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KHENCHEN RINPOCHE, KONCHOG
GYALTSHEN IN !MADISON PUBLIC TALK
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Drikung Kagyu Dharma Circle of Madison |
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DKDC
has had a few members who’ve been part of it from the
beginning and other members who’ve been very committed for as
long as the've lived in
the area. During
teaching events,
attendance can swell to more than sixty.
Our group meets once a week at the
In
May of 2007, we continued working on the stupa. We
added the final base, fashioned and painted lotus flowers
that
surround the curved part of the stupa, (called the bumpa,)
and
whitewashed it again. Boulders were
gathered to build
a rock
wall. In the Fall of 2008, the final landscaping will start. It is incredibly beautiful and inspiring and we have had overwhelming support from local people as well as those from around the world. In
October of 2006, our new resident lama for Chicago
Ratna Shri, ratnachi@hotmail.com,
and for DKDC of Madison, Drupon Rinchen Dorje
Rinpoche , arrived
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THE DRIKUNG KAGYU LINEAGE |
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The
Kagyu Lineage began with the great Tibetan saint and yogi, Milarepa
(1052-1135), who attained enlightenment in a single
lifetime. His ceaseless devotion to his teacher Marpa
(1012-1096), was legendary. Marpa Lotsowa, a layperson with a
wife and family, was a great scholar and translator who made several
arduous treks to From Gampopa, four elder
Kagyu lineages arose: Barom Kagyu, Tsalpa Kagyu, Karma (or Kamtsang)
Kagyu, and Phagdru Kagyu. One of Gampopa’s principle
disciples was Phagmodrupa, (1110-1170.) From
Phagmodrupa came the eight younger Kagyu schools: Drikung Kagyu,
Taklung Kagyu, Drukpa Kagyu, Trophu Kagyu, Yelpa Kagyu,
Martsang Kagyu, Shuksep Kagyu and Yasang Kagyu. The precious
Dharma teachings starting from the primordial buddha, Vajradhara and
Shakyamuni. The first lineage is called the
Magnificent Blessing Realization lineage. It came
directly from Vajradhara, to Tilopa, Naropa, Marpa, Milarepa, and then
to Gampopa. The
second lineage is called the
lineage of Profound View.
It came from Buddha Shakyamuni, and was passed to Nagajuna,
Chandrakirti, Atisha, and Gampopa. The
third lineage is called the Most Excellent Practice
lineage. It came from Buddha Shakyamuni to Manjushri,
Maitreya, Asanga, Atisha, and Gampopa. Thus,
Gampopa received the entire corpus of sacred transmissions and
teachings of these three lineages, which he passed to Phagmodrupa.
Although Phagmodrupa had thousands of disciples, Kyobpa
Jigten Sumgon was one of his closest. Phagmodrupa prophesied
that the teachings and blessings would be carried on by a Bodhisattva
who had already attained the ten Bhumis- Lord Jigten Sumgon, (who was
Arya Nagarjuna in a previous incarnation.) Kypbpa Jigten
Sumgon received the entire body of teachings and empowerments from
Phagmodrupa like water pouring into a vase.
From
Kyobpa Jigten Sumgon on, all these blessings and teachings have
remained unbroken to the present day. The lineage is carried
on by H.H. Drikung Kyabgon Chungtsang Rinpoche, the 36th lineage
holder, who resides in The
Drikung lineage is renowned for its Great Drikung Phowa Practice
and has produced many great meditators. In the 1980's the
greatest Drikung yogis in His Holiness the Drikung
Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche has established the Drikung Kagyu Institute,
Jangchub Ling, in
For information on our lineage
and pictures of the masters, click here: http://www.drikung.org/lineage.html For some interesting information on two sub-sects of the Kagyu lineage: Shangpa and Dakpo, visit these links: http://www.tibet.com/Buddhism/kagyu.html,and the Tibetan 17th Gyalwa Karmapa’s website at: http://www.kagyuoffice.org/kagyulineage.html.
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OUR PRECIOUS TEACHERS |
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KHENCHEN KONCHOG GYALTSHEN
RINPOCHE
Khenchen
Konchog Gyaltshen Rinpoche
![]() Khenchen
Rinpoche Konchog Gyaltshen was born in the province sacred to the
Drikung Kagyu lineage: In
early 1968, he took full monastic ordination from H.E.
Kalu Rinpoche www.kdk.org/kalu1.html,
and received teachings from the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa on The Eight
Treasures of Mahamudra Songs of the Indian Mahasiddhas.
Rinpoche received teachings and instructions
the Venerable Khunu Rinpoche – whom the H.H. the 14th Dalai
Lama places on the
crown of his head for his actualization of Bodhicitta www.lamayeshe.com/otherteachers/khunu/index.shtml
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With
Ven. Khunu Lama, Khenchen Rinpoche
studied Mahamudra, the songs of Milarepa, and Gampopa’s Jewel Ornament of Liberation and
Precious In 1978, under the guidance of the great master Khyunga Rinpoche, Khenchen Konchog began a three-year retreat, which included the Five-fold Path of Mahamudra and the Six Yogas of Naropa, Kyobpa Jigten Sumgon’s Gong Chik, plus many transmissions from Kyunga Rinpoche. In
1985, Khenchen Konchog Rinpoche traveled to the main seat
of the Drikung Kagyu lineage at Wanting the teachings of Dharma to reach as many people as possible, Khenchen Rinpoche quickly adapted himself to Western forms of communication. He has been on the media and has given many lectures. The Tibetan calligraphy in the early editions of sadhanas that he’s translated was written in his own hand. He has translated and written many books as well. Gampopa’s Jewel Ornament of Liberation is one of the works that Khenchen has found most inspiring. Seeing the need for a precise translation of this great text, Khenchen Rinpoche began. In order to accomplish this, he spent many years working with his editor, Khenmo Konchog Thinley Chödron. They went through the entire text word by word four times, sometimes spending an hour or more on a single phrase or sentence! It has now gone through several reprintings and is often quoted in scholarly works by other authors. Due
to decades of unremitting travel and teaching, Khenchen
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DRUPON RINCHEN DORJE RINPOCHE Drupon Rinchen Dorje Rinpoche photo by White Lotus Society, 2007
Drupon Rinchen Dorje was born in 1967, near the Drikung monastery, Tana. In1984, he joined the monastery and stayed there for nine years, working hard at its reconstruction. While there, he took novice monk’s vows from Tulku Nyendrak Gyaltsen Rinpoche, receiving many profound teachings from him such as the Five-fold Path of Mahamudra and Dzogchen. From Tulku Thogme Rinpoche he received wang, (empowerment,) transmission and pith instructions on Five-Deity Chakrasamvara in the tradition of Drilbupa. In
1990, at Drithil Ogmin Jang Chub Ling monastery, he
received Kyobpa Jigten Sumgon’s Five-fold Mahamudra wang,
transmission and
teachings from Master Gelong Tenzin Nyima.
He went on pilgrimage to Dhaglha Gampo temple and
did
retreat there for
several weeks. In
1993, he made a
pilgrimage to In 1995, during his stay at the Drikung Kagyu Institute, he accomplished the preliminary practices to Mahamudra and the recitation of Chakrasamvara in group retreat in the presence of His Holiness Chetsang Rinpoche, and was ordained as a full bikshu by him. In 1996, in Almora, he received wang on the Six Yogas of Naropa, Five-Fold Path of Mahamudra, Chakrasamvara/Vajarvarahi and the symbolic whispered lineage from H.H. Chetsang Rinpoche, and accomplished a three year retreat in the Drikung Thil tradition under Gelong Yeshe Rinpoche. In 2000, he received Snake Year teachings form H.H. Chetsang Rinpoche and H.E. Garchen Rinpoche. In 2001, he went to Lapchi, in Nepal, the site of many sacred caves where the great yogi Milarepa practiced. In a cave there, he accomplished another three-year retreat on Rechungpa’s whispered lineage of Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi, the Six Yogas of Naropa and the naked instructions of the bardo. In 2004 he was enthroned as a Drupon – Accomplished Retreat Master. In 2005, he received wang and transmission on the five deities of Hevajra in Marpa’s tradition from H.H. Chetsang Rinpoche, and in 2006 he accomplished a retreat on it at Almora. Thus, our precious teacher has completed over seven years of retreat! |
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KHENPO TSULTRIM TENZIN RINPOCHE
Khenpo Tsultrim Tenzin Khenpo
Tsultrim Tenzin was born in 1970. At
the age of 14 he took his monk's vows and
began his Buddhist studies. In
1987 he
traveled to Jangchub Ling in Khenpo
Tsultrim
arrived at TMC in April 2001. In
Summer of 2003, Khenpo came to |
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DRUPON THINLEY NYINGPO RINPOCHE
Drupon
Thinley
& H.E. Garchen Rinpoches Spontaneously Namo Guru! From
an early age, Drupon Thinley Nyingpo Rinpoche has had a
natural inclination towards religion. With his father's encouragement,
he
entered Brong-ngur Monastery in In
the year 2000, Drupon Thinley participated in the Drikung
Kagyu Snake Year teachings where he received the entire
corpus of
empowerments,
transmissions, and instructions in the Drikung
Kagyu lineage.
Based on his accomplishments, he was
awarded the title of Drupon, “Master of Spiritual
Attainment or Retreat Master”. Khenchen Konchog
Gyaltshen
Rinpoche brought Drupon Thinley to |
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KHENPO SHERAB ODZER RINPOCHE
Khenpo Sherab
Odzer Rinpoche Khenpo
Sherab Ozer Rinpoche was born in In
May, 2004, he established the Drikung
Namgyal Ling, Drikung Kagyu
Buddhist Center of Tucson, Arizona. www.drikungkagyutucson.org. In
addition to being extremely learned,
Rinpoche has a very warm and peaceful demeanor and a playful,
affectionate
nature and he is much loved. He enjoys singing Mila songs to
his students! Khenpo Sherab
visited DKDC in 2005 and 2006 to teach on Rigdzin
Chödrak’s 35 Pieces of Advice,
and in 2007 to teach on Geshe Chekawa’s Seven Point Mind Training
– Lo Jong. Two
years ago, His Holiness Chetsang Rinpoche
intended that Tibetan women become educated in the Dharma so that in
later
years, Drupon-ma’s, Khenmos and female tulkus could
emerge. Recently,
H.E. Garchen
Rinpoche, Khenpo
Sherab’s root master, asked him to return to |
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KHENMO KONCHOG THINLEY CHODRON
Khenmo
K Khenmo Thinley Chodron met Khenchen Rinpoche in the mid ‘80’s, and felt a very strong connection to him. She began studying and practicing with deep devotion. She was one of the main forces in getting TMC off the ground, and has tirelessly donated her time to TMC ever since. In 1992, the then Ani la began assisting Khenchen Rinpoche in translation projects for publication, most notably, The Jewel Ornament of Liberation, by Gampopa. They worked together closely on the project for many years, so that eventually Khenchen Rinpoche authorized her to give teachings on the classic text. She has worked with Khenchen on many other volumes, including the 100 Verses from the Heart, by Drikung Dharmaradza, with a commentary by Khenchen Rinpoche. Khenmo Trinley joyfully received ordination in 1997 after importuning Khenchen for some years. She said that when she was ordained it felt like coming home. In 2005, she took full Bikshuni vows. In 2007, Khenchen Khonchog Rinpoche asked His Holiness Chetsang Rinpoche if Ven. Bikshuni Thinley could be enthroned as a Khenmo. Her enthronement took place in May 2007, during TMC’s 25th anniversary. DKDC invited Kenmo Trinley to come to Sky Heart to lead the first retreat on the land when there were only the roof, floor, and beams of a rough cabin. The next year she lead a Chod retreat in the Dodgeville area. In 2000 and 2001, she came again to give teachings on Gampopa’s Jewel Ornament of Liberation. We hope to host her this summer to continue her teachings on Gampopa’s seminal text. Her faultless devotion and rigorous scholarship are inspiring and her sense of humor and gentle warmth endear her to us. During the 2008 Spring Retreat at TMC, Khenmo gave teachings on the 4 Noble Truths and the 12 Links of Interdependant Origination. People loved her scholarship and warm-hearted approach. |
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The
sky here is big... “Dharma
is one of the most important things in our lives and
we wanted to provide a space that facilitates the study, practice and
contemplation of the Buddhadharma.” Buddhism was influenced by the cultural milieu in which it was born. Much iconography was absorbed from the already ancient Hindu tradition, which included incredibly elaborate and sophisticated temples, the geometry of which reflected exactly the characteristics of the deities and their celestial mansions. From this sacred geometry came the architecture of the Buddhist reliquary or Stupa – Chorten in Tibetan. A stupa is an actual embodiment of the body, speech and mind of the Buddha. These three can be condensed into mind. It is considered to be the actual Dharmakaya of the Buddha. Circumambulation around it, doing work or maintenance or painting the stupa can result in, “Incredible positive merit for many, many lifetimes to come,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche. http://www.fpmt.org/projects/stupa/ Before a stupa is built, the ground must be ritually consecrated. Inside the square that will become the stupa’s base, an image of a protector goddess is drawn. A geometrical grid is laid out, and a ceremony is performed in order to appease the local deities that were there first. This will delight and please them and they will be devoted aids and protectors of the Dharma. A specially chosen and blessed cedar pole will go straight up from the ground tothe very top of the golden rings of the stupa’s spire. The first level of the stupa is poured, and the sides built up. In this level, precious offerings of dream-like samsara are placed. The level is sealed and another level is added where precious relics, and tsa tsas, (molded images of the Buddhas and Yidam deities) - www.tsatsastudio.org/practice.htm are placed inside. The dome or (bumpa - vase,) holds more precious relics and statues of the deities. The pole goes in, and the rings, sun and moon complete the spire. Finally the Gau or niche for a statue of the Buddha is put in place, and the precious stupa is painted and consecrated a final time. A korwa or walkway for circumambulation of the stupa is made, and the final landscaping is done. The stupa is an inspiration of awesome beauty for many beings. (For current information about the stupa at Sky Heart, - May, 2007 - scroll up to "DKDC Madison." ) Many, many persons helped to make the stupa at Sky Heart arise. Folks from all over the world donated relics, money, tsa tsa’s and labor to make this miracle come to be. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. |
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