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Nothing comes from nothing and nothing comes to nothing.

To know and understand this better, the reality we live in, we need to know and understand the past and the present that surrounds us. Increasingly, we live without connecting with the relation of cause and effect, interdependence. We look to see the fruits without the roots. This means that we have a superficial and not well-understood reality in which we live. Living almost everything as a fad, passing by and aimless.

By knowing the root, you will value the fruit and their seeds. In Buddhism, the roots are important and manifest themselves through the lineage. The lineage is the uninterrupted transmission of knowledge, feelings, blessings and accomplishments, moving on from master to disciple. From father to son.

Like a big family, which arises from a root with many distinct branches, Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha Shakyamuni, began this lineage. By His great compassion and wisdom He taught and showed the way for people in different ways, with different qualities. So then began the different traditions, each following a path shown by Buddha. Each tradition, school, or philosophical views may seem to be in direct contradiction with another, but are actually in perfect harmony - they lead to the same result by different means.

The Ganden Gelug Nyengyu - the Whispered Lineage of Ganden - is a branch of this vast spiritual family. It was brought to Tibet from India by Atisha Dipankara, and then passed down to Lama Tsongkhapa, the 4th Panchen Lama Losang Choekyi Gyaltsen; passed to lineage masters like H.H. Pabongka Dechen Nyingpo, H.H. Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche; and from them to the present generation of teachers who maintain and transmit these teachings excellently in both the East and West.

To convey the preciousness of this lineage, this film aims to connect us with our roots and appreciate them. Thus, creating value of the principles, values and knowledge we have and evoking gratitude for those handed down to us.

Do note that at 2:58 minutes in the video, there is a thangka of Dorje Shugden.

A comment about this part of the video: Our lineage has produced a massive number of great masters since the time of Lama Tsongkhapa. This lineage has also been engaging in the Dorje Shugden practice for the past 350 years. The last 350 years saw the Gelugpa lineage flourish uninterruptedly and continue to produce great masters like His Holiness Trijang Rinpoche, His Holiness Pabongka Rinpoche and many others, too many to be named here, who relied on Dorje Shugden as their main Protector. Through them, Dorje Shugden's practice has proven to be beneficial and valid for our times.

This trailer was made for a documentary called Lineage. Here, a commentary from Lama Michel about this documentary:

"A spiritual tradition is kept alive not only by knowledge, but mainly for the inner transformation that comes as a result of spiritual practice based on transmission of knowledge and experience between master and disciple. The documentary will tell the story of the lineage of Ganden Nyengyu, beginning with Shakyamuni Buddha, transmitted via many other great eminent masters before getting to His Holiness Trijang Rinpoche and contemporary masters like Lama Gangchen Rinpoche. The value of this documentary is that it is important to all who are and still part of this spiritual family, all who are following this lineage. I ask everyone to believe in the value of the lineage and the importance of telling their story, to contribute and participate at making this project a success. The first phase will be filming in Tibet, in August, and then there will be other phases of filming in India, Nepal, Europe, USA, Brazil, and the editing and completion. I believe that with the help of the Sangha we will do it without any obstacle! I deeply appreciate the dedication, effort and affection of everybody!"

Cheers, in Dharma,
Lama Michel

View the original video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMcVyM1--MI (Portuguese with English Subtitles)