Sunday, November 02, 2003
Khyentse Rinpoche's re-incarnation is Tulku Ugyen Tenzin Jigme Lhundrup. Tulku Ugyen was enthroned on December 5, 1997 in Shechen Monastery in Boudha, Nepal.
The man again this time wearing the hat that shows he knows the texts.
His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910-1991) was the head of the Nyingmapa Order. Originally from Shechen Monastary in Nepal, he rebuilt that monastary in Kham, Eastern Tibet, after building New Shechen Monastery in Kathmandu Valley. He was one of the greatest living lamas, scholars and teachers, and served as the Dzogchen teacher of the Dalai Lama.
Buddhism In a Nutshell by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
The Four Seals of Dharma are:
<1> All compounded things are impermanent.
<2> All emotions are painful. This is something that only Buddhists would talk about. Many religions worship things like love with celebration and songs. Buddhists think, This is all suffering.
<3> All phenomena are empty; they are without inherent existence. This is actually the ultimate view of Buddhism; the other three are grounded on this third seal.
<4> The fourth seal is that nirvana is beyond extremes.
This Sakyapa monastery was the residence of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1821-1894) and Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro (1896-1959). During the lives of these two extraordinary spiritual leaders, Dzongsar Monastery became a centre for the rime or non-sectarian approach to the study and practice of Buddhism, and great lamas of all the four Tibetan traditions went there to study.