Living Lineage of the High Plateau- The Deep Zen ,Vajrayana
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We unravel some of the famous Guru of Past and Present to
enable on the opportunity to
"see" them in pictures and affiliated to them as Great Teachers on the Path to Buddhahood
We shall start from Penor Rinpoche from the Oldest School in Tibetan Buddhism
Nyingma (Red Hat)
a Picture of the Holiness Penor Rinpoche
He was recognized as the third Drubwang Penor Rinpoche through the prophecy of the fifth Dzogchen Rinpoche, Thubten Chökyi Dorje, who prophesied the birth of Penor Rinpoche in the following words;
"In the upper region of sacred Powo, at the foot of majestic hill, surrounded by beautiful trees and lakes, with a large river flowing from the south, to a couple bearing names, Sonam and Kyid, a noble child will be born in the Water Monkey year, Possessing great qualities he will benefit the doctrine and the beings. I, the fifth Dzogchen, prophesy this."
Khenpo Nggchung, a prominent Dzogchen adept of his time, foreseeing the exceptional destiny of the new incarnation gave him the refuge vow, an empowerment of Manjushri, a sacred statue and, in addition, composed a long-life prayer that thousands of his followers around the globe chant today. At the tender ae of five, Penor Rinpoche was brought to Palyul Monastery, the seat of his former incarnations and was enthroned by Thubten Chökyi Dawa and Karma Thegchog Nyingpo as the incarnation of the second Drubwang Penor RInpoche (1887-1932) and as the eleventh throne-holder of Palyul Monastery.
Palyul Namgyel Jangchub Chöling, one of six great Nyingma monasteries, was established under the patronage of Lachen Jampa Phuntsog, the King of Derge, and Trichen Sangye Tenpa in 1965. Rigdzin Kunzang Sherab, a prominent Dzogchen master and a treasure-holder prophesied by Padmasambhava, Mahasiddha Karma Chagmed and Tertön Migur Dorje, who rediscovered the namchö cycle. Through the influence of his masters and his own inspiration, the monastery grew rapidly into one of the biggest monasteries in Tibet.
In the following centuries, Palyul -often referred to as the Glorious Palyul of the East - became a famous center of ardent learning and practice under the guidance of its successive thorne-holders. Hundreds and thousands of its monks attained the "rainbow-body" or other spiritual accomplishements. Penor rinpoche was to oversee this large monastery with over four hundred branch monasteries and over three hundred thousand monks and nuns
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http://www.budismo-tibetano.com/Bio_PenorRinpoche.html -
http://www.orgyendorjeden.org/hhdudjomrinpoche.html
His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche (1904-1987) was an incarnation of one of Guru Rinpoche's original twenty-five disciples and is considered one of the greatest Buddhist meditation masters, scholars, and poets of this century. His Holiness was the Supreme Head of the Nyingma Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, which traces back to Padmasambhava. As the founder of numerous Yeshe Nyingpo meditation centers, his activities were extensive, bridging cultures and embodying centuries of wisdom. His Holiness was a prolific scholar and a Terton, or spiritual treasure revealer, responsible for bringing forth many prayers, unique for their potency and beauty, and particularly beneficial for our time. His reincarnation, born in 1991, has been formally recognized by the H. H. the Dalai Lama. The power of his aspiration is such that his emanations benefit beings whenever circumstances are right. -
The next one - The Sakya Lineage Master
Sakya Trizin Rinpoche
The Khön family lineage, to which His Holiness Sakya Trizin belongs, has a long history extending back to pre-Buddhist Tibet, when they were instrumental in the dissemination of Bön. This great lineage traces its descent back to the earliest times when three "Gods of the Realm of Clear Light" (brothers) descended from the heavens to the land which was later to be known as Tibet. The five generations from Yuring, the second of these brothers, to Yapang Kye are referred to as The Divine Line of Clear Light. After engaging in a war with the Rakshas, Yapang Kye married a Raksha princess Yadruk Silima who bore him a son named Khon Bar Kye, meaning "he who is born amid strife". For reason of this ancestral history their descendants came variously to be known as "Lharig", meaning "The Celestial Race"; or as "Khon gyi dung", meaning "The Family of Conquerors". And for reason that they were, in a later epoch, instrumental in establishing the Sakya Order (of Tibetan Buddhism), they are also known as the Sakyapa Lineage.
The son of Khön Bar Kye, named Khön Palpoche, was an influential minister of the Tibetan King Tri-song De-tsen in the eighth century. Another Khön, Luyi Wangpo, was one of the first seven Tibetans to receive ordination from the abbot Shantarakshita, a vinaya lineage which has survived within the Nyingma tradition until now. Khön Luyi Wangpo, together with Dorje Rinchen (a grandson of Khön Palpoche) were both disciples of the great master Padmasambhava, and for this reason the lineage of the meditational deity Vajrakilaya continues within the Sakya tradition to the present time.
Following the persecution of Buddhism by the Tibetan King Langdarma, Atisha, a Pandita from Bengal, travelled to Tibet by invitation in the year 1042 after having consulted the goddess Tara. While on his journey he stopped in an empty valley and prostrated many times, experiencing a vision of the syllable Hri, seven Dhi Syllables, and the syllable Hum on the side of the mountain. He prophesied the future existence of Sakya Monastery at this place, and that it would witness one incarnation of Avalokiteshvara, seven of Manjushri, and one of Vajrapani. It was another member of the Khön lineage, Könchog Gyalpo who in the year 1073 founded the Sakya Monastery here in Upper Tibet (known in Tibetan as "Toe"). The monastery was so named on account of the pale tawny colour of the upper landscape at that particular spot. Könchog Gyalpo was thus the first "Sakya Trizin" (Throne-holder of Sakya).
It was the latter's illustrious son Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (1102-115
who inherited the precious Lam Dre (Path and Fruit) teachings from the siddha Zhangton Chobar, since when this core system of sutric and tantric instruction has been handed down through successive generations of gurus within the Sakya Order to modern times. A number of important Masters in the Lam Dre lineage have also been members of the Khön family.
http://www.eclipse.co.uk/~rs1042/biog.htm