Gelug Lamas

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Gelug Lamas is written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1230615237 (ISBN 10) and 9781230615233 (ISBN 13).

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Pabongka Rinpoche, Trijang Rinpoche, Tsem Tulku, Ganden Tripa, Zong Rinpoche, Tulku Dragpa Gyaltsen, Dagom Rinpoche, Osel Hita Torres, Reting Rinpoche, Thubten Yeshe, Ngawang Wangyal, Dhardo Rimpoche, Shenphen Rinpoche, Ling Rinpoche, Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, Jamphel Yeshe Gyaltsen, Lobsang Nyima Pal Sangpo, Khensur Lungri Namgyel, Tenzin Jigme, Sermey Khensur Lobsang Tharchin. Excerpt: Pabongka Rinpoche (Tibetan: Wylie: Pha-bong-kha; also spelt Phabongkha), Jampa Tenzin Trinlay Gyatso, (1878-1941) was one of the great Gelug lamas of the modern era of Tibetan Buddhism. He attained his Geshe degree at Sera Monastic University, Lhasa, and became a highly influential teacher in Tibet, unusual for teaching a great number of lay people. He was the root Lama of both Kyabje Ling Rinpoche and Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, the two tutors of the present Dalai Lama, and the teacher of most of the other Gelug Lamas who have been bringing the Dharma to the West since they fled Tibet in 1959. Pabongka was offered the regency of the present Dalai Lama but declined the request because "he strongly disliked political affairs." Pabongka Rinpoche was born in 1878, at a town called Tsawa Li in the Yeru Shang district of the state of Tsang, north of Lhasa in Tibet. According to Ribur Rinpoche, one of Je Phabongkhapa's main disciples: "Lord Pabongka Vajradhara Dechen Nyingpo Pal Zangpo was born north of Lhasa in 1878. His father was a minor official but the family was not wealthy. Although the night was dark, a light shone in the room, and people outside the house had a vision of a protector on the roof." As a child he was alleged to exhibit unusual qualities and in his seventh year was taken before Sharpa Chuje Lobsang Dargye, one of the leading religious figures of the day, who "felt sure that the boy must be a reincarnated saint" and...