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| | Dorje - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | As a sacred symbol of Tibetan Buddhism, the Dorje represents the 'thunderbolt of enlightenment'; an abrupt change in human consciousness which is recognised by all the great religions as a pivotal episode in the lives of mystics and saints. | | | Dorje is a Tibetan word referring to a ritual object held in the right hand of a Lama while preforming religious ceremonies. | | | Dorje is a common given-name for men in people of Tibetan culture. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorje
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| | Dorje - definition of Dorje in Encyclopedia |
| | Dorje can also refer to a small sceptre held in the right hand by Tibetan lamas during religious ceremonies. | | | Vajra is a Sanskrit word meaning both thunderbolt and diamond and refers to a symbol important to both Hinduism and Buddhism. | | | The equivalent word in Tibetan is dorje, which is also a common male name in Tibet and Bhutan. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Dorje
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| | A Dorje or dorji is a ritual object traditionally held in the right hand of a Tibetan Lama during religious ceremonies. | | | Literally, dorje means prince of stones, or diamond (also indestructable), but symbolically the term represents the 'thunderbolt of enlightenment,' the sudden change in human consciousness recognised by mystics, such as what was said to happen to the Buddha, Saul of Tarsus, or Mohammed. |
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http://www.yourencyclopedia.net/Dorje.html
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| | Ghanta & Dorje Sets |
| | Dorje is Tibetan for indestructible diamond scepter, and is symbolic of compassion. | | | he Ghanta and Dorje are the principle ritual objects of Tantric Buddhism. | | | Bodhisattva Trading Company’s Ghanta and Dorje sets are made by Tibetan living masters of the bell making tradition. |
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http://www.bodhisattva.com/ghanta_dorje.htm
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| | Dorje Shugden, Dorje Shugdan |
| | Following his death, Dorje Shudgen was adopted as the protector of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. | | | She wanted to know why, if Buddhism was a religion of peace and gentleness, this Buddha was armed. | | | The guide explained that the Buddha was Dorje Shugden, who was the Dharma Protector of the center. |
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http://kwelos.tripod.com/dorjeshugden.htm
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| | Press Article on Tibet, the Dalai Lama and Dorje Shugden |
| | Dorje was portrayed as an evil being responsible for the failure to attain Tibetan independence and for many other problerns. | | | You are a practitioner of Dorje Shugden, a deity that is accused of being a demon and of taking the souls of those who worship him. | | | Dewang explained that in Tibetan Buddhism there are thousands of beneficent deities with wrathful aspects, and that they only subdue evil and show their wrath against obstacles that prevent spiritual realisations. |
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http://www.tibet-internal.com/MasAlla.html
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| | Dorje rdo rje |
| | Cha-na Dorje, Chagna Dorje phyag na rdo rje (chag-na dorje) (Tibetan) Holder of the thunderbolt-diamond; translation of Sanskrit vajrapani. | | | Dorje is the scepter of power, whether spiritual or temporal, and appears on the altars of the Gelukpas together with the bell and cymbals: "It is also a Mudra, a gesture and posture used in sitting for meditation. | | | Dorje rdo rje (Tibetan) Equivalent to the Sanskrit vajra, meaning both thunderbolt and diamond. |
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http://www.experiencefestival.com/dorje_rdo_rje
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| | Encyclopedia: Urgyen Trinley Dorje |
| | Trinley Thaye Dorje Trinley Thaye Dorje (born 6 May 1983, Lhasa, Tibet) is the 17th Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu school, one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism. | | | June 26, 1985), also spelled Ogyen Trinley Dorje (and Orgyen Trinley Dorje and Ugyen Trinely Dorje) is recognized by many followers as the 17th Karmapa, leader of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. | | | Urgyen Trinley Dorje had complained to Chinese authorities that he was unable to obtain in China the specialized instruction he needed to complete his studies and to realize his full spiritual authority. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Urgyen-Trinley-Dorje
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| | Vajra |
| | In the Buddhist tradition, the bell is visualized as the body, the dorje is the mind, and the sound of the bell is regarded as the speech of the Buddha. | | | The vajra or dorje and its complementary object, the bell (Skt.: ghanta) are the characteristic ritual implements of Vajrayana or the tantric methods of Buddhism. | | | The double dorje (visvavajra) is also associated with Amogasiddhi (Tibetan: Donyo drupa), who is the Karma family buddha whose name means Unfailing Accomplishment. |
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http://www.khandro.net/ritual_vajra.htm
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| | dorje |
| | Symbolically a dorje represents the 'thunderbolt of enlightenment,' that abrupt change in human consciousness which is recognised by all the great religions as a pivotal episode in the lives of mystics and saints. | | | Dorje is a common given-name for men in people of Tibetan culture. | | | The Tibetans call this "the Great Death" to distinguish it from that physical one which will be the experience of us all. |
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http://www.greenkiwi.co.nz/footprints/faq/dorje.htm
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| | Bell and Dorje Set from Nepal |
| | The Bell and Dorje are the main ritual objects used in Vajrayana Buddhism (also known as Tantric Buddhism). | | | Hence in Buddhism the Dorje became associated with the path to enlightenment. | | | It originally was a symbol for the Thunderbolt, wielded by the Hindu god Indra. |
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http://www.siamese-dream.com/page/siam1/PROD/CMbelldorje
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| | Translator Discusses Life of 17th Karmapa in Lotus Talk |
| | She said Dorje was aware of his importance at the age of four, when his mother was planning to offer some of her butter to a shrine for several Buddhist Lamas. | | | Translator Michele Martin said Dorje, who leads one of the four Buddhist lineages, demonstrated extrasensory perception as a child. | | | For years, the Chinese government bribed monks in Dorje's Tibetan monastery to spy on him, Martin said. |
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http://www.reversespins.com/karmapa.html
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| | An Interview with Trinley Thaye Dorje, the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa |
| | The 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje (1924-1981), was furthermore instrumental in introducing Tibetan Buddhism to the West. | | | The 14th Kunzig Shamarpa, the second highest Lama in the Karma Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, identified the Karmapa by using the centuries old spiritual procedures. | | | The Karmapas have been the spiritual heads of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism since the 12th century. |
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http://www.diamondway.org/bt/bt8interview.htm
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| | Karmapa the Black Hat Lama of Tibet |
| | Welcome to the site of H.H. 17th Karmapa Trinlay Thaye Dorje, the spiritual head of the Karma Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. | | | On Monday, December 1, 2003, the Vidyadhara ceremony of the 17th Karmapa, Trinlay Thaye Dorje, took place at the Karmapa International Buddhist Institute in New Delhi. | | | Over 648 Buddhist centers and monasteries of the Karma Kagyu lineage in 51 countries follow H.H. the 17th Karmapa Trinlay Thaye Dorje. |
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http://www.karmapa.org
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| | Dharma Protector Duldzin Dorje Shugden |
| | Dorje Shugden rides a snow lion, the symbol of the four fearlessnesses of a Buddha, and has a jewel-spitting mongoose perched on his left arm, symbolizing his power to bestow wealth on those who put their trust in him. | | | Dorje Shugden appears as a fully ordained monk to show that the practice of pure moral discipline is essential for those who wish to attain enlightenment. | | | Dorje Shugden does not help only Kadampas; because he is a Buddha he helps all living beings, including non-Buddhists. |
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http://www.meditationincolorado.org/dorjeshugden.htm
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| | Re: Dorje Drolo and the Buddha Dharma |
| | Re: Dorje Drolo and the Buddha Dharma Barbara 17:47:19 25/2/2004 ( | | | Re: Dorje Drolo and the Buddha Dharma Sangye Yeshe und andere Tantriker 21:36:33 05/10/2004 ( | | | Re: Dorje Drolo and the Buddha Dharma Dorje Zangpo 16:18:52 18/9/2004 ( |
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http://www.khordong.de/forum/messages/1557.html
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| | Geshe Kelsang Gyatso's Open Letter to the Dalai Lama |
| | If the worship of Dorje Shugden is really harming the Tibetan cause, your people and your life, then you have good reasons for this ban, but I need clear evidence from you. | | | If Dorje Shugden practice is really harmful, then this implies that both Je Phabongkhapa and Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche made a big mistake and misled their disciples. | | | Nowadays, there is much debate and argument about you, myself and Dorje Shugden, which is causing the reputation of Buddhists world-wide to degenerate. |
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http://www.cesnur.org/testi/fr99/gkg2.htm
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| | Dorje Reiki |
| | "Dorje" is the Tibetan word for "diamond-like, or lightning" {"Vajra" in Sanskrit.} "Dorje" stands for the divine universal diamond-like light/lightning which permeates all of existence and energizes all living things and the understanding of which can arrive to an individual in a flash of light. | | | It is related to the concept of Kundalini and gTumo in the sense of the merging of spiritual energy with the physical for the purpose of healing and enlightenment. | | | In order to provide a bridge for those who know Reiki, as well as Tibetan concepts of energy and life, these terms are use to suggest an approach, not a direct connection with things Tibetan and/or Reiki, either in required beliefs or Tibetan practices, in general. |
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http://webpages.charter.net/lrsmith/dorje.htm
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| | Tibetan Medicine as Taught by Dr. Kelsang Dorje, B.T.M.S., teacher of Michael Kreuzer and Tibet Medicine Doctor ... |
| | Dorje, after working in the Materia Medica Department of TMAI, is now a practicing Tibetan Doctor at the Tibetan Medical Center in the Himalayan region of Sikkim, India. | | | Kelsang Dorje, B.T.M.S, (affectionately referred to as Keldor-la) completed a five year course of Menpa Kachupa or Bachelor of Traditional Tibetan Medicine and Surgery at His Holiness the Dalai Lama's Tibetan Medical and Astro. | | | Michael has stuided Tibetan Medicine in the Himalayas in Dharamsala, India with Dr. Dorje and continues to study with him from time to time. |
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http://www.ayurveda-berkeley.com/tibetan_medicine_doctor_kelsang_dorje_teacher_background.htm
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| | The 3rd Karmapa - the Karmapa website |
| | Not content with this, Rangjung Dorje sought out and studied with the greatest scholars and experts of different traditions of knowledge, learning from all Buddhist traditions of the time. | | | Born to a family of a tantric practitioners of the Nyingma lineage in Dingri Langkor, in the Tsang region of Central Tibet, Rangjung Dorje sat up straight at the age of three and proclaimed that he was the Karmapa. | | | Rangjung Dorje, the Third Karmapa, learnt and mastered nearly all of the Buddhist teachings brought to Tibet from India |
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http://www.kagyuoffice.org/kagyulineage.karmapa3.html
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| | HH3 Karmapa - Ranjung Dorje |
| | Rangjung Dorje was a supreme meditator, and he was of prime importance for the continuation and enrichment of the meditative tradition. | | | Rangjung Dorje sought out masters of all the Buddhist traditions of the time, studying with Trophu Kunden Sherab and Nyenre Gendun Bum among others. | | | The Shamarpa lineage is the second line of reincarnates in the history of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition (the Karmapas being the first), and it began when Rangjung Dorje presented Khaydrup Dragpa Senge with a ruby-red crown, and the title Shamarpa (Holder of the Red Crown). |
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http://www.kagyu-asia.com/l_kar3.html
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| | Karma Dorje |
| | After blessing Dorje and his mala, Rinpoche gave him the name Karma Dorje and said he should receive the Manjushri Empowerment when he was old enough since this was the path he should follow during this lifetime. | | | That evening Dorje's mother asked where he wanted to place the stickers and his reply was "on my bedroom door so they will know a Lama sleeps here." This was just one of many things occurring over the years that always made me raise an eyebrow. | | | I gave him the name Tashi Dorje (Auspicious Thunderbolt) and as the years passed, Dorje often requested time in "padme" as he refered to our meditation room. |
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http://home.comcast.net/~drolma/dorje.htm
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| | As it was foretold directly and through the lineage, Terton Migyur Dorje several times over during his lifetime transmitted a great river of ripening empowerments, liberating commentaries and transmission of the Nam Cho, the kama and the terma. | | | Just as Lord Buddha Shakyamuni was born without harming his mother or causing her even the slightest bit of pain, the Vidyadhara Migyur Dorje was painlessly born on the seventh day of the ninth month of that same year. | | | His bone relics were marked with the vowels and consonants of the Tibetan language. |
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http://www.bodhi.org/Namcho/namcho_AboutNamcho_migyurdorje.html
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| | Bell and Dorje |
| | The dorje was originally a symbol for the thunderbolt, as associated with the Hindu god Indra. | | | The bell and dorje are two ritual objects used by Buddhists during ceremonies. | | | In the same way, enlightenment - which Buddhists strive for and use a dorje to try and achieve - can cut through ignorance and confusion in our life. |
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http://www.holisticshop.co.uk/itemdetl.php?itemprcd=BELL1
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| | Little Devices |
| | "In Tibetan Buddism the Dorje (called Vajra by the Hindus) is used by Tibetan Gods to make lightning and is often called the thunderbolt mandala. | | | "dorje embodies not only the brilliance of refracted or reflected illumination, but it also symbolizes the impervious and fixed solidity of the point of power around which all else turns - the axis mundi or hub of the world. | | | " -- What is a dorje, and what does it mean? |
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http://www.littledevices.com/sticks/dorje
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| | KTD--The Eighth Karmapa, Mikyo Dorje-- |
| | Mikyo Dorje was one of the most renowned of the Karmapas, being a powerful meditation master, a prolific and erudite scholar, and author of some thirty important works, including very significant texts on the profoundest philosophy known to Buddhism: the devoid of other (shentong) view. | | | Mikyo Dorje, was heard to say, "Karmapa" at birth. | | | Thus he saw he had been the Guru Rinpoche of the former Buddha Dipamkara and, in general, the activity-aspect of all thousand Buddhas of our universe. |
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http://www.kagyu.org/karmapa/kag/kag23.html
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| | Bell & Dorje Bronze |
| | The bell and dorje are important ritual objects of Tibetan Buddhism. | | | The dorje represents the male principle of skillful means, and the bell represents the female aspect of supreme wisdom. | | | The detail of these cast metal implements is aesthetically pleasing and every aspect of their form is rich with symbolic meaning. |
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http://www.silkroads.com/ritualobjects/51001.html
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| | THE KARMAPA CONTROVERSY |
| | The 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje was seated on the ground floor and a statue of Sakyamuni Buddha was placed on the first floor. | | | Thirdly, all the highly realized monks of the Vajrayana Buddhism, like H.H. the Dalai Lama, H.H. Sakya Trizin and many other compassionate religious practitioners, have in their wisdom said that Urgyen Trinley Dorje of Tibet is the 17th Karmapa. | | | If you believe Urgyen Trinley Dorje is the Karmapa, your faith and the blessing of your master will quite naturally take you close to Karmapa Urgyen Trinley Dorje. |
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http://www.rinpoche.com/controversy.htm
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| | Rumtek--His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje-- |
| | His Holiness the Seventeenth Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje was born in Tibet in 1985 and was recognized in 1992 through a prediction letter left by his predecessor, the Sixteenth Karmapa Ranjung Rigpe Dorje. | | | For official news of His Holiness Karmapa's current activities and a chronicle of his time in the land of the Buddha's birth, visit His Holiness in India. | | | All great Kagyu teachers regard His Holiness Karmapa as the embodiment and source of all of the blessings of the lineage. |
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http://www.rumtek.org/hh/hh00.html
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| | The 17th Karmapa, Thaye Dorje |
| | Currently, Thaye Dorje lives in Kalimpong, India where, under the guidance of teachers such as Kunzig Shamar Rinpoche, Khenpo Chodrak Rinpoche and Professor Sempa Dorje, he continues an intensive Buddhist education. | | | He then was given the name Thinley (meaning Buddha activity) Thaye (limitless) Dorje (unchanging). | | | In November 1996 he joined the monkhood by receiving refuge vows in a large ceremony at the Buddha Gaya Temple. |
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http://www.diamondway.org/texas/thaye.html
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| | Station Hill Authors --Rinjing Dorje |
| | She gave birth to Rinjing Dorje in 1949, the Tibetan year of the Earth-Ox. | | | Rinjing Dorje took the vows of a novice monk and joined Muen Monastery in Tibet. | | | It was then, sitting around the crackling camp fires, that Rinjing heard the amusing tales of the ever-popular Uncle Tompa from the other herders. |
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http://www.stationhill.org/dorje.html
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| | Keith Dowman / Dzogchen Masters |
| | At the completion of his period of renunciation and ascetic practices, Garab Dorje had comprehended both the outer and inner paths and most particularly he had apprehended the sixty-four hundred thousand Dzogchen verses. | | | Garab Dorje then journeyed to Bodhgaya to the terrible Sitavana cremation ground, where he remained for the rest of his life. | | | The first of the transmission texts of the Mind Series is called "The Cuckoo: Total Presence" (Rikpai Kuchuk) otherwise known as "The Six Vajra Verses". |
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http://www.keithdowman.net/lineage/dzokchen_masters.htm
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| | Simhanada---The Very Venerable Mingyur Dorje Rinpoche |
| | ingyur Dorje Rinpoche is the incarnation of the Great Terton Yongle Mingyur Dorje of the 17th century, who was foretold by Guru Rinpoche himself. | | | The Terton Mingyur Dorje revealed practices on Dorje Drollo and Padmasambhava. | | | Mingyur Rinpoche has also received transmissions and instructions from Lama Tashi Dorje, Adi Rinpoche and Saljay Rinpoche on Buddhism and Mahamudra. |
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http://www.simhas.org/mingyur.html
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| | Diamond Way Buddhism.org |
| | The 17th Karmapa was given the name of Trinlay (meaning Buddha activity) Thaye (limitless) Dorje (unchanging). | | | When he was 13 years old, he left Bhutan to study and practice under the spiritual guidance of his uncle Lama Sherab Dorje in Nepal. | | | The 17th Karmapa Thaye Dorje currently resides in Kalimpong, India, where he continues his spiritual training and Western education. |
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http://www.diamondway-buddhism.org/?col=03&t=teachers.htm
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| | Karmapa and Shamarpa, past and present tradition |
| | The Dzogtchen tulku, Chökyi Dorje, who was head of the famous Nyingma monastery in Dzogtchen, had predicted the birth of a great bodhisattva in the Athoub family. | | | A delegation was sent to find the boy, and he was quickly recognized as the 16th incarnation of the Gyalwa Karmapa. | | | Following his advice, the future mother went to live in the cave near Padmasambhava, called the Celestial Castle of the Lion. |
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http://www.dhagpo-kagyu.org/anglais/gksh-ang/16karmapa.htm
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| | The boy buddha |
| | Ugyen Trinley Dorje exudes a spiritual opulence that belies his relatively | | | The Karmapa's sober temperament is said to mirror that of the holy man he | | | Many put Dorje's survival down to divine powers. |
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http://www.tibet.ca/wtnarchive/2001/8/2_3.html
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| | Ngakpa Rig'dzin Dorje |
| | In the west it remains to seen whether, against the cultural norm, parents will ever come to be adopted as spiritual teachers by their own children; in the way that Jétsun Khandro Rinpoche refers to her father Kyabjé Minling Trichen Rinpoche. | | | He has a white tan-chu, 'half-chuba', the wrap-around skirt which is in effect the lower portion of the chuba, the dressing-gown style of coat or overcoat worn by most Tibetan people. | | | One of the Chinese emperors, while China was the 'patron' of Tibet, granted the Tibetan aristocracy, as a mark of high respect, the right to wear the yellow silk brocade which was otherwise the exclusive privilege of the emperor. |
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http://www.aroter.org/images/arolamas/rdhenry_park.htm
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| | Biography of the Very Venerable 7th Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche |
| | A great number of noble lamas, tulkus, and sangha members of all the schools of Tibetan Buddhism received his terma teachings, either directly from Yongey Mingyur Dorje or indirectly from one of his students. | | | Yongey Mingyur Dorje's three main termas were the cycles of Guru Dorje Drollo, Shitro Padma Vajra, and the longevity sadhana Tsedrub Tabshe Khajor; these cycles include many subsidiary activity practices and other methods. | | | In the later part of his life, Yongey Mingyur Dorje followed the yogic lifestyle of a mahasiddha. |
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http://www.mingyur.org/biography/mingyur-bio.html
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| | Dharma Chakra Centre--Welcome-- |
| | This puja was to be held in Rumtek as per the recent order of His Holiness the 17th Karmapa Orgyen Trinley Dorje. | | | On October 23, 2005 His Eminence Tai Situ Rinpoche completed the teachings of Mahamudra to His Holiness and the Tsurphu Labrang made a mandala offering to His Eminence. | | | Photo gallery: His Eminence Gyaltsab Rinpoche led a special Lamae Naljor (Guru Yoga) puja of His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje on July 14, in the private residence of the Karmapa atop the monastery. |
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http://www.rumtek.org
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| | Simhanada--- 16th Karmapa Rigpe Dorje |
| | His Holiness the Karmapa, with Situ Rinpoche, traveled to Tsurphu Monastery and was welcomed by Nenang Pawo Rinpoche, the 2nd Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche and Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche. | | | Rigpe Dorje likewise received confirmation and the hair cutting ceremony from His Holiness the 13th Dalai Lama. | | | Based on the prediction letter left behind by the 15th Karmapa, and the 11th Situ Rinpoche’s own wisdom, His Holiness was soon discovered. |
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http://www.simhas.org/karma16.html
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| | Drubchen Melong Dorje |
| | Thus blessed by numerous visions of the great Bodhisattvas and founders of the lineage, Melong Dorje was directly empowered in the Atiyoga teachings by Vajrasattva. | | | It is notable that Vidyadhara Kumaraja also received many teachings from Orgyenpa together with the Third Karmapa, Rangjung Dorje (the originator of the Karma Nyingthik lineage), when the latter was seven years old. | | | Six days after practicing Ngondro he had continuous visions of Vajrasattva. |
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http://www.dzogchenmonastery.org/melong_dorje.html
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| | Thaye Dorje - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Trinley Thaye Dorje (born 6 May 1983, Lhasa, Tibet) is recognized by many followers as the 17th Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu school, one of the four main schools of Tibetan Buddhism. | | | Trinley Thaye Dorje currently lives in Kalimpong, India. | | | However, the identity of the 17th Karmapa is highly disputed. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaye_Dorje
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| | The Sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje |
| | The Sixteenth Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, was known as a living embodiment of boundless compassion. | | | Since that time the Karmapas have predicted the details of their own rebirths, and as the spiritual leaders of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, they also give instructions for finding the new incarnations of many other teachers. | | | The 16th Karmapa is no longer with us, but the new Karmapa, Thaye Dorje, has been recognized, and is beginning to teach. |
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http://www.dharma-haven.org/tibetan/karmapa-xvi.htm
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| | The Action Lama - Steven Seagal |
| | As a tertön, Chungdrag Dorje rediscovered teachings and sacred objects hidden by Padmasambhava in the eighth century. | | | Texts of the teachings discovered by Chungdrag Dorje have apparently not survived the Chinese Cultural Revolution. | | | Though they were beneficial during the time they flourished, for various reasons some tertön teaching lineages have ceased. |
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http://www.tibet.dk/karmapa_trust/seagal.htm
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| | Amazon.com: Footprint Tibet Handbook : The Travel Guide: Books: Gyurme Dorje |
| | The author, Dr Gyurme Dorje, is a Tibetologist, who has been involved in Tibetan studies for over 30 years, and has authored several books on diverse aspects of Tibetan culture. | | | The greatest strength of this book is that it is the only guidebook to give a substantial account of all parts of the Tibetan plateau, both inside and outside the so-called Tibetan Autonomous Region. | | | The book avoids the traditional steriotypes of Tibet and includes much information directly translated from original Tibetan sources as well as data derived from more than 50 fieldwork expeditions and trips in Tibet. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1900949334?v=glance
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| | A short history of the Karma Kagyu Lineage |
| | The fourth was transmitted from Khandro Kalpa Zangmo and includes the tantra known as "Gyepa Dorje" (S. Hevajra), and the practice called "Tummo". | | | Four of his disciples founded the four major Kagyu Schools: Babrom Dharma Wangchuk founded the Babrom Kagyu, Pagdru Dorje Gyalpo founded the Pagdru Kagyu, Shang Tsalpa Tsondru Drag founded the Tsalpa Kagyu, and Karmapa Dusum Khyenpa founded the Kamtsang Kagyu, also known as the Karma Kagyu school. | | | The eight minor Kagyu lineages originated with Pagdru Dorje Gyalpo's eight main disciples. |
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http://www.dhagpo-kagyu.org/anglais/gksh-ang/history_kag_lineage/kagyu_lineage.htm
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| | Tibetan Prayer Bell and Dorje. Use for meditation or just pure enjoyment. |
| | In Tibetan Buddism the Dorje (called Vajra by the Hindus) is used by Tibetan Gods to make lightning and is often called the thunderbolt mandala. | | | Before a prayer or chanting one would ring or "sing" the bell to clear the mind of worldly matters and dispel stress and tension. | | | The bell can be rung, struck like a gong or made to sing similarly to the Tibetan singing bowls. |
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http://www.armchair.com/store/sound/tibet3.html
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| | The Five Meditating Buddhas - An Enquiry into Spiritual Aesthetics |
| | The Vajra is the quintessential symbol of Vajrayana Buddhism, which derives its name from the vajra itself. | | | The Sanskrit term vajra means 'the hard or mighty one', and its Tibetan equivalent dorje means an indestructible hardness and brilliance like the diamond, which cannot be cut or broken. | | | The fifth Dhyani Buddha is Amoghasiddhi, whose distinctive emblem is the double dorje, also known as the crossed vajra. |
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http://www.exoticindiaart.com/article/dhyanibuddhas
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| | The 8th Karmapa - the Karmapa website |
| | The Eighth Karmapa, Mikyö Dorje, realized the activity of the Karmapas and Guru Rinpoche as the activity-aspect of all thousand Buddhas of our universe. | | | Have no doubts, I am the Karmapa." Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche enthroned him the following year when he was six. | | | At the age of fifty nine, he passed into parinirvana with many great signs of realization. |
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http://www.kagyuoffice.org/kagyulineage.karmapa8.html
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