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"Khenpo Phuntsok Namgyal will be one of the most influential
Rimey
(nonsectarian) masters of our times!"
~Dzongsar Khyentse
Rinpoche
(English & Chinese translation
provided)
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Khenpo Phuntsok Namgyal
(1)
Public Talk
(2) Special Programs (Registration
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Instructions for practitioners of Samadhi by Jamyang Khyentse
Wangpo (from the Khyentse terma cycle)
v
21/11/2008 - (Friday)
7.30-10.00pm
v
22/11/2008 - (Saturday) 2.00-5.00pm
(afternoon session)
6.30-9.30pm
(evening session)
(3)
Dharma Teachings (Small-group)
From the time of the
historical Buddha to the present day, an unbroken succession of
great beings have achieved enlightenment and have dedicated
themselves to teaching others the path that leads to awakening.
Buddhism was brought from India to Tibet over several generations,
starting with King Songtsen Gampo in the 6th century AD, and was
finally established as the state religion under King Trisong Detsen
in the 8th century AD. In Tibetan Buddhism there is a widespread
tradition of recognizing the reincarnations of highly realized
teachers. Such incarnations are known as tulkus. They take rebirth
out of compassion, and to carry on the responsibilities of their
previous incarnations. The Khyentses are such a lineage of
reincarnate tulkus.
Great chariot of the entire
Buddhist teaching,
Spiritual friend caring for students without distinction,
Free from doctrinal bias, crown jewel of all teachings,
I supplicate you!
- Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrötaye
Jamyang Khyentse the Great,
born in 1820, was regarded as an exceptional master - a scholar,
mystic, author, and meditator par
excellence. In his youth he travelled all
over Tibet, receiving innumerable spiritual teachings, including
lineages that were almost extinct. He is known to have studied with
over 150 of the greatest Buddhist masters of his day. In his late
thirties he retired to a small room in the Sakya monastery of
Dzongsar, near Derge in eastern Tibet, where for the remainder of
his life he practised and mastered the teachings he had received.
In many cases he revived the lineage, writing commentaries and
passing on the instructions to individuals capable of holding them.
He was regarded as the last of the Five Tertön Kings who were
prophesised by Guru Padmasambhava in the 9th century, and he held
the Seven Transmissions of treasure teachings. His collected works
consist of 35 volumes, covering all aspects of mysticism and
scholarship, and he also worked closely with his student and
colleague, Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrötaye, on that master's famous Five
Treasuries.
He was an authority on all the different teachings of Buddhism in
Tibet, as well as the pre-Buddhist Bön teachings. Shunning
sectarian bias, he encouraged his students to appreciate the
profundity of all the existing traditions. This approach became
known as Rimey, or the
nonsectarian approach. He passed away in 1892, predicting that he
would reincarnate in several forms.
In the 1950s, Dzongsar
Khyentse Rinpoche settled in Sikkim, where he became the guru of
the royal family, residing at the palace monastery until he passed
away in 1959.