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  His Holiness
The 84th
Throne-Holder of the Nyingma Kathok School
Lodro Tenpay Gyaltshen Pal
Zang Po
Lhoga Tulku Rinpoche:
"The most
important practice is the ( cultivation of ) Bodhicitta !!"
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Guru Padmasambhava
prophesied thus on Lhoga Rinpoche in
several of His precious termas such as those preserved
in the Longsal Nyingpo and the Duddul Dorje cycles: --
Upon
the Flaming Vajra Dharma Throne of Kathok, the Manifestation
of Manjusri, This
prophecy is contained in the text "Unsurpassable
heart-essence of the Dharma - the
auspiscious gathering of Yidams - the Blazing Lamp of Empowerment" ____________
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Dearest
Friends @ CAS,
Barely 7 days would
have passed after HE the Luding Khen Rinpoche's programme, before
Singapore witnessed the arriving of HH the great Kathok
Khenchen Lhoga Tulku Rinpoche, the 84th Throne-Holder of the Nyingma
Kathok Tradition.
The Nyingma Kathok
Lineage is the most ancient lineage within the Nyingma School
and is the direct predecessor to many of the other lineages within
the Nyingma Tradition, especially with regard to the Palyul and
the Dzogchen.
Our Friends @ CAS
are no stranger to the Nyingma Kathok: Kathok Getse Rinpoche --
one of the historical "Five Golden Throne-Holders of the
Kathok" -- has just left barely one month back.
CAS enjoyed
a particularly close relationship to Lhoga Rinpoche, having come
under Rinpoche's protection, blessing and guidance many times
and throughout so many lives !!
[ Source: Lhoga
Rinpoche. ]
According to Tulku
Arig, Lhoga Rinpoche's own Teacher who is a highly-attained
Bodhisattva, Lhoga Rinpoche has "attained undoubted fruition
of the Great Perfection".
[ Source: "The
Sun of Dharma of the East" -- the sacred biography of the 84th
Throne-Holder of the Kathok Nyingma Lineage: Lhoga Rinpoche ]
We, ourselves, were more than amazed
more than a few times with Rinpoche !!
CAS is
deeply honoured to be of service to this great Master
!!
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Lhoga Rinpoche, being a prime
lineage-holder of the Nyingma Tradition, is the rare beacon
of the Buddha's Teachings in Tibet, who assiduously and selflessly
traversed across Tibet's vast plateau, bestowing salvation,
blessings and protection, through teaching of the
Buddha's Nectar-Dharma --
Unbelievable
"miracles" abounded of Lhoga Rinpoche, especially when He transmitted the
Buddha's pure Teachings to the high officials, the humble nomads
and colourful students in the Far East, the West and where
else, Singapore.
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Some "Asides"
ONE
The worried beings
@ CAS did not receive confirmation of the arrival of the
100th Ganden Trisur to Singapore, then, in 2002.
Well, we had a
big and long programme to plan and the venue, posters and all
are pending !!
Outside the open
lawn in front of the former Kathok centre, Lhoga Rinpoche
glanced into the sky and replied to the beings' frantic questions that
the 100th Ganden Trisur would definitely arrive in the beginning
of 2002. He added that the Ganden Trisur's attendant would
call "in a few days".
He then pressed
His palms together and told us that the 100th Ganden Trisur is
a great Bodhisattva and wanted us to tell Trisur Rinpoche
to live-long. The beings promised to do so, to send the deep
wishes of one great being to another.....
( Things were
not looking good ..... details of Trisur Rinpoche's Singapore-trip was
then at least 3 months past overdue !! )
3 days later,
the Ganden Trisur's monk called out-of-the-blue to inform that
Trisur Rinpoche would arrive in March 2002 !!
Just Lhoga Rinpoche
and His pure love, pure compassion, pure Bodhicitta. No rosary
beads ( where Tibetan masters used to make prediction ),
no prediction-dice.
That's attainment
!!
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TWO
Our monks just
keep clinching the few top positions in the annual great Gelugpa
Geshe examinations.
These to-be Geshes needed
to make great offerings -- ranging between the range of at
least 5 to 10 thousand Singapore dollars !! -- to round up the
accumulation of Merit. They are deemed to have accumulated great
Wisdom at this stage after having survived the hyper-rigorous
Gelugpa monastic-scholastic system for more than the past 20 years
at least !!
The dual accumulation
of Wisdom and Merit are indispensable tools towards Buddhahood
!!
The ( again !!
) worried beings @ CAS asked for help once more. This time, Lhoga
Rinpoche, blinked, and assured us that the 8 thousand
Singapore dollars for the to-be Geshes would come ..... "in a
few days" !!
We touched
our crowns to His blessed legs and wished for the best.
About 5 days
later, one close friend offered four thousand dollars and
the other friend -- an Indonesian magnate -- quietly sitting beside our
friend, heard us and gave another four thousand.
We looked up and
Lhoga Rinpoche, glorious and holy, on His throne, flashed
His knowing smile, nodded towards us from across the centre and
continued with the bestowal of Longsal Nyingpo's Red Singhamukha
in-the-form-
Once more, no prediction
dice, no grabbing of rosary beads -- just spontaneous arising
of pure Great Perfection !!
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THREE
One of the "Five
Supreme Founding Sakya Masters", the Chogyal
Phagpa -- enroute to the court of Kublai Khan -- on the
precarious mission of replacing Mongolian imperialistic ambitions
with that of the Buddha's liberating Bodhicitta, stoopped
by the great Kathok Monastery and sought blessinngs
from the then Kathok throne-holder. Chogyal
Phagpa received prophesies and blessings and returned, triumphant, years
after, with the most exotic gifts ( including an exquisite,
huge crystal-glass stupa !! ), in gratitude to His Nyingma
Guru from the Kathok Monastery.
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The Dharma Programme
of
His Holiness
the 84th Throne-Holder of the
Nyingma Kathok
Tradition
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The Nyingma
Kathok Buddhist Centre ( Singapore )
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CAS
Dharma-Sharing:
( Excerpted from http://www.tersar.
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