Tibetan lotsawas. Together with Padmasambhava and Vimalamitra, he was one of the three main masters to bring the Dzogchen teachings to Tibet.
the greatest of all Tibetan lotsawas. Together with Padmasambhava and Vimalamitra, he was one of the three main masters to bring the Dzogchen teachings to Tibet.
9-Nyak Jñanakumara or Yeshé Shyönnu གཉག་ཛྙཱ་ན་ཀུ་མ་ར།
He was ordained as a monk by Shantarakshita.
He was ordained as a monk by Shantarakshita.
10-Gyalmo Yudra Nyingpo གཡུ་སྒྲ་སྙིང་པོ།
He was a great translator and scholar who received teachings from Vairotsana, Vimalamitra, and Guru Rinpoche. He translated many works, including the last thirteen of the eighteen texts of Semde.
He was a great translator and scholar who received teachings from Vairotsana, Vimalamitra, and Guru Rinpoche. He translated many works, including the last thirteen of the eighteen texts of Semde.
11-Nanam Dorje Dudjom སྣ་ནམ་རྡོ་རྗེ་བདུད་འཇོམས།
one of King Trisong Detsen's ministers, sent to Nepal to invite Padmasambhava to Tibet. He became one of Guru Rinpoche's main twenty-five disciples. When receiving empowerment from Guru Rinpoche, his flower fell on the mandala of Vajrakilaya. Through the practice he became an accomplished mantrika, who could fly with the speed of the wind and pass through solid rock. The name Dorje Dudjom means 'Indestructible Subduer of Mara.'
one of King Trisong Detsen's ministers, sent to Nepal to invite Padmasambhava to Tibet. He became one of Guru Rinpoche's main twenty-five disciples. When receiving empowerment from Guru Rinpoche, his flower fell on the mandala of Vajrakilaya. Through the practice he became an accomplished mantrika, who could fly with the speed of the wind and pass through solid rock. The name Dorje Dudjom means 'Indestructible Subduer of Mara.'
12-Yeshé Yang...ཡེ་ཤེས་དབྱངས།
a fully ordained monk who transcribed many of Guru Rinpoche's termas.
Tibetan translator predicted by Padmasambhava. The chief scribe for writing down the termas of Padmasambhava, he was an accomplished yogi, able to fly like a bird to the celestial realms. Also known as Atsara Yeshe Yang. Yeshe Yang means 'Melodious Wisdom
a fully ordained monk who transcribed many of Guru Rinpoche's termas.
Tibetan translator predicted by Padmasambhava. The chief scribe for writing down the termas of Padmasambhava, he was an accomplished yogi, able to fly like a bird to the celestial realms. Also known as Atsara Yeshe Yang. Yeshe Yang means 'Melodious Wisdom
15-Kharchen Palgyi Wangchuk མཁར་ཆེན་དཔལ་གྱི་དབང་ཕྱུག.
Brother of Yeshe Tsogyal. He was a lay tantrika who attained realization through the practice of Vajrakilaya. Palgyi Wangchuk means 'Resplendent Lord.
Brother of Yeshe Tsogyal. He was a lay tantrika who attained realization through the practice of Vajrakilaya. Palgyi Wangchuk means 'Resplendent Lord.
16-Denma Tsémang ལྡན་མ་རྩེ་མང་།
He was a famous Sanskrit translator and Tibetan calligrapher who invented a new style of calligraphy and transcribed many termas to be later revealed. Though his practise, he gained the power of complete and perfect memory.
He was a famous Sanskrit translator and Tibetan calligrapher who invented a new style of calligraphy and transcribed many termas to be later revealed. Though his practise, he gained the power of complete and perfect memory.
17-Kawa Paltsek སྐ་བ་དཔལ་བརྩེགས།
He was born in Kawa in Phenpo Valley. He was ordained by the great abbot Shantarakshita and became one of the greatest Tibetan translators. With panditas such as Jñanagarbha and Vidyakarasimha, he translated the prajnaparamita and other mahayana sutras and Haribhadra's major commentary on the Abhisamayalankara known as Sphutartha. He collaborated with Vidyakaraprabha in translating treatises on Madhyamika and logic; and with Jinamitra, he translated Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakosha and commentary. Together with Sarvajñadeva, he was the first to translate the Bodhicharyavatara into Tibetan. He also translated many tantras later collected in the Nyingma Gyübum.
Along with Chokro Lüi Gyaltsen, he was sent to India by king Trisong Detsen to invite Vimalamitra to Tibet. He later received the Vima Nyingtik teachings from Vimalamitra in Samyé.
He was born in Kawa in Phenpo Valley. He was ordained by the great abbot Shantarakshita and became one of the greatest Tibetan translators. With panditas such as Jñanagarbha and Vidyakarasimha, he translated the prajnaparamita and other mahayana sutras and Haribhadra's major commentary on the Abhisamayalankara known as Sphutartha. He collaborated with Vidyakaraprabha in translating treatises on Madhyamika and logic; and with Jinamitra, he translated Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakosha and commentary. Together with Sarvajñadeva, he was the first to translate the Bodhicharyavatara into Tibetan. He also translated many tantras later collected in the Nyingma Gyübum.
Along with Chokro Lüi Gyaltsen, he was sent to India by king Trisong Detsen to invite Vimalamitra to Tibet. He later received the Vima Nyingtik teachings from Vimalamitra in Samyé.
18-Shüpu Palgyi Sengé ཤུད་ཕུ་དཔལ་གྱི་སེང་གེ..
One of the ministers of King Trisong Deutsen, sent among the first emissaries to invite Padmasambhava to Tibet. He learned translation from Padmasambhava and rendered numerous teachings of Mamo, Yamantaka and Kilaya into Tibetan. Having attained accomplishment through Kilaya and Mamo, he could split boulders and divide the flow of rivers with his dagger.
Palgyi Senge means 'Glorious Lion.'
One of the ministers of King Trisong Deutsen, sent among the first emissaries to invite Padmasambhava to Tibet. He learned translation from Padmasambhava and rendered numerous teachings of Mamo, Yamantaka and Kilaya into Tibetan. Having attained accomplishment through Kilaya and Mamo, he could split boulders and divide the flow of rivers with his dagger.
Palgyi Senge means 'Glorious Lion.'
19-Dré Gyalwé Lodrö འབྲེ་རྒྱལ་བའི་བློ་གྲོས།
Beginning as Gönpo, a trusted attendant of Trisong Deutsen, he became one of the first Tibetans to take ordination, taking the name Gyalwey Lodrö, Victorious Intelligence. He became erudite in translation and attained accomplishment after receiving transmission from Hungkara in India. It is said that he visited the land of Yama, the Lord of the Dead, and saved his mother from the hell realms. After receiving teachings from Padmasambhava, he performed the feat of transforming a zombie into gold, some of which was later revealed in terma treasures. He achieved the vidyadhara level of longevity and is reputed to have lived until the era of Rongzom Pandita Chökyi Sangpo to whom he gave teachings. Gyalwey Lodrö means 'Victorious wisdom.
Beginning as Gönpo, a trusted attendant of Trisong Deutsen, he became one of the first Tibetans to take ordination, taking the name Gyalwey Lodrö, Victorious Intelligence. He became erudite in translation and attained accomplishment after receiving transmission from Hungkara in India. It is said that he visited the land of Yama, the Lord of the Dead, and saved his mother from the hell realms. After receiving teachings from Padmasambhava, he performed the feat of transforming a zombie into gold, some of which was later revealed in terma treasures. He achieved the vidyadhara level of longevity and is reputed to have lived until the era of Rongzom Pandita Chökyi Sangpo to whom he gave teachings. Gyalwey Lodrö means 'Victorious wisdom.
20-Khye'u Chung Lotsawa ཁྱེའུ་ཆུང་ལོ་ཙཱ་བ།
He became a translator at a very young age, hence his name, which means "boy translator." His later incarnations included Dudjom Lingpa and Dudjom Rinpoche.
He became a translator at a very young age, hence his name, which means "boy translator." His later incarnations included Dudjom Lingpa and Dudjom Rinpoche.
21-Otren Palgyi Wangchuk འོ་བྲན་དཔལ་གྱི་དབང་ཕྱུག...
A great scholar and tantrika, he attained siddhi through practicing Guru Drakpo, the wrathful aspect of Padmasambhava. Palgyi Wangchuk means 'Resplendent Lord.'
A great scholar and tantrika, he attained siddhi through practicing Guru Drakpo, the wrathful aspect of Padmasambhava. Palgyi Wangchuk means 'Resplendent Lord.'
22-Ma Rinchen Chok རྨ་རིན་ཆེན་མཆོག...
one of the twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche and the seven men to be tested. He became one of Vimalamitra's closest disciples and assisted him in the translation of the Guhyagarbha Tantra. With Vimalamitra, he also translated Vimalamitra's own commentary on the Guhyagarbha, and the Cittabindu Upadesha, a text by the three great siddhas Buddhaguhya, Lilavajra and Vimalamitra.
one of the twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche and the seven men to be tested. He became one of Vimalamitra's closest disciples and assisted him in the translation of the Guhyagarbha Tantra. With Vimalamitra, he also translated Vimalamitra's own commentary on the Guhyagarbha, and the Cittabindu Upadesha, a text by the three great siddhas Buddhaguhya, Lilavajra and Vimalamitra.
23-Lhalung Palgyi Dorje ལྷ་ལུང་དཔལ་གྱི་རྡོ་རྗེ།
He is responsible for killing the evil King Langdarma, thus liberating him, and pu tting an end to the persecution of Buddhism in Tibet. He attained rainbow body at the end of his life.
He is responsible for killing the evil King Langdarma, thus liberating him, and pu tting an end to the persecution of Buddhism in Tibet. He attained rainbow body at the end of his life.
24-Langdro Könchok Jungné..ལང་གྲོ་དཀོན་མཆོག་འབྱུང་གནས།
He came from the area of Langdro in Tsang and was a minister at the court of King Trisong Detsen. Among his main reincarnations are the great tertöns Ratna Lingpa as well as Dzogchen Pema Rigdzin and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo who is said to be is activity emanation.
He came from the area of Langdro in Tsang and was a minister at the court of King Trisong Detsen. Among his main reincarnations are the great tertöns Ratna Lingpa as well as Dzogchen Pema Rigdzin and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo who is said to be is activity emanation.
25-Lasum Gyalwa Changchup ལ་གསུམ་རྒྱལ་བ་བྱང་ཆུབ།
One of the first seven Tibetans to receive full ordination as a monk by Shantarakshita, he was exceedingly intelligent, visited India several times and translated many sacred scriptures. A close disciple of Padmasambhava, he attained siddhi and could fly through the sky. Rigdzin Kunzang Sherab, the founder of the great Palyül Monastery in Kham, is considered one of his reincarnations. Gyalwa Jangchub means 'Victorious enlightenment.'
One of the first seven Tibetans to receive full ordination as a monk by Shantarakshita, he was exceedingly intelligent, visited India several times and translated many sacred scriptures. A close disciple of Padmasambhava, he attained siddhi and could fly through the sky. Rigdzin Kunzang Sherab, the founder of the great Palyül Monastery in Kham, is considered one of his reincarnations. Gyalwa Jangchub means 'Victorious enlightenment.'
MAY WE ALL HAD IN FUTURE ATTEND SUPREME ACCOMPLISHMENTS LIKE THOSE OF GREAT MASTERS.
Om Ahh Hung Vajra Guru Padma Siddhi Hung
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1-King Trisong Detsen ཁྲི་སྲོང་ལྡེའུ་བཙན། -
the thirty-eighth king of Tibet, second of the three great religious kings and one of the main disciples of Guru Rinpoche. It was due to his efforts that the great masters Shantarakshita and Guru Padmasambhava came from India and established Buddhism firmly in Tibet.
the thirty-eighth king of Tibet, second of the three great religious kings and one of the main disciples of Guru Rinpoche. It was due to his efforts that the great masters Shantarakshita and Guru Padmasambhava came from India and established Buddhism firmly in Tibet.
2-Namkhé Nyingpo ནམ་མཁའི་སྙིང་པོ།
one of the twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche. He was ordained as a monk by Shantarakshita, learned Sanskrit and travelled to India to receive teachings from Humkara and other teachers. During the empowerment of Kagyé by Guru Rinpoche in the caves of Samye Chimpu, his flower fell on the mandala of Yangdak Heruka. As a result of his practice of this particular deity, he attained supreme accomplishment and was able to ride on the rays of the sun.
one of the twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche. He was ordained as a monk by Shantarakshita, learned Sanskrit and travelled to India to receive teachings from Humkara and other teachers. During the empowerment of Kagyé by Guru Rinpoche in the caves of Samye Chimpu, his flower fell on the mandala of Yangdak Heruka. As a result of his practice of this particular deity, he attained supreme accomplishment and was able to ride on the rays of the sun.
3-Nupchen Sangye Yeshe གནུབས་ཆེན་སངས་རྒྱས་ཡེ་ཤེས།
He is said to have lived for 130 years. He brought the Anuyoga teachings to Tibet and translated many tantras. He also was a student of Vimalamitra and many other great masters.
Legend has that it was due to his miraculous powers that King Langdarma spared the lay tantrikas when persecuting Buddhist followers in Tibet.
He is said to have lived for 130 years. He brought the Anuyoga teachings to Tibet and translated many tantras. He also was a student of Vimalamitra and many other great masters.
Legend has that it was due to his miraculous powers that King Langdarma spared the lay tantrikas when persecuting Buddhist followers in Tibet.
4-Gyalwa Chokyang རྒྱལ་བ་མཆོག་དབྱངས།
one of the twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche and ordained as a monk by Shantarakshita. During the empowerment of Kagyé given by Guru Rinpoche in the caves of Samye Chimpu, his flower fell on the mandala of Hayagriva. As a result of his practice he was able to transform himself into the deity, and he heard the neigh of the horse on the crown of his head.
one of the twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche and ordained as a monk by Shantarakshita. During the empowerment of Kagyé given by Guru Rinpoche in the caves of Samye Chimpu, his flower fell on the mandala of Hayagriva. As a result of his practice he was able to transform himself into the deity, and he heard the neigh of the horse on the crown of his head.
5-Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal ཡེ་ཤེས་མཚོ་རྒྱལ།
the principal consort of Guru Padmasambhava. She was Vajravarahi in human form and also an emanation of Tara and Buddha Lochana.She was born as a princess in the clan of Kharchen.
She became the consort of King Trisong Detsen before being offered to Guru Rinpoche as a mandala offering during an empowerment. She specialized in the practice of Vajrakilaya and experienced visions of the deity and gained accomplishment. In Nepal, she paid a ransom for Acharya Salé and took him as her spiritual consort. Through the power of her unfailing memory, she collected all the teachings given by Guru Rinpoche in Tibet and concealed them as terma. At the end of her life, it is said, she flew through the air and went directly to Zangdokpalri.
the principal consort of Guru Padmasambhava. She was Vajravarahi in human form and also an emanation of Tara and Buddha Lochana.She was born as a princess in the clan of Kharchen.
She became the consort of King Trisong Detsen before being offered to Guru Rinpoche as a mandala offering during an empowerment. She specialized in the practice of Vajrakilaya and experienced visions of the deity and gained accomplishment. In Nepal, she paid a ransom for Acharya Salé and took him as her spiritual consort. Through the power of her unfailing memory, she collected all the teachings given by Guru Rinpoche in Tibet and concealed them as terma. At the end of her life, it is said, she flew through the air and went directly to Zangdokpalri.
6-Palgyi Yeshé དཔལ་གྱི་ཡེ་ཤེས།
He was born at Yadrok in the Drokmi clan. He translated many tantras, notably the tantras of Mamo Bötong, through which through he gained supreme accomplishment.
He was born at Yadrok in the Drokmi clan. He translated many tantras, notably the tantras of Mamo Bötong, through which through he gained supreme accomplishment.
7-Langchen Palgyi Seng ..རླངས་ཆེན་དཔལ་གྱི་སེང་གེ!
a lay tantrika who attained ordinary and supreme accomplishments through the practice of Jikten Chötö. He was also part of the 108 translators who were sent to India and Oddiyana.
a lay tantrika who attained ordinary and supreme accomplishments through the practice of Jikten Chötö. He was also part of the 108 translators who were sent to India and Oddiyana.
8-Vairotsana བཻ་རོ་ཙ་ན།
the greatest of all Tibetan lotsawas. Together with Padmasambhava and Vimalamitra, he was one of the three main masters to bring the Dzogchen teachings to Tibet.
the greatest of all Tibetan lotsawas. Together with Padmasambhava and Vimalamitra, he was one of the three main masters to bring the Dzogchen teachings to Tibet.
9-Nyak Jñanakumara or Yeshé Shyönnu གཉག་ཛྙཱ་ན་ཀུ་མ་ར།
He was ordained as a monk by Shantarakshita.
He was ordained as a monk by Shantarakshita.
10-Gyalmo Yudra Nyingpo གཡུ་སྒྲ་སྙིང་པོ།
He was a great translator and scholar who received teachings from Vairotsana, Vimalamitra, and Guru Rinpoche. He translated many works, including the last thirteen of the eighteen texts of Semde.
He was a great translator and scholar who received teachings from Vairotsana, Vimalamitra, and Guru Rinpoche. He translated many works, including the last thirteen of the eighteen texts of Semde.
11-Nanam Dorje Dudjom སྣ་ནམ་རྡོ་རྗེ་བདུད་འཇོམས།
one of King Trisong Detsen's ministers, sent to Nepal to invite Padmasambhava to Tibet. He became one of Guru Rinpoche's main twenty-five disciples. When receiving empowerment from Guru Rinpoche, his flower fell on the mandala of Vajrakilaya. Through the practice he became an accomplished mantrika, who could fly with the speed of the wind and pass through solid rock. The name Dorje Dudjom means 'Indestructible Subduer of Mara.'
one of King Trisong Detsen's ministers, sent to Nepal to invite Padmasambhava to Tibet. He became one of Guru Rinpoche's main twenty-five disciples. When receiving empowerment from Guru Rinpoche, his flower fell on the mandala of Vajrakilaya. Through the practice he became an accomplished mantrika, who could fly with the speed of the wind and pass through solid rock. The name Dorje Dudjom means 'Indestructible Subduer of Mara.'
12-Yeshé Yang...ཡེ་ཤེས་དབྱངས།
a fully ordained monk who transcribed many of Guru Rinpoche's termas.
Tibetan translator predicted by Padmasambhava. The chief scribe for writing down the termas of Padmasambhava, he was an accomplished yogi, able to fly like a bird to the celestial realms. Also known as Atsara Yeshe Yang. Yeshe Yang means 'Melodious Wisdom.'
a fully ordained monk who transcribed many of Guru Rinpoche's termas.
Tibetan translator predicted by Padmasambhava. The chief scribe for writing down the termas of Padmasambhava, he was an accomplished yogi, able to fly like a bird to the celestial realms. Also known as Atsara Yeshe Yang. Yeshe Yang means 'Melodious Wisdom.'
13-Sokpo Lhapal...སོག་པོ་ལྷ་དཔལ།
A blacksmith by trade, he received teachings from both Nyak Jnanakumara and Guru Rinpoche. As a sign of accomplishment in the practice of Vajrakilaya, he could seize savage beasts of prey with his bare hands. On three occasions, with his miraculous power, he pacified the enemies of his teacher, Nyak Jnanakumara. He was also one of the teachers of Nupchen Sangye Yeshe.
The second throne-holder of Palyul Monastery, Pema Lhundrub Gyatso was said to be one of Sokpo Lhapal's reincarnations.
A blacksmith by trade, he received teachings from both Nyak Jnanakumara and Guru Rinpoche. As a sign of accomplishment in the practice of Vajrakilaya, he could seize savage beasts of prey with his bare hands. On three occasions, with his miraculous power, he pacified the enemies of his teacher, Nyak Jnanakumara. He was also one of the teachers of Nupchen Sangye Yeshe.
The second throne-holder of Palyul Monastery, Pema Lhundrub Gyatso was said to be one of Sokpo Lhapal's reincarnations.
14-Nanam Shyang Yeshé Dé སྣ་ནམ་ཞང་ཡེ་ཤེས་སྡེ།
He translated the Madhyamakalankara with Surendrabodhi. In all, he assisted with the translation of more than 300 hundred texts that now appear in the Kangyur and Tengyur, including Prajnaparamita Sutras, tantras and dharanis, and treatises on Madhyamika, Chittamatra and logic.
This learned and accomplished monk once exhibited his miraculous powers, attained through mastery of Vajra Kilaya, by soaring through the sky like a bird. Yeshe mean 'original wakefulness.'
He translated the Madhyamakalankara with Surendrabodhi. In all, he assisted with the translation of more than 300 hundred texts that now appear in the Kangyur and Tengyur, including Prajnaparamita Sutras, tantras and dharanis, and treatises on Madhyamika, Chittamatra and logic.
This learned and accomplished monk once exhibited his miraculous powers, attained through mastery of Vajra Kilaya, by soaring through the sky like a bird. Yeshe mean 'original wakefulness.'
15-Kharchen Palgyi Wangchuk མཁར་ཆེན་དཔལ་གྱི་དབང་ཕྱུག.
Brother of Yeshe Tsogyal. He was a lay tantrika who attained realization through the practice of Vajrakilaya. Palgyi Wangchuk means 'Resplendent Lord.
Brother of Yeshe Tsogyal. He was a lay tantrika who attained realization through the practice of Vajrakilaya. Palgyi Wangchuk means 'Resplendent Lord.
16-Denma Tsémang ལྡན་མ་རྩེ་མང་།
He was a famous Sanskrit translator and Tibetan calligrapher who invented a new style of calligraphy and transcribed many termas to be later revealed. Though his practise, he gained the power of complete and perfect memory.
He was a famous Sanskrit translator and Tibetan calligrapher who invented a new style of calligraphy and transcribed many termas to be later revealed. Though his practise, he gained the power of complete and perfect memory.
17-Kawa Paltsek སྐ་བ་དཔལ་བརྩེགས།
He was born in Kawa in Phenpo Valley. He was ordained by the great abbot Shantarakshita and became one of the greatest Tibetan translators. With panditas such as Jñanagarbha and Vidyakarasimha, he translated the prajnaparamita and other mahayana sutras and Haribhadra's major commentary on the Abhisamayalankara known as Sphutartha. He collaborated with Vidyakaraprabha in translating treatises on Madhyamika and logic; and with Jinamitra, he translated Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakosha and commentary. Together with Sarvajñadeva, he was the first to translate the Bodhicharyavatara into Tibetan. He also translated many tantras later collected in the Nyingma Gyübum.
Along with Chokro Lüi Gyaltsen, he was sent to India by king Trisong Detsen to invite Vimalamitra to Tibet. He later received the Vima Nyingtik teachings from Vimalamitra in Samyé.
He was born in Kawa in Phenpo Valley. He was ordained by the great abbot Shantarakshita and became one of the greatest Tibetan translators. With panditas such as Jñanagarbha and Vidyakarasimha, he translated the prajnaparamita and other mahayana sutras and Haribhadra's major commentary on the Abhisamayalankara known as Sphutartha. He collaborated with Vidyakaraprabha in translating treatises on Madhyamika and logic; and with Jinamitra, he translated Vasubandhu's Abhidharmakosha and commentary. Together with Sarvajñadeva, he was the first to translate the Bodhicharyavatara into Tibetan. He also translated many tantras later collected in the Nyingma Gyübum.
Along with Chokro Lüi Gyaltsen, he was sent to India by king Trisong Detsen to invite Vimalamitra to Tibet. He later received the Vima Nyingtik teachings from Vimalamitra in Samyé.
18-Shüpu Palgyi Sengé ཤུད་ཕུ་དཔལ་གྱི་སེང་གེ..
One of the ministers of King Trisong Deutsen, sent among the first emissaries to invite Padmasambhava to Tibet. He learned translation from Padmasambhava and rendered numerous teachings of Mamo, Yamantaka and Kilaya into Tibetan. Having attained accomplishment through Kilaya and Mamo, he could split boulders and divide the flow of rivers with his dagger.
Palgyi Senge means 'Glorious Lion.'
One of the ministers of King Trisong Deutsen, sent among the first emissaries to invite Padmasambhava to Tibet. He learned translation from Padmasambhava and rendered numerous teachings of Mamo, Yamantaka and Kilaya into Tibetan. Having attained accomplishment through Kilaya and Mamo, he could split boulders and divide the flow of rivers with his dagger.
Palgyi Senge means 'Glorious Lion.'
19-Dré Gyalwé Lodrö འབྲེ་རྒྱལ་བའི་བློ་གྲོས།
Beginning as Gönpo, a trusted attendant of Trisong Deutsen, he became one of the first Tibetans to take ordination, taking the name Gyalwey Lodrö, Victorious Intelligence. He became erudite in translation and attained accomplishment after receiving transmission from Hungkara in India. It is said that he visited the land of Yama, the Lord of the Dead, and saved his mother from the hell realms. After receiving teachings from Padmasambhava, he performed the feat of transforming a zombie into gold, some of which was later revealed in terma treasures. He achieved the vidyadhara level of longevity and is reputed to have lived until the era of Rongzom Pandita Chökyi Sangpo to whom he gave teachings. Gyalwey Lodrö means 'Victorious wisdom.
Beginning as Gönpo, a trusted attendant of Trisong Deutsen, he became one of the first Tibetans to take ordination, taking the name Gyalwey Lodrö, Victorious Intelligence. He became erudite in translation and attained accomplishment after receiving transmission from Hungkara in India. It is said that he visited the land of Yama, the Lord of the Dead, and saved his mother from the hell realms. After receiving teachings from Padmasambhava, he performed the feat of transforming a zombie into gold, some of which was later revealed in terma treasures. He achieved the vidyadhara level of longevity and is reputed to have lived until the era of Rongzom Pandita Chökyi Sangpo to whom he gave teachings. Gyalwey Lodrö means 'Victorious wisdom.
20-Khye'u Chung Lotsawa ཁྱེའུ་ཆུང་ལོ་ཙཱ་བ།
He became a translator at a very young age, hence his name, which means "boy translator." His later incarnations included Dudjom Lingpa and Dudjom Rinpoche.
He became a translator at a very young age, hence his name, which means "boy translator." His later incarnations included Dudjom Lingpa and Dudjom Rinpoche.
21-Otren Palgyi Wangchuk འོ་བྲན་དཔལ་གྱི་དབང་ཕྱུག...
A great scholar and tantrika, he attained siddhi through practicing Guru Drakpo, the wrathful aspect of Padmasambhava. Palgyi Wangchuk means 'Resplendent Lord.'
A great scholar and tantrika, he attained siddhi through practicing Guru Drakpo, the wrathful aspect of Padmasambhava. Palgyi Wangchuk means 'Resplendent Lord.'
22-Ma Rinchen Chok རྨ་རིན་ཆེན་མཆོག...
one of the twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche and the seven men to be tested. He became one of Vimalamitra's closest disciples and assisted him in the translation of the Guhyagarbha Tantra. With Vimalamitra, he also translated Vimalamitra's own commentary on the Guhyagarbha, and the Cittabindu Upadesha, a text by the three great siddhas Buddhaguhya, Lilavajra and Vimalamitra.
one of the twenty-five disciples of Guru Rinpoche and the seven men to be tested. He became one of Vimalamitra's closest disciples and assisted him in the translation of the Guhyagarbha Tantra. With Vimalamitra, he also translated Vimalamitra's own commentary on the Guhyagarbha, and the Cittabindu Upadesha, a text by the three great siddhas Buddhaguhya, Lilavajra and Vimalamitra.
23-Lhalung Palgyi Dorje ལྷ་ལུང་དཔལ་གྱི་རྡོ་རྗེ།
He is responsible for killing the evil King Langdarma, thus liberating him, and putting an end to the persecution of Buddhism in Tibet. He attained rainbow body at the end of his life.
He is responsible for killing the evil King Langdarma, thus liberating him, and putting an end to the persecution of Buddhism in Tibet. He attained rainbow body at the end of his life.
24-Langdro Könchok Jungné..ལང་གྲོ་དཀོན་མཆོག་འ
He came from the area of Langdro in Tsang and was a minister at the court of King Trisong Detsen. Among his main reincarnations are the great tertöns Ratna Lingpa as well as Dzogchen Pema Rigdzin and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo who is said to be is activity emanation.
He came from the area of Langdro in Tsang and was a minister at the court of King Trisong Detsen. Among his main reincarnations are the great tertöns Ratna Lingpa as well as Dzogchen Pema Rigdzin and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo who is said to be is activity emanation.
25-Lasum Gyalwa Changchup ལ་གསུམ་རྒྱལ་བ་བྱང་ཆུབ།
One of the first seven Tibetans to receive full ordination as a monk by Shantarakshita, he was exceedingly intelligent, visited India several times and translated many sacred scriptures. A close disciple of Padmasambhava, he attained siddhi and could fly through the sky. Rigdzin Kunzang Sherab, the founder of the great Palyül Monastery in Kham, is considered one of his reincarnations. Gyalwa Jangchub means 'Victorious enlightenment.'
One of the first seven Tibetans to receive full ordination as a monk by Shantarakshita, he was exceedingly intelligent, visited India several times and translated many sacred scriptures. A close disciple of Padmasambhava, he attained siddhi and could fly through the sky. Rigdzin Kunzang Sherab, the founder of the great Palyül Monastery in Kham, is considered one of his reincarnations. Gyalwa Jangchub means 'Victorious enlightenment.'
Develop our own insight
If we are able to keep silent even for one hour in a day, we will be able to develop our own insight much better than what we are managing to do it as it is right now. This is because most of the time we are wasting time gossiping about others' behaviours. Along the way, we also waste a lot of energy. People who gossip about this person, that person, and then hoping that these people whom they gossip about will not know are very naive, words will go around and at the end, they will be left with no real friends. So those of you who are looking too much outside, take this opportunity to try to look inside yourself now. When your inner self becomes better, all external things will naturally improve. ~ The Gyalwang Drukpa
Saturday, May 6, 2017
Master Padma said: For all who can practice the Dharma there are ten facts.
The lady asked: What are they?
The master said: When the presence of the Buddha's teachings coincides with a person's attainment of a human body, it is a fact that he has gathered the accumulations in former lives.
When a person who has interest in the Dharma and a master who possesses the oral instructions meet, it is a fact that this is like a blind man finding a wish-fulfilling jewel.
When the attainment of the complete human body coincides with having faith and intelligence, it is a fact that your karmic continuity of former training has awakened.
When you are rich and at the same time met with beggars, it is a fact that the time has come to perfect generosity.
When the lake of misery overflows while you try to engage in spiritual practice, it is a fact that your evil karma and obscurations are being purified.
If you meet with uncaused enmity while trying to turn your mind to the Dharma, it is a fact that this is a guide to lead you on the path of patience.
When your understanding of the impermanence of conditioned things and your possession of perfect faith coincide with receiving the profound instructions, it is a fact that the time has come to turn your mind away from the life of a worldly person.
When your fear of dying coincides with the death of another person, it is a fact that the time has come for exceptional faith to arise.
In any case, if you first try to accomplish worldly pursuits and plan to engage in Dharma practice later on, it is amazing if you will find the chance to do so!
Thus only few are liberated from samsãra.
- Dakini Teachings - Rangjung Yeshe Publications
The lady asked: What are they?
The master said: When the presence of the Buddha's teachings coincides with a person's attainment of a human body, it is a fact that he has gathered the accumulations in former lives.
When a person who has interest in the Dharma and a master who possesses the oral instructions meet, it is a fact that this is like a blind man finding a wish-fulfilling jewel.
When the attainment of the complete human body coincides with having faith and intelligence, it is a fact that your karmic continuity of former training has awakened.
When you are rich and at the same time met with beggars, it is a fact that the time has come to perfect generosity.
When the lake of misery overflows while you try to engage in spiritual practice, it is a fact that your evil karma and obscurations are being purified.
If you meet with uncaused enmity while trying to turn your mind to the Dharma, it is a fact that this is a guide to lead you on the path of patience.
When your understanding of the impermanence of conditioned things and your possession of perfect faith coincide with receiving the profound instructions, it is a fact that the time has come to turn your mind away from the life of a worldly person.
When your fear of dying coincides with the death of another person, it is a fact that the time has come for exceptional faith to arise.
In any case, if you first try to accomplish worldly pursuits and plan to engage in Dharma practice later on, it is amazing if you will find the chance to do so!
Thus only few are liberated from samsãra.
- Dakini Teachings - Rangjung Yeshe Publications
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