Pannabodhi rinpoche
- Pabongka rinpoche reincarnation
- Pabongkhapa Déchen Nyingpo was a Gelug lama of the modern era of Tibetan Buddhism.
- Pabongka Rinpoche is a very important figure of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism.
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Holy and Profound Pabongka Rinpoche
When I was in my teens in Los Angeles back in the 80’s, I came across a picture book on Tibet. There were many pictures in black and white of the Tibetans of the past and their way of life. I kept flipping through the book and I came across a picture of a lama, portly and on a throne. The caption read, “Pabongka, A high lama of Lhasa” and that was it. I could not stop staring. I was attracted. I was mesmerized. I photocopied the picture and framed it and put on my shrine. My respect, ‘infatuation’ and faith for this great lama started back then in the 1980’s from flipping through the book. There were other similar pictures of other lamas, but they didn’t attract me. I was very attracted and gained faith in His Holiness Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche from just that picture. Maybe it opened a past life imprint? I don’t know. But my faith and confidence over the decades has only grown about this great lama. His writings, teachings and explanations are beyond profound and from direct experiential knowledge.
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Did you know this about Pabongka Rinpoche?
Dear friends,
When I arrived in Howell, New Jersey back in 1972 as six year old boy going on seven, little did I know living ten minutes walk away was one of the greatest living masters from Tibet who was known then as Geshe Lobsang Tharchin and was a direct disciple of Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche the great. Later Geshe Lobsang Tharchin would be the abbot of Sera Mey and then retire and be known as Kensur Rinpoche Jetsun Lobsang Tharchin. Geshe Tharchin had arrived in Howell in 1971. Geshe-la was a direct teacher, scholar and didn’t joke around too much, at least with me. I would visit the temple (Rashi Gempil Ling) often for prayers, making offerings and getting teachings. This was the temple my family went to as well and contributed financially to. I was naturally attracted to this place and he was the teacher to my mother’s consternation. Geshe Tharchin was always kind but stern with me so I was very scared of him but wanted to be near him because I just knew he was not ordinary. I received my refuge vows, first teachings,
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Pabongkhapa Déchen Nyingpo
Buddhist lama
Pabongkhapa Déchen Nyingpo | |
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| Born | byams pa bstan 'dzin 'phrin las 1878 |
| Died | 1941 |
| Religion | Tibetan Buddhism |
| School | Gelug |
Pabongkhapa Déchen Nyingpo (Tibetan: ཕ་བོང་ཁ་པ་བདེ་ཆེན་སྙིང་པོ, Wylie: pha bong kha pa bde chen snying po; 1878–1941) was a Geluglama of the modern era of Tibetan Buddhism. He attained his Geshe degree at Sera Mey Monastic University, Lhasa, and became a teacher in Tibet. He teaches lay people. Pabongkha was offered the regency of the present Dalai Lama but declined the request because "he strongly disliked political affairs."[1]
Practice of Buddhism
Ribur Rinpoche described how Phabongkhapa met his root Guru:
His root guru was Dagpo Lama Rinpoche Jampael Lhuendrub Gyatso, from Lhoka. He was definitely a bodhisattva, and Pabongkha Rinpoche was his foremost disciple. He lived in a cave in Pasang and his main practice was bodhichitta; his main deity was Avalokiteshvara and he would recite 50,000 manis [the mantra, om mani padme hum] every night. When Kyabje Pabongk
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