Read about the latest happenings in the Dorje Shugden world, gathered firsthand from the very people who experience them, organise them and participate in them.
The images below capture Venerable Achok Rinpoche giving teachings and the oral transmission of Lama Tsongkhapa’s practice at Serpom Monastery in conjunction with the holy celebrations of Saga Dawa in 2014.
Read moreOn 5 – 12 March 2014, more than 400,000 people from Chatreng and the nearby villages attended the Monlam Festival at Sampheling Monastery. The Gelugpa Monlam Chenmo (Great Prayer Festival) is one of the most significant and important religious events in Tibetan Buddhism.
Read moreIn Jinka Monastery, 5,000 devotees received Dorje Shugden’s life entrustment initiation from Khenpo Zongluo Jampa Khedrup Rinpoche of Chamdo Jampa Ling Monastery.
Read moreDecember 2013 saw a reunion of two great minds when His Eminence Kyabje Yongyal Rinpoche paid a visit to His Eminence Tsem Rinpoche in New York, accompanied by Venerable Zawa Rinpoche and Achok Rinpoche.
Read moreThe Serpom School opened its doors in the year 2009. Modelled on the Tibetan Buddhist educational system with an emphasis on debate, the students have regular classes in the mornings, with debate sessions held twice a day in the mornings and evenings.
Read moreGaden Yangchen Phuntsok Ling Monastery held a four-day Winter Ritual Dance between 31 October and 3 November 2013 with a large crowd gathering to watch the monks dance in their ceremonial robes and receive blessings.
Read moreThe Venerable 7th Panglung Kuten of Sera Monastery traveled to Tibet in September 2013 at the invitation and request of many. At the various locations that he visited, the Panglung Oracle took full and glorious trance of the King Protector Dorje Shugden and his grand minister, Kache Marpo.
Read moreFrom 6 to 22 March 2013, Lama Jampa Ngodup gave an extended 17-day teaching on the Lamrim based on the text “Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand”, originally an oral discourse given by His Holiness Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche.
Read moreIn 2013, a beautiful 5-foot Dorje Shugden statue was commissioned for a temple in Liaoning, China. This statue was installed as the main icon in the Protector chapel of Rui Ying Si, a monastery located in the Mongolian Autonomous Region of China.
Read moreA picture in the article entitled “Monks study at branch school of Yunnan Institute of Buddhist Studies” clearly shows a framed picture of the mandala of Dorje Shugden. This is an encouraging sign of the growth of Dorje Shugden’s practice.
Read moreThe inauguration of Serpom Monastery lasted five days from 18 to 22 December 2011 and included many auspicious activities including teachings, commentaries, debate sessions, prayers and speeches from invited dignitaries.
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