“For the teachings of the Buddha to flourish, there is no one greater to do that than Dezhin Shegpa, the [5th] Karmapa”--Je Tsongkhapa “So if you wish to follow me, Do not make Dharma lineages into ‘mine’ and ‘yours’, Spreading Buddha’s teachings is enough. Having warm affection for one’s ‘own side’ Do not think of… Continue reading Je Tsongkhapa Day 2024, 8th Karmapa’s Praises to the main Lineage Masters, and the ongoing issue of Gelugpa sectarianism
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THE GELUGPA ‘ONE-WAY STREET’ SECTARIANISM: The misuse of ‘non-sectarian’ (Ri-mey) terminology to stifle dissent and critique, and defend Gelugpa Sectarianism and political and religious domination in Tibet, pre- and post-1959, in the name of ‘unity’
"Even though most followers of Genden [Gelug] by shunning alcohol, drugs and so on, makes them role models of the teachings. Yet, as most also see no faults in killing and maiming. Such hateful hostility is a huge enemy, so please be careful!" དགེ་ལྡན་པ་ཕལ་ཆེར་ཆང་ནག་སོགས་འཛེམ་པས་བསྟན་པའི་མིག་ལྟོས་ལེགས་ཀྱང༌། ཕལ་ཆེར་གསོད་གཅོད་ལྷུར་ལེན་པ་ལ་སྐྱོན་དུ་མི་ལྟ་བས། ཞེ་སྡང་འདི་དགྲ་ཆེ་བས་གཟབ་འཚལ། --Jigme Lingpa "A person who doesn’t know their lineage… Continue reading THE GELUGPA ‘ONE-WAY STREET’ SECTARIANISM: The misuse of ‘non-sectarian’ (Ri-mey) terminology to stifle dissent and critique, and defend Gelugpa Sectarianism and political and religious domination in Tibet, pre- and post-1959, in the name of ‘unity’
THE 5TH KARMAPA WHO SAID ‘NO’ TO WORLDLY POWER: 5th Karmapa’s refusal to take control of Tibet; Je Tsongkhapa; famous Chinese translators, Zhiguang and Palden Tashi; the Chinese ‘Marco Polo’ explorer, Zhenghe; and a $45 million thangka. Good Deeds teaching by 17th Karmapa (Day 10: Part I).
“For the teachings of the Buddha to flourish, there is no one greater than Dezhin Shekpa, Karmapa”. Je Tsongkhapa In Day 10 of the Good Deeds teaching, (see video here), the 17th Karmapa continued to explain the remarkable connection between the 5th Karmapa, Dezhin Shegpa and the Yongle Emperor(永樂, r.1402-1424), including his refusal to take… Continue reading THE 5TH KARMAPA WHO SAID ‘NO’ TO WORLDLY POWER: 5th Karmapa’s refusal to take control of Tibet; Je Tsongkhapa; famous Chinese translators, Zhiguang and Palden Tashi; the Chinese ‘Marco Polo’ explorer, Zhenghe; and a $45 million thangka. Good Deeds teaching by 17th Karmapa (Day 10: Part I).
OFFICIAL SEAL OF APPROVAL: White jade seal, paintings and precious objects given by Chinese Emperor to the 5th Karmapa, and other Tibetan seals, their language and origin. ‘Good Deeds’ teaching by 7th Karmapa (Day 9)
5th Karmapa pictured with the Yongle Emperor In the first half of day nine of the teachings on ‘Good Deeds’ by 8th Karmapa, HH 17th Karmapa gave an account of the birth and early life of the 5th Karmapa, Dezhin Shegpa (1384-1415), and explained, in particular, his connection to the Chinese Ming emperor, Yongle. Today’s… Continue reading OFFICIAL SEAL OF APPROVAL: White jade seal, paintings and precious objects given by Chinese Emperor to the 5th Karmapa, and other Tibetan seals, their language and origin. ‘Good Deeds’ teaching by 7th Karmapa (Day 9)