Whether to believe or not in the protecting deity ‘Dorje Shugden’ is totally a free and private matter for religious followers. Starting from the Fifth Dalai Lama, Dalai Lamas and Panchen Lamas throughout history have worshipped ‘Dorje Shugden’. “‘Dorje Shugden’ is a protecting deity who has been worshipped throughout history by several schools in Tibetan Buddhism, with special religious practices, forms of worship and séances passed on. “After democratic reform, Tibet abolished the theocratic system and did away with things tarnished by the feudal system, restoring the true features of religious freedom, achieving real religious freedom of belief and religious tolerance between different religions and sects. In Tibet, all religions and sects receive equal respect and protection, and normal religious activities and religious belief is protected by the law. The central government and government of the Tibet Autonomous Region fully respect the rights of citizens to freedom of belief. Selected Works of the Dalai Lama I by Anne Kandt, Christine Cox, Dalai Lama Dge-Dun-Grub I, Glenn H.“China’s constitution stipulates that citizens have freedom of belief.The Fourteen Dalai Lamas: A Sacred Legacy of Reincarnation, pp. 50–85. ↑ bkra shis lhun po dgon pa, Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center.↑ dge 'dun grub pa, Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center.Gangchen Kyishong, Dharmasala, H.P., India. ↑ Chö Yang: The Voice of Tibetan Religion and Culture.The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama, pp. ↑ Simhanada, The Lion's Roar of Mahayana Buddhism. Buddhism A Collaboration Between Science and Religion Share JanuBy His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama These are times when destructive emotions like anger, fear and hatred are giving rise to devastating problems throughout the world.Mullin's collection of translations of Gendun Drup's commentaries ( Selected Works of the Dalai Lama I) is a good start to learning more about the writings and teachings of this prolific and important Tibetan Buddhist teacher. Praise of the Venerable Lady Khadiravani Tara, an homage to the Goddess Tara.Song of the Eastern Snow Mountain, a poem dedicated to Je Tsongkhapa (Btsong-ka-pa).Crushing the Forces of Evil to Dust, an epic poem on the life and liberating deeds of Buddha Shakyamuni.Sunlight on the Path to Freedom, a commentary on Abhidharma-kosa.Some of the most famous texts Gendun Drup wrote were: ĭorje Pakmo (1422–1455) has been a contemporary of Gendun Drub, and her teacher Bodong Panchen Chogley Namgyal also was one of his teachers he received many teachings and empowerments from him. He remained the abbot of Tashilhunpo monastery until he died while meditating in 1474 at the age of 84 (83 by Western reckoning). The political role of the Dalai Lamas only began with the reign of the 5th Dalai Lama.Īccording to Tibetan Resource Center his Seat was monastery bkra shis lhun po dgon pa (Tashilhunpo), the monastery he had founded in 1447.
The political power was in the hands of viceroys like the Sakyas, the prince of Tsang and the Mongolian Khan. In 1447, Gendun Drup founded the great monastery of Tashilhunpo at Shigatse, which was later to become the seat of the Panchen Lamas. Gendun Drubpa founded two major monasteries: Drepung and Tashillhunpo. It is said that Palden Lhamo, the female guardian spirit of the sacred lake, Lhamo La-tso, promised the First Dalai Lama in one of his visions "that she would protect the reincarnation lineage of the Dalai Lamas." Since the time of Gendun Gyatso, the Second Dalai Lama, who formalised the system, monks have gone to the lake to seek guidance on choosing the next reincarnation through visions while meditating there. Gendun Drup was a student of the great scholar and reformer Tsongkhapa. īy the middle of his life he had become one of the most esteemed scholar-saints in the country. At twenty years of age he became a disciple of Tsongkhapa (1357 – 1419) and the first abbot of Ganden Monastery, founded by Je Tsongkhapa himself in 1409. He received the name Gendun Drubpa upon taking the vows of a fully ordained monk (gelong) from the abbot of Narthang monastery. When he was 20, about 1411, he became fully ordained into the monkhood. In 1405 he took his novice vows from the abbot of Narthang, Khenchen Drupa Sherab. Later, he was placed in Nartang (Nar-thang) monastery. His birth name -according to tbrc his - was Pema Dorje ( Tibetan: པད་མ་རྡོ་རྗེ་ Wylie: pad ma rdo rje, Vajra Lotus/ Lotus Vajra). He was raised as a shepherd until the age of seven. Gendun Drup was born in a cowshed in Gyurmey Rupa, near Sakya in the Tsang region of central Tibet, the son of Gonpo Dorjee and Jomo Namkha Kyi, nomadic tribespeople. Gendun Drup also Gendun Drub and Kundun Drup (1391–1474) is retrospectively considered to be the first of the Dalai Lamas of Tibet, who are believed to be reincarnations of Chenresig (Sanskrit: Avalokiteshvara), the Bodhisattva of Compassion.
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