Dearest Friends @ CAS,   Two years ago, today, CAS's precious Root Teacher, His Holiness the 100th Ganden Trisur, Jetsun Lobsang Nyima Rinpoche, manifested the Great Passing as a final teaching to His disciples.   The 100th Ganden Trisur Rinpoche was the 100th Supreme Head of the Gelugpa School of Tibetan Buddhism, the school from which the Dalai Lamas and the Panchen Lamas are principally affiliated to and the largest and most influential of the 4 Tibetan Buddhist lineages.     Amidst the thick of Most Ven Drikung Ontrul Rinpoche's programme, we believed it proper to remember our old Teacher.   We, so, sent you the archived article 2 years ago and the other links about the 100th Trisur Rinpoche's extraordinary life and accomplishments.   Just as how Trisur Rinpoche told us a few months before passing to "just do whatever Kyabje Trulshig Rinpoche ( now the Supreme Head of the Nyingma School ) advises" and that "there is no need to question" anything that Trulshig Rinpoche advises, we share with you all, too, a special prayer-request to the Ganden Trisur by Kyabje Trulshig to come back once more to our suffering world.   Do join us in making the sincerest aspirations that Trisur Rinpoche come back to us again for the good of the Dharma and the benefit of all mother beings:   "HEIR TO THE VICTORIOUS GENTLE PROTECTOR TSONGKHAPA. SCHOLAR AND ACCOMPLISHED MASTER, LOBSANG CHOKYI NYIMA RINPOCHE. WE PRAY THAT THE NEW MOON FACE OF YOUR EMANATION RE-APPEAR, ONLY TO FOLLOW YOUR FOOTSTEPS."   As offered by HH Kyabje Trulshig Rinpoche ( Head of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism )   bb & all @ CAS, in complete homage to the 100th Ganden Trisur Rinpoche. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________     Subject: [CASonline] Our Root Master -- the 100th Ganden Trisur.           _____________________________________________________________________________________________________       His Holiness the 100th Ganden Trisur Supreme Head Emeritus of the Gelugpa Lineage ( 1929 - 2008 ) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________   CAS's Root Teacher, the 100th Throne-Holder of Je Tzongkhapa, Supreme Head Emeritus of the Gelugpa Tradition, manifested the Great Passing at 4:25 am, Singapore time, in the 100th Ganden Tripa Labrang in Drepung Loseling Monastery, India.   Jetsun Lobsang Nyima - His Holiness the 100th Ganden Trisur Rinpoche -- has agreed to extend His holy presence in the Human Realm at the heartfelt requests of His disciples and especially at the expressed wish of His Holiness the Dalai Lama since 2000 when He first indicated His wish to show the Great Passing.   Without showing any signs of discomfort or illness, Trisur Rinpoche entered deep meditation of the death processes early this morning and is currently resting in "Thuk Dam", the consummation of the meditative states.      The 100th Ganden Trisur is one of the rarest amongst the one hundred Gelugpa Heads or "Ganden Tripas" who not only fully completed His 7 years' term as the official head of Tibet's largest lineage, in addition to reigning over another 7 years as a "Ganden Trisur", the supreme head emeritus.       All of CAS's friends and students owe Trisur Rinpoche unrepayable debt and every of CAS's projects and programmes are a direct consequence of Trisur Rinpoche's deep blessings and inconceivable kindness and compassion.   We offer our hearts to serve Rinpoche whole-heartedly in all our lives.   _______________________________________________________________________________________________________   Synopsis of the 100th Ganden Trisur's extraordinary life: http://www.loselingmonastery.org/index.php?id=47&type=p _____________________________________________________________________________________________   Heart Mantra of the 100th Ganden Trisur Rinpoche: "Om Ah Guru Vajradhara Sumati Surya Siddhi Hung Hung" _____________________________________________________________________________________________       Related Articles !!   Special Issue: Meeting the 100th Ganden Trisur --  http://www.casotac.com/CASonline%20Articles/19092008.html   The Dalai Lama: "Preserve the Ganden Trisur !!" http://www.casotac.com/CASonline%20Articles/01102008.html   Rinpoche's "Thukdam" http://www.casotac.com/CASonline%20Articles/08102008.html