Subject: [CASonline] "Preserve" the Ganden Trisur: the Dalai Lama |
Dearest Friends @ CAS, 18
days after showing the Great Passing, the 100th Ganden Trisur
Rinpoche is still in "Thukdam": the deepest meditative state some
of the greatest practitioners engaged in after clinical death.
We received news from
Rinpoche's attendant that HH the Dalai Lama has decided that Trisur
Rinpoche's holy body will not be cremated but will instead
be kept intact, keeping the body whole and complete, through
very esoteric processes.The great Je Tzongkhapa's holy body was
kept as such through highly sacred embalming processes and when
the communists sacrileged Tzongkhapa's tomb in Ganden monastery, hairs
and nails of Tzongkhapa were observed still growing. Trisur
Rinpoche will be the only Ganden Tripa after Je Tzongkhapa in-exile
besides Ling Rinpoche ( the 97th Ganden Tripa and the Dalai Lama's
Root Teacher ) whose sacred body will be preserved whole as
a "Mar-Dung" or sacred relic. The
Dalai Lama's decision was understood to be an implicit recognition
of the Ganden Trisur's inconceivably high state of realisation
as well as the Ganden Trisur's inseparable-
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Connection to the Ganden Trisur
Through the kindness of students of Kyabje Trulshig Rinpoche, one of the greatest Nyingma Masters alive today, CAS has bathed the most holy stupa, the Boudhanath, in Nepal wih thousands upon thousands upon thousands of butter lamps for more than 10 days in memory of our precious Root Lama.
We felt deeply sad that many of CAS's new friends have not been able to meet Trisur Rinpoche.
If you will want to share in making precious connection to Trisur Rinpoche: "one of Tibet's greatest Masters" ( quoting the Tibetan Ministry of Religion and Culture in-exile ) you may send your offerings of any amount through the usual channels: http://casotac.
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The Great Kyabje Trulshig's
Advice Kyabje
Trulshig Rinpoche is one of the Dalai Lama's Nyingma Teachers and
has exchanged transmissions with our Teacher. They have always
paid courtesy calls on each other whenever they were physically
in the same town. Our
Teacher has instructed that CAS's students and friends in the
Dalai Lama's residence in Dharamsala that we "should simply do
and follow whatever Kyabje Trulshig Rinpoche advises". CAS's
ordianed former secretary is now with Kyabje Trulshig at the foot
of Mount Everest and through hazardous though clear connections,
He relates what Trulshig Rinpoche is advising: all students of
the Ganden Trisur should recite as many times as possible "The
King of Aspirations" of Lord Samantabhadra and the 100 Syllable
Mantra of Vajrasattva. For
good and blessings of our friends @ CAS, we "should simply do
and follow" !! bb
& all Friends
@ CAS belonging to the Human Manifestation of the
Great Je Tzongkahapa: the
100th Ganden Trisur
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The Update/s
Our
Noble Master : Most Venerable Drikung Ontrul As
all of you will probably have noticed, CASonline's usual format
has been disrupted due to our highlighting special articles
related to our Root Teacher. We are now "back with more goodness" !! Afterall,
the Most Venerable Drikung Ontrul, one of CAS's closest Teachers
has alighted so close to us within 4 hours of wheel-rolling.
In less than 30 days, Most Venerable Master will grace CAS with
His great, noble presence and is scheduled to bestow the following
rain of Dharma: 31
October : 1
November : ( ** Students must have at least attended a previous tantric empowerment before ). 1
November: ( Session I is open to the general public ) 2
November: 2
November: ( Sessions II and III should only be attended by serious practitioners ) 3
November : ( This empowerment should only be attended by serious practitioners ). Students requesting for the texts of the programme should email bb @ CAS: contact@casotac. The
venue remains in the Cultural Room of Ngee Ann Cultural Centre,
97, Due to horrifyingly bad internet connections at the venue, we are hesitating to offer webcast of the programme but we will try to video archive the entire event. ____________ Flower Devotion The
flowers potted outside the Ganden Trisur's residence in Singapore
has again wrought their devotion as of 14 September, the date
of Rinpoche's showing the Great Passing. Our neighbours have
gotten used to the flowery flourishes whenever our "Old
Teacher" visits. This
time, our neighbour again innocently enquired, "Is your
Old Teacher here again?" We nodded and told him, "Yes." Drepung's
"Best Teachers" & a Drikung Khenpo launched Geshe Namgyal Wangchen A prime teacher
of Ling Rinpohce Yangsi ( the incarnation of the Dalai Lama's
Root Teacher ), Geshe Wangchen-la taught the crazily fortunate
beings @ CAS when we visited Him and the Ganden Trisur in Drepung
Loseling in June 2008. The Video-Teaching to watch, to keep in heart and to keep for posterity. http://video. We
are contemplating according Gen Wangchen's teaching above on
the " Three Principle Aspects of the Path" 'compulsory-watching'
for new friends @ CAS. No
students of any lineages can qualify for any tantric practice
or in fact to be known as a Buddhist practitioner with any of
these Three Principle Aspects missing from their lives. Although
we do hate to talk miracles, it will be steep to defend the
position of hiding our teachers' good qualities under quaint
wraps. So, we speak here of Gen Wangchen: He is one whose holy
feet the Neching Oracle's crown touched again and again in humble
devotion. He is one whom the Dalai Lama spoke often as 'one
of the best teachers alive'. He is one whom many gods and deities
visited ( like CAS's Root Teacher, the Ganden
Trisur ) and make offerings when He teaches. He is a prime teacher
of Ling Rinpoche Yangsi ( the Dalai Lama's Root Teacher incarnated
). He is one whose teachings literally heaps of thousands of
the Bodhisattva Sangha of all of Gelugpa's Three Great Monasteries
listened and practiced ( through direct personal contact in
Drepung and via hundreds of audio CDs in Sera and Ganden )
( Hey, hey !! ) These much we know and affirmed. To glimpse a tiny bit of Gen Wangchen: http://www.loseling The other precious video archives The
Loseling Khensur, Gen Lobsang Gyamtso, teaches on the Vows:
"Roots to Buddhahood". The Drikung
Principal teaches on Samantabhadra' CAS's
noble "Lords of Information Technology": james, james
( there are two of them ), rabbit ( the naughty one ) and hosts
of other unseen beings have finally launched fat slabs of some
of the Buddha's most precious Dharma: - The Pratimoksha Vows - The Bodhisattva Vows - The Tantric Vows -
Dependent-Arising
or "Emptiness" All these and more @ CAS¡¯s Audio Library: http://www.casotac. "The Sure-Steps to Enlightenment. ( Meditation on the Lam Rim - rough, authentic notes. ) TOPIC FOUR
Refuge [ Note: A The Precious Guru ( This sub-topic A is relevant mainly to only students of the Vajrayana tradition ) "Our perfect Teacher teaches that ....." The precious Teacher embodies the Buddhas, the Dharma and the Sangha. The
qualified Teacher's holy mind rests in perfect Compassion and
Wisdom non-dual: this is the Buddha. The
qualified Teacher's holy speech speaks only the Dharma and every
word liberates countless beings from samsara: this is the Dharma.
The
qualified Teacher's holy Body is the perfect form of the ordained
Sangha ( or lay-bodhisattva for some Teachers ). We take complete refuge out of fear ( of all sufferings in samsara ), faith ( in its perfect qualities ) and compassion ( so we can liberate all mother beings by attaining the state of Buddhahood ). For
details in "Relying on the Spiritual Teacher", see:
http://www.casotac. ( While contemplating the above, do 108 times mantra of your Yidam - Chenrezig, Tara, Yamantaka or others. Or you can do the mantras until you feel the topic has firmly been internalised in your mind !! ) B The Buddhas "Our perfect Teacher teaches that ....." The Buddhas are the perfect doctors for our sicknesses of defilements which bind us to sufferings in samsara. The Buddhas have perfected complete love, compassion, wisdom, abilities and qualities. The Buddhas' holy
minds have perfect love, compassion and wisdom towards all beings. The Buddhas' holy
speech possess inconceivable blessings and qualities and liberate
countless beings from suffering. The Buddhas' holy
body is perfect, the paragon of inconceivable majesty and resplendence.
It is the culmination of accumulations of merits and wisdom
of countless aeons. We take complete refuge out of fear ( of all sufferings in samsara ), faith ( in its perfect qualities ) and compassion ( so we can liberate all mother beings by attaining the state of Buddhahood ). ( While contemplating the above, do 108 times mantra of your Yidam - Chenrezig, Tara, Yamantaka or others. Or you can do the mantras until you feel the topic has firmly been internalised in your mind !! ) C The Dharma "Our perfect Teacher teaches that ....." The Dharma are the perfect medicine for our sicknesses of defilements which bind us to sufferings in samsara. The Dharma is the authentic, perfect path to liberation from all sufferings. We take complete refuge out of fear ( of all sufferings in samsara ), faith ( in its perfect qualities ) and compassion ( so we can liberate all mother beings by attaining the state of Buddhahood ). D The Sangha "Our perfect Teacher teaches that ....." The Sangha are the perfect companions on our treatments to sicknesses of defilements which bind us to sufferings in samsara. The authentic Sangha are the genuine disciples of the Buddhas. They provide support, guidance and assistance in every possible ways. We take complete refuge out of fear ( of all sufferings in samsara ), faith ( in its perfect qualities ) and compassion ( so we can liberate all mother beings by attaining the state of Buddhahood ). ( While contemplating the above, do 108 times mantra of your Yidam - Chenrezig, Tara, Yamantaka or others. Or you can do the mantras until you feel the topic has firmly been internalised in your mind !! ) [ Here ends the main points dealing with the Fourth Topic of the Lam Rim teachings. Firmly do it till it becomes your mind. ] The Ganden Trisur's flowers bloom in homage at His showing of the
Great Passing.
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Do confirm first so we can transfer them from Ganden Trisur's place in We only have about 15 each to go. Suggested offering: ( Friends @ CASonline - S$14/- excluding postage ) ( Not a Friend @ CASonline - S$18/- excluding postage ) All contributions will go into CAS's life-saving DPF !! Quote/s from the Buddha's holy scripture
[ This issue, bb meanders into a succinct recount of the life of Je Tzongkhapa - different and special in loving memory of CAS's beloved Root Teacher, Je Tzongkhapa's earthly representative and manifestation. ]
Je
Tzongkhapa, Founder of the holy Gelugpa Lineage, is famed
as one of Tzongkhapa
is born in 1357 in Tzongkha province, hence His name: Tzongkhapa
: the man from Tzongkha. Before
His birth, some of the then greatest Masters ( including Guru
Padmasambhava !! ) prophesied coming of a 'second Buddha'
who will re-vitalize the Buddha's teachings and who will usher
in another 'Golden Age' where Dharma shall flourish and bloom
in unprecedented scale. At
birth, a few drops of blood of Tzongkhapa's mother touched
earth and from which grew a tree, unknown to the world: its
leaves carrying the sacred letters in Tibetan and Sanskrit
in varying stages of growth in tandem with age of the leaves. Early
missionaries to Je
Tzongkhapa is wildly non-sectarian, an eclectic 'Renaissance'
figure. He received ordination from the 4th Karmapa
( who similarly prophesied Tzongkhapa as a 'second Buddha'
to Tibet ), studied the Drikung Kagyu's Five-Fold Mahamudra,
learnt the Lam Dre system of the Sakyapas and had one of the
greatest Nyingma Masters then ( Tzongkhapa called Him Vajrapani
while He called Tzongkhapa 'Lord Manjushri' ) as a Teacher.
He
practiced, retreated and mastered all that He learnt. His
Teachers, more often than not, requested blessings, clarifications
and teachings from Him in turn. Tzongkhapa
retreated for long periods of time under extremely hard, trying
circumstances: making a million prostrations to each of the
35 Confession Buddhas ( and in turn receiving visions of them
!! ), made millions of mandala offerings ( with not precious
jewels but stones as He was then poor and in the mountains
retreating !! ) till the rough stones were smoothened while
the palms of His hands bled and skin were torn and raw. Tzongkhapa's
practice were so authentic and sincere, many of the world's
most powerful deities personally attended on Him, wanting
to share in His 'glory' and to assist Him in accomplishment
of His great works: Machen Pomra cooked for Him, Dorje Legpa
watched over His texts, Pehar became a devoted follower and
Vaishravana provided financial sponsorships ( !! ). Besides
the Protectors, many past Indian and Tibetan Masters visited:
the great Yamantaka Vajrabhairava showed His complete terrifying
aspect and revealed the most secret hidden instructions, the
great Marpa Lotsawa bestowed on Him the complete Guhyasamaja,
telling Him that the Kingly Tantra of Guhyasamaja shall henceforth
primarily be upheld by Him ( Tzongkhapa
subsequently combined both the Kagyu and the Sakya Guhyamasaja
lineages into the unique practice of the Akshobya Vajra Secret
Assembly as preserved now in the Gelugpa Lineage ). Je
Tzongkhapa wrote authoritative commentaries on every major
aspects of the Dharma and in particular, clarified some of
the most obscured points of both sutra and tantra. Very well-known
and influential is His presentation of the crown of Mahayana
Buddhist thought: the Madhyamika ¨: Nagarjuna's great ' He
frequently received amazing visions of buddhas and gods but
being an ordained disciple of the Buddha, strongly downplayed
them and instead sought solid scriptural authentification
from the Buddha's texts. Je
Tzongkhapa taught widely and His main disciples include Je
Sherab Sengge ( His tantric successor and the founder of the
Gyudmey Tantric College ), Tokden Jampa Gyatso, Gyaltshap
Je ( His spiritual successor: the first Ganden Tripa ), Jamyang
Choje ( Founder of Gelugpa's greatest monastery: Drepung ),
Jamchen Choje ( a Teacher of the then Chinese Emperor who
bestowed on Him a Black Crown similar to the Karmapa's ) and
the first Dalai Lama ( Founder of Tashi Lhunpo from which
grew the lineage of the Panchen Lamas ). He
passed away after many times agreeing to His disciples' requests
and consciously prolonging His lifespan in the world for good
of all. In 1419, after making sure His disciples have no more
points in the Dharma requiring His clarifications, in front
of a holy assemblage of devoted disciples, He engaged in Vajra
Recitation of the Guhyasamaja practice and showed the Great
Passing. Je
Tzongkhapa, in front of His thousands of students, transformed
and manifested the unmistakable aspect of a Buddha: the 32
major and 80 minor signs of a 'Great Man'. Purple-golden lights,
unique to a Buddha, streamed from His holy body. It was preserved
in Gelugpa's first monastery, the Ganden, founded by Himself.
When
the Chinese communists broke into His sealed, sacred, golden
tomb, hairs and nails were witnessed still growing from His
holy body. Je
Tzongkhapa's appearance and His subsequent exemplary activities
were so extensive, influential and impactful that many masters
and protectors declared that the Buddha's pure teachings were
prolonged by a further 500 years as a result.
Tzongkhapa
sparked a spiritual avalanche that swept across Asia: Tibet,
Mongolia, China ( centuries of Chinese Masters including Master
Yin Shun, the veteran Chinese Master of this century, Himself
speaking of being strongly influenced by Tzongkhapa in some
of his most monumental writings ), Central Asia and now, the
world through the Dalai Lama, the representative Master of
the Gelugpa Lineage founded by Je Tzongkhapa. CAS's
buffet of programmes, masters and projects are clearly hinged
upon, etched in and coloured through Tzongkhapa's lenses,
served up through several of CAS's masters, the main Teacher
being the Spiritual Successor of Tzongkhapa, the 100th
Ganden Trisur, Official Head Emeritus of Tzongkhapa's Lineage,
the holy Gelugpa tradition. All
our friends @ CAS owe Je Tzongkhapa so much, so thoroughly
embodied in Ganden Trisur's humility, saintliness and wisdom,
every of each perfectly seen and received.
Gyaltshap
Je, then the foremost scholar from the Sakyapa tradition,
was intrigued by Tzongkhapa's reputation as Tibet's "second
Buddha", His amazing prestige and huge entourage of some
of the society¡¯s greatest figures. Gyaltshap Je then proceeded
to visit Tzongkhapa. That
first meeting was shocking to say the least. He saw Tzongkhapa
walking towards the washroom in His full monk's robes. "Has
the great Tzongkahpa forgotten a monk vow-etiquette that the
full robes must be left outside and not brought into the latrine
?" so thought Gyaltshap Je. With a smile, He followed
Tzongkhapa to the toilet ( maybe to remind Him of the offensive
rule-flouting ) where to his utter shock, outside, blazing
within a mass of fiery flames, stood a blue-black, ferocious
buffalo-headed, horned figure, fangs snarling, holding above
His sharp horns, Tzongkhapa's holy robes. Gyaltshpa Je proceeded to become one of Tzongkhapa's foremost disciples, the first Ganden Tripa.
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