Living Legends of Tibetan Buddhism
Living Legends of Tibetan Buddhism
I always have held four people of the late 20th century to be contemporary buddhas. These are the 16th Karmapa, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and Dudjom Rinpoche. Unfortunately, I never met any of them.
I would hope that there are practitioners of their caliber alive today. Who would you nominate as truly exceptional practitioners - either living or who lived in the 20th century? Stories about them are obviously very welcome.
I would hope that there are practitioners of their caliber alive today. Who would you nominate as truly exceptional practitioners - either living or who lived in the 20th century? Stories about them are obviously very welcome.
Look at the unfathomable spinelessness of man: all the means he's been given to stay alert he uses, in the end, to ornament his sleep. – Rene Daumal
the modern mind has become so limited and single-visioned that it has lost touch with normal perception - John Michell
the modern mind has become so limited and single-visioned that it has lost touch with normal perception - John Michell
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Detachment is the final happiness. ~Sri Saraha
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Without a single doubt in my mind, my Guru, Mingyur Rinpoche, who as we speak is wandering in the mountains as a yogi with no possessions, following in the footsteps of his Guru Nyoshul Khenpo and many of the great Dzogchen masters of the past. Lama Chenno.
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Kyabje Dorje Chang Kalu Rinpoche.
And his successor, Kyabje Dorje Chang Bokar Rinpoche--Designated Holder of the Shangpa Lineage, and Meditation Master of many of the main Karma and Shangpa Kagyu retreats.
In addition, every name that has been mentioned in this thread. And His Holiness the Dalai Lama, surely a "Living Legend of Tibetan Buddhism."
Of course, we run into the likelihood that eveyone will add their favorite Guru's name.....
In fifty years, though, I think all these names will be remembered. And Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche will be among them, I think...I'll just put that out there.
And his successor, Kyabje Dorje Chang Bokar Rinpoche--Designated Holder of the Shangpa Lineage, and Meditation Master of many of the main Karma and Shangpa Kagyu retreats.
In addition, every name that has been mentioned in this thread. And His Holiness the Dalai Lama, surely a "Living Legend of Tibetan Buddhism."
Of course, we run into the likelihood that eveyone will add their favorite Guru's name.....
In fifty years, though, I think all these names will be remembered. And Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche will be among them, I think...I'll just put that out there.
དམ་པའི་དོན་ནི་ཤེས་རབ་ཆེ་བ་དང་།
རྟོག་གེའི་ཡུལ་མིན་བླ་མའི་བྱིན་རླབས་དང་།
སྐལ་ལྡན་ལས་འཕྲོ་ཅན་གྱིས་རྟོགས་པ་སྟེ།
དེ་ནི་ཤེས་རབ་ལ་ནི་ལོ་རྟོག་སེལ།།
"Absolute Truth is not an object of analytical discourse or great discriminating wisdom,
It is realized through the blessing grace of the Guru and fortunate Karmic potential.
Like this, mistaken ideas of discriminating wisdom are clarified."
- (Kyabje Bokar Rinpoche, from his summary of "The Ocean of Definitive Meaning")
རྟོག་གེའི་ཡུལ་མིན་བླ་མའི་བྱིན་རླབས་དང་།
སྐལ་ལྡན་ལས་འཕྲོ་ཅན་གྱིས་རྟོགས་པ་སྟེ།
དེ་ནི་ཤེས་རབ་ལ་ནི་ལོ་རྟོག་སེལ།།
"Absolute Truth is not an object of analytical discourse or great discriminating wisdom,
It is realized through the blessing grace of the Guru and fortunate Karmic potential.
Like this, mistaken ideas of discriminating wisdom are clarified."
- (Kyabje Bokar Rinpoche, from his summary of "The Ocean of Definitive Meaning")
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Since Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche was already mentioned above. Of the present masters I would definitely add Garchen Rinpoche, Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche, Yangthang Rinpoche and Sakya Trindzin Rinpoche.
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conebeckham wrote:His Holiness the Dalai Lama, surely a "Living Legend of Tibetan Buddhism."
dzoki wrote:Since Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche was already mentioned above....
http://www.dzogchen.it/chogyal-namkhai-norbu" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Namdrol wrote:...have the fortune to meet an authentic teacher of Dzogchen like Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche, Loppon Tenzin Namdak and so on, to name three, still living, masters of Dzogchen.
I'm not very familiar with the teachings of Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche, and I've never personally met H.E. Yongdzin Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche, but I also think that Lopon Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche is to be included here.
https://www.ligmincha.org/bon-buddhism/ ... chers.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://www.ligmincha.org/bon-buddhism/ ... poche.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Tulku Urgyen, I am just rereading Blazing Splendor, for the 15th time, and there are a few other incredible stories about some very incredible masters in that book.
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"The principal practice is Guruyoga. But we need to understand that any secondary practice combined with Guruyoga becomes a principal practice." ChNNR (Teachings on Thun and Ganapuja)
~Kurt Vonnegut
"The principal practice is Guruyoga. But we need to understand that any secondary practice combined with Guruyoga becomes a principal practice." ChNNR (Teachings on Thun and Ganapuja)
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I love that book.heart wrote:Tulku Urgyen, I am just rereading Blazing Splendor, for the 15th time, and there are a few other incredible stories about some very incredible masters in that book.
"All phenomena of samsara depend on the mind, so when the essence of mind is purified, samsara is purified. Since the phenomena of nirvana depend on the pristine consciousness of vidyā, because one remains in the immediacy of vidyā, buddhahood arises on its own. All critical points are summarized with those two." - Longchenpa
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Paul, I kind of missed the "or who lived in the 20th century?" part of your initial post.
So obviously Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, the 16th Karmapa, and Dudjom Rinpoche, as you've said.
My previous post was regarding who first came to mind in regard to still-living Masters.
I'm sure that there are many Masters including both now and the 20th century, in the Dzogchen and other traditions.
H.E. Trulshik Rinpoche also comes to mind, as well as the Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche.
So obviously Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, the 16th Karmapa, and Dudjom Rinpoche, as you've said.
My previous post was regarding who first came to mind in regard to still-living Masters.
I'm sure that there are many Masters including both now and the 20th century, in the Dzogchen and other traditions.
H.E. Trulshik Rinpoche also comes to mind, as well as the Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche.
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Although she died in 1953, I would definitely include Ayu Khandro in the list. Interestingly she was a teacher of Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche.
50 years of dark retreat togal must have an incredible effect on a person.
Norbu Rinpoche's biography of here is here: http://www.khandro.net/book-womenofwisdom.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
50 years of dark retreat togal must have an incredible effect on a person.
Norbu Rinpoche's biography of here is here: http://www.khandro.net/book-womenofwisdom.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Look at the unfathomable spinelessness of man: all the means he's been given to stay alert he uses, in the end, to ornament his sleep. – Rene Daumal
the modern mind has become so limited and single-visioned that it has lost touch with normal perception - John Michell
the modern mind has become so limited and single-visioned that it has lost touch with normal perception - John Michell
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These masters passed away not so long ago and they are certainly legends of Tibetan Buddhism
Gendun Rinpoche
Tenga Rinpoche
Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche
They will be remembered - that is for sure
Gendun Rinpoche
Tenga Rinpoche
Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche
They will be remembered - that is for sure
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Togden Ugyen Tenzin is probably the most inspiring legend who lived in the 20th century for me personally, other than my teacher.
"All phenomena of samsara depend on the mind, so when the essence of mind is purified, samsara is purified. Since the phenomena of nirvana depend on the pristine consciousness of vidyā, because one remains in the immediacy of vidyā, buddhahood arises on its own. All critical points are summarized with those two." - Longchenpa
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I can feel his Wangtang through his photos. In this one he's looking at the camera and I always feel like he sees me.
That's all I need to be convinced he was great.
I can feel his Wangtang through his photos. In this one he's looking at the camera and I always feel like he sees me.
That's all I need to be convinced he was great.
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-Paraphrase of Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Tsephel citing the Guhyasamaja Tantra
"All memories and thoughts are the union of emptiness and knowing, the Mind.
Without attachment, self-liberating, like a snake in a knot.
Through the qualities of meditating in that way,
Mental obscurations are purified and the dharmakaya is attained."
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-Paraphrase of Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Tsephel citing the Guhyasamaja Tantra
"All memories and thoughts are the union of emptiness and knowing, the Mind.
Without attachment, self-liberating, like a snake in a knot.
Through the qualities of meditating in that way,
Mental obscurations are purified and the dharmakaya is attained."
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hmmmnnn, it seems that the living legends are in the minority so far. Living, we have listed:
Chatral Rinpoche, Mingyur Rinpoche, Tsetrul Rinpoche, Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, Garchen Rinpoche
so I will add a few to the living list:
HH the 14 Dalai Lama
Namkha Drimed Rinpoche - living terton of Gesar
Garje Khamtrul Rinpoche Jamyang Döndrup
Bhakha Tulku Rinpoche
Shenpen Dawa Rinpoche
Lama Tharchin
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Garab Dorje Rinpoche
Tulku Pema Wangyal Rinpoche
Lama Dawa Chhodak RInpoche
Tulku Teglo Rinpoche
Khandro Rinpoche
Lama Wangdu
Lama Wangdor
Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
MAY THEY ALL LIVE LONG, FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL !!!
Sarwa Mangalam!
Then there's the recently deceased:
Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
Kunzang Dorje Rinpoche
Trulshik Rinpoche (mentioned already)
Penor Rinpoche
Kusum Lingpa
Mindrolling Trichen Rinpoche
Kunzang Dechen Lingpa
Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche
MAY THEY ALL RETURN SWIFTLY, FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL!
Chatral Rinpoche, Mingyur Rinpoche, Tsetrul Rinpoche, Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, Garchen Rinpoche
so I will add a few to the living list:
HH the 14 Dalai Lama
Namkha Drimed Rinpoche - living terton of Gesar
Garje Khamtrul Rinpoche Jamyang Döndrup
Bhakha Tulku Rinpoche
Shenpen Dawa Rinpoche
Lama Tharchin
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Garab Dorje Rinpoche
Tulku Pema Wangyal Rinpoche
Lama Dawa Chhodak RInpoche
Tulku Teglo Rinpoche
Khandro Rinpoche
Lama Wangdu
Lama Wangdor
Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso
Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
MAY THEY ALL LIVE LONG, FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL !!!
Sarwa Mangalam!
Then there's the recently deceased:
Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
Kunzang Dorje Rinpoche
Trulshik Rinpoche (mentioned already)
Penor Rinpoche
Kusum Lingpa
Mindrolling Trichen Rinpoche
Kunzang Dechen Lingpa
Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche
MAY THEY ALL RETURN SWIFTLY, FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL!
Contentment is the ultimate wealth;
Detachment is the final happiness. ~Sri Saraha
Detachment is the final happiness. ~Sri Saraha
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"Vajradhara said that in degenerate times he would appear in an ordinary form as a Spiritual Guide."
People mention well known names, I pay homage to the lesser known emanations of Vajradhara Guru.
People mention well known names, I pay homage to the lesser known emanations of Vajradhara Guru.
Abandoning Dharma is, in the final analysis, disparaging the Hinayana because of the Mahayana; favoring the Hinayana on account of the Mahayana; playing off sutra against tantra; playing off the four classes of the tantras against each other; favoring one of the Tibetan schools—the Sakya, Gelug, Kagyu, or Nyingma—and disparaging the rest; and so on. In other words, we abandon Dharma any time we favor our own tenets and disparage the rest.
Liberation in the Palm of your hand~Kyabje Pabongkha Rinpoche.
Liberation in the Palm of your hand~Kyabje Pabongkha Rinpoche.
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Lopon Tsechu visited my city at least two times. I was about 10-13 years old but i remember him perfectly along with his translator Lama Kalsang.Rafael Maurin wrote:These masters passed away not so long ago and they are certainly legends of Tibetan Buddhism
Gendun Rinpoche
Tenga Rinpoche
Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche
They will be remembered - that is for sure
He displayed some siddhis to many witnesses on the local buddhist community (my parents being among them), like the ability to walk faster than everyone else (not bad for an 80+ year old tibetan monk, eh?), and other incidents. Some accounts are described here:
http://kagyustories.blogspot.com/2012/0 ... -kalu.html
(Note that i'm not directly affiliated with the Diamond Way local community. But i know the writer and her accounts are honest.)
The one that i recall being told by many of them is when there was a get-together at my house, with special guest Lopon Tsechu and Lama Kalsang as a translator. Visualize about 15 people crammed into our small living room, about 7x4 meters of area (this was inside an apartment.) Outside, one of our sangha friends wanted to bring yet another person. My dad went more or less angry since we were far too many inside the room and this guy wasn't invited and wasn't part of the local sangha, just an outsider interested in buddhism who wanted to meet the famous Lopon Tsechu.
After some arguing, my dad agreed and this guy was allowed into the apartment. After he entered the door, Lopon Tsechu suddenly stopped doing what he was doing, and gestured the guy to approach to him. The guy sat besides Lopon Tsechu. They observed that he and Tsechu Rimpoche went talking for a quite long time, and that Tsechu started putting his finger on the top of the guy's head, in the typical point of the head that is signaled on a phowa (conciousness transference at the time of dying) retreat.
The rest of the people -the local sangha- were amazed at how this stranger just entered the door and then Rimpoche, without asking, stopped caring for the rest of them and just basically devoted most of the evening to him... I would bet they were a little bit jealous.
About seven days later, the guy died on a traffic accident.
Another incident was a day where two practicioners of the local sangha went arguing very badly. They were on the 2nd floor of a house while Tsechu Rimpoche was on the 1st floor. Suddenly, the bathroom's toilet start overflowing for no reason at all and the filthy water, instead of running down the stairs, went into its opposite natural direction, onto the two practitioners that were arguing. They had to shut up, stop fighting, and clean all the mess.
Skillful means!!
If this is a virtual sangha, do we achieve virtualization instead of realization?