#lama tsongkhapa

[kongque-jiaan]

LAMA TSONGKHAPA DAY!!!!!!!

༈ དམིགས་མེད་བརྩེ་བའི་གཏེར་ཆེན་སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས། ། དྲི་མེད་མཁྱེན་པའི་དབང་པོ་འཇམ་དཔལ་དབྱངས། ། བདུད་དཔུང་མ་ལུས་འཇོམས་མཛད་གསང་བའི་བདག ། གངས་ཅན་མཁས་པའི་གཙུག་རྒྱན་ཙོང་ཁ་པ། ། བློ་བཟང་གྲགས་པའི་ཞབས་ལ་གསོལ་བ་འདེབས། །

mikmé tsewé terchen chenrézik drimé khyenpé wangpo jampal yang düpung malü jomdzé sangwé dak khangchen khépé tsukgyen tsongkhapa lobzang drakpé shyapla solwa dep

Great treasury of non-referential compassion, Avalokiteshvara, Powerful lord of flawless wisdom, Manjushri, And destroyer of all the hosts of mara, Vajrapani, Lord of Secrets— Crowning glory amongst all the learned masters of the Land of Snows, Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa, at your feet I pray!

(Tibetan text, romanization and translation from Rigpa Wiki.)

May the wisdom and vast, systematic knowledge of Buddhist scripture attained by the great guru Je Tsongkhapa, and transmitted to us by his disciples in the gelug tradition, guide us in this upcoming year. May the teachings remain in this world and benefit all sentient beings until we attain the complete cessation of suffering.

[mahayanapilgrim]

"[Tsongkhapa] (...) refers to the first meeting between Milarepa and Gampopa, in which Milarepa asked about Gampopa's meditation. Gampopa replied that he could sit in meditative absorption for many days at a time without distraction. Milarepa told him, "You cannot get oil by crushing sand. The practice of samadhi is not sufficient in and of itself.

You should learn my system of inner heat yoga...." The implication is that the innate ecstasy conjoined with wisdom awareness, which is aroused by the inner heat yoga, was absent, and thus Gampopa's samadhi lacked real tantric power. Arousing that "real tantric power" is the purpose and territory of the inner heat doctrine. (...)"

Lama Glenn Mullin

("The Six Yogas of Naropa" -Tsongkhapa's

Commentary

By Tsong-kha-pa

[talonabraxas]

"True illuminates have no dreams. Dreams are for those who are asleep. True illuminates live in the higher worlds, out of the physical body, in a state of intensified wakefulness without ever dreaming." - Samael Aun Weor

Dream Yoga

The effort to awaken the consciousness in the dream state is called Dream Yoga. This term is most known from the tradition of Tilopa, Naropa, Marpa, and Milarepa, although the tradition of Niguma also includes Dream Yoga. Yoga comes from the Sanskrit word "yug," which means to "reunite" or "yoke together." This is the same as the root of our word religion, the Latin word "religare,"which means "to bind together." What is sought in both cases is the union of our consciousness with its source, but this can only happen when our consciousness is awakened and purified of all that is unclean.

The yogic tradition of Tilopa has been maintained in Tibetan Buddhism for hundreds of years. It is a series of teachings of which dream yoga is a vital part. It has been practiced and taught by all the Dalai Lamas, and such great initiates as Tsongkhapa and Milarepa.

The basic goal of Dream Yoga is to harness the power of the dream state and use it to awaken the consciousness. You can learn more about this by reading scriptures from the tradition.

[fruityyamenrunner]

i did not realise until reading this propagandum from the tibetan government that the infamous Rdorjeshugsidan/Dorje Shugden/Dolgyal/Gyalchen Shugden is an apotheosised version of the 17th century Gelug lama Tulku Drakpa Gyaltsen, who was a student of the Gelugpa founder Je "Leekvale" Tsongkhapa, Drakpa being a rival of the Dalai Lama at the time, who lost the power struggle so much that his incarnation lineage was suppressed. This suppression is presumably turned into repression, and his propitiation in Sith form.

explains a lot rly

[dzgrizzle]

I thought I had lost this photo forever when my previous Facebook account disappeared, but I found it in my Gmail where I had emailed a friend about the event. The photo is my friend John Moulton and I at the teaching event by His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Emory University in October 2013. The teaching was primarily in Tibetan, with an English translator, and it focused on the root text of the Mahamudra by the 1st Panchen Lama, Losang Choekyi Gyaltsen (1570–1662). This was my introduction to that text, although I had studied Buddhism for many years, including Buddhist psychology in grad school. My grad school studies focused on the Buddhist philosopher Tsongkhapa (1357–1419). 

Earlier in October 2013, during the same visit to Emory, His Holiness spoke to a packed auditorium at Gwinnett Center on “The Pillars of Responsible Citizenship in the 21st Century Global Village.” I got to attend that event with several friends.

[nebersgoeast]

Unsere erste Besichtigung das Drepung Monastery. Drepung ist eines der bedeutendsten Klöster der Gelug-Schule und war eines der drei großen so genannten „Staatsklöster“ des früheren Tibet, nicht ganz 10 km westlich von Lhasa gelegen. Drepung wurde 1416 von Jamyang Chöje Trashi Palden – einem Schüler des Tsongkhapa, des Begründers des Gelug-Ordens – gegründet. Es zählt zu den drei Eliteklöstern der Gelugpa. Drepung war Sitz des Dalai-Lamas bis zur Fertigstellung des Potala. Der 5. Dalai-Lama lebte im Hauptpalast des Klosters und verstarb auch dort. Wir besichtigten seine Residenzräume sowie die Grabmäler des 2. und 3. Dalai-Lama. Zur Zeit des 5. Dalai-Lama lebten etwa 10 000 Mönche dort, momentan sind es etwa nur noch 600 Mönche. Drepung war einst das größte und reichste Kloster Tibets und galt als Ausbildungsstätte in verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen, beispielsweise in der tibetischen Medizin.

[37q]

thanks, and i hope not to be taking your time. i've read the buddhism is divided in three great traditions, namely theravada, mahayana and vajrayana. why were you drawn specifically to the last one? are there aspects of the other two that you enjoy? are there aspects of your tradition that you are critical of (and comfortable to publicly discuss)?

:D little biographical journey to flesh all this out for ya

yes buddhism is comprised primarily of three major organized schools! the study of buddhism divides them point blank, but theyre mostly divided by lineage and history!

but yeah i vibe diversely with each school because they focus on different things! im not about to give a descr of each school but...

my feelings on theravada when i explored it were that it emphasized discipline and quantifiability to a degree that i just couldnt realistically meet. i have a tendency for paralysis by analysis, so even on a good day any insight on a multi life path ends up falling flat in my practice. on the quantifiability front ive always disliked analytically breaking down rebirth ratios and fetter checklists. i dont like entering the stream or returning or escaping it all without developing bodhicitta. like, once i came in touch with bodhicitta it was fucking over.

ideologically speaking ive always been esoterically philosophical but somehow i found my way to the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā and its discursive lineage which kinda drove me away from theravada. those commentaries became too important to my practice for theravadan doctrinal conservatism to dismiss -- the institutions themselves hold true to the fundamental Pali Cannon as the only source for the path, potentially precluding a suffering being from developing wisdom and compassion from great mahayana texts such as the Heart Sutra. like cmon. i also have complaints about various partisan ethnonationalist fronts' equipment of theravadan institutional power. but read on to see just how unique that is.

lesson time: im actually not a vajrayana practitioner for two reasons. 1. my at this point refusal to receive empowerment for tantric practices and 2. my self isolation from any sangha! it was only recently that some lamas and gurus started transmitting lungs over zoom, after all. lineage, initiation, and yoga are what turns a middling sutra practice into higher tantra, but still they both diverge from theravada in that they emphasize emptiness, bodhicitta, and liberation in this life.

so the main distinction between mahayana and vajrayana ime (following tsongkhapa here) is that they play with emptiness differently. vajrayana is sometimes considered a swifter ticket on mahayanas greater vehicle of liberation in one life. the sutra path is a lifetime of study and employment of texts and teachers that mirror absolution, whereas esoteric or tantric paths actively employ them for greater potency and haste.

philosophy tangent the difference lies in the employment of madhyamaka critique. by problematizing the "two truths" our practice stutters and trips -- were forced to recognize that our formulations of the dharma are constrained to samsaras playing field. how far can text and teachings get us when its discernment reinforces our reliance on, for example, the stability of effective communication? or our attachment to text as an object, rather than a true integration? tantra steps past that. by directly communing with a root guru, training in highest yoga tantra offers immediate liberation.

a distinction at play here is one of the main reasons i didnt connect with theravada -- quantifiably measuring rebirth and enlightenment progress. you see, the stability of vajrayana doctrine rests in its institutional enforcement through tulkus. these lineages represent a few things. first, our capacity to come back and keep teaching. second, our ability to parse bodhicitta in this life. and third, our opportunity to commune with dharma in the flesh.

now, the doctrine backs it up, it makes sense and all that, but id like to see a successful, truly liberated tulku for once. one who sees samsara in imperialism and borders, in sexual and gendered forms of domination, in the sanctity of our peaceful sanghas isolated from the unrest outside.

you look me in the eyes and tell me that the myriad lamas who rape, abuse, extort, and control their sangha are enlightened. i dont trust these mfs. and frankly it makes the whole process of lineage reincarnation seem fishy to me.

what it ends up being, in my opinion, is a consolidation of social power in religious institutions. and the recognition of reincarnated masters - my god its all a politics game. tulku heads of state, religious nationalism, theres no absolution there! these are structures upon structures which conceal rampant abuse, opportunistic political alliances, embezzlement, and other exploitative measures that dharma aristocracy dabbles in!

im super anti institutionalized religion, to the point where im constantly interrogating my willingness to engage with buddhism! at what point do spiritual structures stop facilitating the path and start reviving the adversity! if we can recognize that certain vehicles are going to be hindered by karma, why do we act as if any individual is an infallible conduit of the dharma!

phew. didnt realize i wanted to rant today

[linguaignotakaraoke]

Happy Lama Tsongkhapa (and also Xmas) if you celebrate

[tcclsblog]

Why Practice Buddhism?

"We are all here to grow together and to help one another. In the human realm, what we need is to cultivate EQ, not just IQ, because it is EQ that makes things work."

When we start practicing Buddhism, we encounter a lot of spiritual materialism. There is a collection of things, of prayers, of holy objects, and books. Later, when things start to settle down, we wonder why we are into all the practices. At times it feels that being spiritual is not helping us spiritually at all. And we question the purpose of it all.

In truth, it is the blessings of Guru and the Triple Gem that bring us to this question. No amount of holy objects or books, amulets or good luck charms, or Feng Shui fixes can make anybody happy or make life meaningful. This feeling is a sign of the ripening of one's own past merits.

The purpose of our human life is to recognize that we are not just humans. You are not going to be a human being forever. And neither will you be your fixed self. You are here now and having this human experience as yourself. You are playing a role that is neither permanent nor fixed. The experiences you are having here are due to the kindness of others. And you are here to positively impact those who need your expertise, support, wisdom, words, thoughts, and generosity.

Our focus should be on whether our lives positively impact others and not live our lives to fulfill ourselves. We are not here to give anyone permanent happiness, so we must stop trying to do that, but we should do our best to bring some momentary happiness, joy, and serenity to others.

Lama Tsongkhapa said that the easiest way for ordinary beings to accumulate great merit is by rejoicing. Rejoice in the merits of both holy and ordinary beings. Rejoice in the benefits and the impact that they are bringing to other people's lives. When we help someone, we are injecting a meaningful positivity into their life. Most of the things that we are enjoying now are because someone else shouldered the work for us, so always be grateful and appreciate it.

Most ordinary people want attention. They sometimes get it by behaving in negative ways, like creating drama or by overreacting to things. We don't need to fault them. Instead, let us all be embracing and not judge anybody.

When we were growing up, our parents and grandparents might have told us that we were not good enough. Sometimes they could even have highlighted our inadequacies. The Guru is here to highlight all of the things we are good at to have a more balanced perception of ourselves. So the primary purpose of our practicing Buddhism is to realign ourselves repeatedly and with the right motivation and intention. Dharma Teaching by Singha Rinpoche and edited by Sandeep Nath 6 Dec 2020

[ani-tsultrim-wangmo]

Unless you reflect on the truth of suffering to the point of actually becoming revolted by cyclic existence, your desire to attain liberation will be mere words, and whatever you do will lead to origins of further suffering.

~ Lama Tsongkhapa

除非你思維痛苦的真相，以至於對輪迴產生厭惡，否則你對獲得解脫的渴望將只是空談，並無論你做什麼，都將導致更多痛苦。

~ 宗喀巴大师

[florence9825]

宗喀巴大师(1357～1419年)，法名罗桑札巴，藏传佛教格鲁派创始人，“宗喀巴”乃后人之尊称。传说他为文殊菩萨转世，于元顺帝至正十七年(1357年，为藏历火鸡年)十月二十五日诞生在“宗喀”，故被称为宗喀巴。

宗大师的三大功德 :

一是严格地持戒，把戒律恢复到原始佛教那么严格；

二是学修按照次第，不能跳级，这样能够很快地得到成就；

最后一个，显密调和，显跟密的关系不是互相对立的，显教成就之后，就可以再上一步修密法了。

[mahayanapilgrim]

Gaden Ngamchoe is the day of Lama Tsongkhapa's parinirvana, when he passed away and left his earthly body. This auspicious occasion falls on December 7, 2023 which is today.

Wish you all have a meaningful and positive lives from this auspicious occasion known as LAMA TSONGKHAPA DAY

(1357-1419)

[jet-setters]

This special event was the inspiration that led us on to our most recent travels. - From India with Love ❤️ 🚀 Jet Setters 🚀

[astranemus]

Emptiness is the track on which the centered person moves.

Lama Je Tsongkhapa

[luckythanka]

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[placeoftheclearlight]

With my heart going out with great compassionIn whatever direction the most precious teachingsHave not yet spread, or once spread have declined,May I reveal this treasure of happiness and aid.

 - Lama Tsongkhapa