Dorje Shugden - The Protector Of Our Time

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TASHI LHUNPO MONASTERY, TIBET

Tashi Lhunpo Monastery is seat to the Panchen Lama, the second most important spiritual leader of Tibet. The Panchen Lama Himself is a strong practitioner of Dorje Shugden. His main monastery Tashi Lhunpo has a long history of practicing Dorje Shugden which continues strongly until today. In 1447 the Monastery was founded by His Holiness the 1st Dalai Lama, Gyalwa Gendun Drup, in Shigatse, Tibet's second largest...

CHATRENG SAMPHELING MONASTERY

Kham, Tibet This is H.H. Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche's personal monastery in the Chatreng district in Kham, Tibet. Dorje Shugden is the special Protector of this monastery. Hundreds of monks and thousands of lay people from this region have been very devoted to Trijang Rinpoche and the practice of Dorje Shugden for hundreds of years. They continue to preserve and uphold the practices and lineage very closely to this...

GONSA MONASTERY

Kham, Tibet Gonsa Monastery, in the Kham region of Tibet, was originally a Sakya monastery but was converted into a Gelug monastery during the time of the Fifth Dalai Lama. Within this monastery is housed a magnificent 12-storey high statue of Je Tsongkhapa. There is also a very large and beautiful Protector chapel dedicated to Dorje Shugden, who is the main Protector not just of the monastery but also of the larger Kham...

DUNGKAR MONASTERY

Tromo, Tibet Dungkar Monastery, founded by the highly revered Lama Dromo Geshe Rinpoche is located on top of a mountain in Upper Tromo, Tibet. It was the first Gelug monastery of that area after it was entrusted to Dromo Geshe Rinpoche in 1901. Eventually, smaller monasteries also came under Dungkar Monastery's administration within Tibet and across the border in India. Dungkar Monastery was famous throughout Tibet for being the...

PHELGYELING MONASTERY

Kathmandu, Nepal Phelgyeling Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, was originally located in Nyanang, Tibet, not far from the Nepali border. It features, among many precious relics and religious items, a very precious statue of Dorje Shugden, made by the 5th Dalai Lama himself, who converted the monastery from Kagyu to Gelugpa in 1665. This Dorje Shugden statue, currently housed at Gaden Phelgyeling Monastery, Nepal, was first offered by...

AMARBAYASGALANT MONASTERY

Ulan Bataar, Mongolia Amarbayasgalant Monastery is a small monastery complex that sits on a hill, with the Dorje Shugden temple lying two miles west of the monastery complex. The monastery is made up of three temples, one dedicated to the great Mongolian Lama, Zanabazar, another to the Eighth Bogd Gegen and finally, the temple of Dorje Shugden. They were destroyed in the late 1930s. In recent times, the Dorje Shugden temple was...

YONGDEN MONASTERY IN YADDING (SICHUAN PROVINCE), CHINA

Overall view of Yongden Monastery. In the sparse, harsh landscape, Yongden stands out among all the other buildings in Yadding. Yongden Monastery is approximately 500 years old. It is famous for being the monastery of His Holiness the 101st Gaden Trisur Lungrik Namgyal Rinpoche, who was born in Yading. His Holiness is the Gaden Tripa who, after ending his term in office, left Gaden to join Shar Gaden. His Holiness is just one of...