Chakzampa thang tong gyalpo is one of the most significant mahasiddhas of tibet who worked in the first half of the 15th century in tibet and bhutan. Khyentse wangpo composed this fiveverse supplication prayer to thangtong gyalpo at the request of the eighth sangye nyentrul rinpoche by combining and supplementing previous prayers. Thangtong gyalpo, also known as chakzampa, the iron bridge maker, tsondru zangpo excellent persistence, and the king of the empty plain. The image of thangtong gyalpo on this page is from a thangka in lama zopa rinpoches house. He analyses the present state of ironchain bridges of thangtong gyalpo and their changes over the past three decades. The vajra speech radiating cloudlike blessings entitled. Thangtong gyalpo s idea of making bridge was motivated by an incident at the ferry over kyichu by lhasa. Some of the earliest version of suspension bridges were built by thangtong, gyalpo a bridge builder in the 15th century.
Rinpoche said that while reciting this prayer, students should look at an image of thangtong gyalpo. A prayer for pacifying the fear of disease and can be found. Phowa and great siddha thang tong gyalpo longevity initiations. Those among you who wish to go to the land of bliss, tell me, and i will send you there. How to extract images and texts from pdf files how to work with pdf documents using adobe acrobat reader and nitro pro apps.
He designedbuilt up to 100 iron chain suspension bridges to ease travel in the himalayas, and founded the gonchen monastery and tibetan opera. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Marek kalmus presents a study on thangtong gyalpo s heritage in the field of bridge construction. Mahasiddha thang tong gyalpo is a very important figure in. This reading transmission lung is for a special reversalpacifying prayer written by the great 14th century mahasiddha thangtong gyalpo. He inspired his fellow people, spurred them to top performances and with it achieved unexpected multiplicative effects in the spreading of the buddhist doctrine in tibet and bhutan.
Pdf file on gyalpo by the centre for bhutan studies. Using a parallel to serial converter with a drycal 1. This prayer was composed by the great compassionate lord chenrezig. The meditations will be on the deities parnashavari and medicine buddha and include recitations of the prayer the prayer that saved the sakya from epidemics by thangtong gyalpo. Apr 21, 2020 lama tsongkhapas life and great deeds come to life in a series of 15 thangka paintings described in a biography. Whatever the tantra masters tried effigies, tormas, medicines, mantras, protection amulets, and so forth had no. The prayer by thangtong gyalpo recommended by his holiness is called the verses that saved sakya from sickness.
Click this icon to open the file directly in a new browser window. I am looking for a good translation of thangtong gyalpos. You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. He built over 58 iron chain suspension bridges around tibet and bhutan and one of his bridges survived until 2004 when it was destroyed by a flood. The prayer comes from the great yogi thangtong gyalpo 851464 and is for healing from disease. They flourished in tibet, the roof of the world, in its golden days. Videos you watch may be added to the tvs watch history and influence tv recommendations. Chakzampa thangtong gyalpo architect, philosopher and iron chain bridge builder. Shangkarwa rinchen gyaltsen masters shangpa foundation. Vajrasattva practice kagyu chinese buddhist encyclopedia. For buddhists, thangtong gyalpo s teachings, his life and works are as a whole, model, help and a clue. When he was three both his parents passed away and he was placed under the tutelage of two monks, shakya senge and his uncle rinchen o, who taught him how to read and write. Making of sacred iron using drupthop thangtong gyalpos. Thangtong gyalpo took advantage of the situation to address the crowd and said, today is a day of many favorable conditions.
It was passed down to thangtong gyalpo s teacher, and from there with the blessing of lord chenrezig, this prayer was practiced vastly by many great masters. After meeting your guide and driver, travel along the paro and thimphu river valleys to thimphu, bhutans capital. Convert and create pdf from various types of files like word doc, excel xls, powerpoint ppt. Pdf converter is a online webbased document to pdf converter software. He is considered a mind emanation of padmasambhava and a reincarnation of dolpopa sherab gyaltsen. Thang tong gyalpo also known as drubthob chakzampa lcags zam. This fourline prayer of taking refuge is known as mothers, infinite as space ma nam mkha mai skyabs gro. Visualize in front of you a vajra made of meteoric iron. He founded the iron chain lineage of the shangpa kagyu. En route stop to take in views of the magnificent tamchhog lhakhang monastery, the hereditary place of worship for 14th century maverick, thangtong gyalpo, responsible for the construction of bhutans iron bridges. You also get unlimited file sizes as well as the ability to upload and convert several files to pdf at the same time. Thangtong gyalpo earthquake protection amulet dharma wheel. Quintessence of sutras ans tantras by tang tong gyal po 611485. The myth told in the aspiration of samantabhadra is specifically from the dzogchen great perfection lineage of teachings, and as such is intended for those of highest acumen although in practice this isnt always the case, and so a clear and helpful explanation is required to.
Dudjom tersar ngondro program of the vajrayana foundation at pema osel ling is a webbased program serving worldwide support for your ngondro practice. Chenrezig sadhana avalokiteshvara by thangtong gyalpo. Thang tong gyalpo tibet history i tibet travel and tours. Once an epidemic was spreading rampantly at one of the great monastery of sakya. Oct 21, 2009 thangtong gyalpo was born at olpa lhartse in upper tsang in 85 wood ox year, sixth cycle. Additional advice from lama zopa rinpoche to protect from the coronavirus lama zopa rinpoche recently offered advice on practices to do to protect from the coronavirus. Masters of meditation and miracles presents colorful biographies of thirtyfive realized teachers whose lives were full of peace, enlightenment, and amazing miracles. Oct 30, 2019 many centuries ago the great yogi thangtong gyalpo built his iron chain link bridges across major tibetan rivers, to facilitate pilgrimage. Seamless pdf development experience across all platforms.
Nationals, citizens and habitual residents and corporate bodies established under the laws of other specified countries listed in an order under the act including united. Tangtong gyalpo s incredible lifespan, profound teachings, unprecedented engineering feats, eccentric deeds, and creation of tibetan opera have earned this fascinating figure a. Nov 09, 2007 king of the empty plain is familiar to every tibetan yet nearly unknown in the rest of the world. Jangtsa dumgtseg lhakhang zlum brtshegs lha khang is a buddhist temple in western bhutan. Thangtong gyalpo was born at olpa lhartse in upper tsang modern ngamring county in 85 c. What percent of bhutanese households are based in the urban areas 304 37 which from eletronics 238 at rimt teacher training college. Bios international offers a unit that will print the information to the windows hyperterminal application. Thangtong gyalpo is best known for his founding of ache lhamo, the tibetan opera, and the numerous iron suspension bridges he built to ease travel and pilgrimage though the himalayas. The fundamental tantra of dzogchen semde kunjed gyalpo namkhai norbu, chogyal, clemente, andriano on. The image of thangtong gyalpo below is from a thangka in lama zopa rinpoches house. I was encouraged to join the anim in the rituals of saga dawa, the most auspicious day of the year.
It is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in american men today. Suggested practice to dispel disease and illness once, an epidemic was spreading from one person to the next at the great monastery of the glorious sakya tradition. To solve the problem of converting kindle to pdf, we recommend a professional software for you to help you finish the conversion. Mahasiddha thangtong gyalpo was renowned as one of the greatest master who spreaded this practice across tibet. Mahasiddha and builder of bridges visualize in front of you a vajra made of meteoric iron. Pdf remarks on selected bridges of thangtong gyalpo. He was also known by a variation of this name, madman of the empty valley. Every year, more than a quarter of a million men are diagnosed with prostate cancer. May 04, 2016 khedrup rinchen gyaltsen was born in the female water snake year to father ponyig zangpo pal and mother josema palchen. Texts by and about the great siddha and bridgebuilder thangtong gyalpo thang stong rgyal po, 61. Questions specific to one school are best posted in the appropriate subforum i am looking for a good translation of thangtong gyalpo. Say the refuge prayer which begins, sentient beings in number as vast as space, then recited the mani mantra, and chant this prayer.
Easytouse pdf solutions, desktop software, mobile apps, and cloud services. Thangtong gyalpo 851464 was a great buddhist, a yogi, physician, blacksmith, archi. Thangtong gyalpo was a yogi, philosopher, poet, exorcist, teacher, architect, engineer, painter, sculptor, doctor, treasure revealer and last but not least, an iron. Lung for chenrezik practice of thangtong gyalpo and dewachen prayer, twelve deeds of the buddha, short vajradhara prayer, short mahakala offering the shangpa kagyu, which traces its origins back to the eleventh century, is one of the eight great practice lineages of tibet. The concluding day of the event culminates in the unfurling and raising of the guru thangtong gyalpos thongdrel. Thangtong gyalpo wanted to cross the river but was refused by the ferryman because of his apperance being dressed as a begger and after a blow on his head with the rudder was thrown overboard. Click the upload files button and select up to 20 pdf files you wish to convert. Refuge and bodhicitta three times in the buddha, dharma, and sangha. The entire epidemic immediately ceased upon following his advice.
Quintessence of sutras ans tantras by tang tong gyal po 611485 with praises in annex. If you find this site useful, please consider helping us to achieve our goal of translating more classic works from the buddhist tradition and making them freely available. This free online pdf converter allows you to save a pdf document as a set of separate png images, ensuring better image quality and size than any other pdf to image converters. Bhutan, paro valley, tourists on tachog lhakang dzong bridge, originally built by thangtong gyalpo, covered in prayer flags. We can provide the files to users on a maxtor hard drive with a firewireusb2 connection. Prayer flag to avert warthe special prayer on this prayer flag was written by the great yogi thangtong gyalpo, when a war broke out between the sakya clan and their surrounding neighbors.
Once at the place of residence of the yogi thangtong gyalpo, a great gathering took place. If you would like to view or buy bhutanese handicrafts. Additional advice from lama zopa rinpoche to protect from. A prayer for pacifying the fear of disease sakya monastery.
The aim of dzogchen is the reawakening of the individual to the primordial state of enlightenment, which is naturally found in all beings. Rinpoche says that in addition to his earlier advice people should also recite the prayer liberating sakya from disease which is available as a pdf from the fpmt foundation store. Tangtong gyalpo s incredible lifespan, profound teachings, unprecedented engineering feats, eccentric deeds, and creation of tibetan opera have earned this fascinating figure a unique status in tibetan culture. At its center is thangtong gyalpo, 900 years old, very beautiful, with red rosy cheeks, dark red, healthy, with a big belly and muscles. Subduer of maras forces, in your wrathful form with its dark complexion. He established a song and dance troupe of seven sisters to raise the money needed to build. Using a parallel to serial converter gas flow calibrators. The internet archive offers over 20,000,000 freely downloadable books and texts. Depending on the speed of your internet connection it may take a while to load before the buttons will work. How to convert pdf file to microsoft word document creating microsoft word documents from pdf source. She received her phd in 1981 in the department of south and southeast asian languages and literatures at berkeley, with a dissertation on thangtong gyalpo and the visionary tradition of tibetan buddhism prior to her phd, she completed her master of arts in 1974 in sanskrit, and her bachelor of arts in 1972 in religious studies at berkeley.
This endowed him with an insight into the dilemma of the poor and the injustices against. It is located on the edge of a hill between the paro valley and the dopchari valley, across the bridge from paro. Visualization on my head and that of all beings, is a white lotus and moon on which, a hri transforms into chenrezig, white, radiating five colored lights. A buddhist discussion forum on mahayana and vajrayana buddhism. Venerable tenzin legtsok narrates the key points and scenes in the biography. This file can be printed locally and printed copies gifted, made available by donation, or made available for a fee in accordance with teachings about dharma. The temple is notable as it is in the form of a chorten, very rare in bhutan. Chinas gifts are not edited out, as if tibet is timeless. The master introduces the student to his or her real nature already perfected and enlightened, but it is only by recognizing this nature and remaining in this state of recognition in all daily activities that the student becomes a real dzogchen practitioner. The outer, inner and secret refuge practice of the. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page information wikidata item cite this page. Phowa teachings, phowa and longevity initiations with hh drikung kyabgon.
Once when there was an incurable sickness spreading in the monastic and local community of sakya and after every method of healing failed, thangtong gyalpo recited the refuge prayers, did several mani mantras and this particular prayer. King of the empty plain is familiar to every tibetan yet nearly unknown in the rest of the world. Take a late afternoon walk around town and soak in the atmosphere of this magical capital with its busy shops and bazaars and photogenic citizens in national dress. Whatever the mantric masters triedeffigies, tormas. Articles and other information relating to pdf into docx conversion. The whole world currently shares in the pain and burden of an unprecedented pandemic, with hundreds of thousands suffering fear, isolation, deprivation, and untimely and lonely deaths. A prayer for pacifying the fear of disease by thangtong gyalpo. Truss bridgetruss bridges are the most complex shaped of. What percent of bhutanese households are based in the. These teachers belong to the longchen nyingthig lineage of the.
These texts can be used by anyone, without prerequisite, to help support their practice. Server software for improved largescale document processes. Earliest versions of suspension bridges were built by thangtong gyalpo, tibetan saint and bridgebuilder among other things from the 15th century. Donate art history regions iconography religions collections index glossary. Dudjom tersar ngondro program, pema osel ling retreat center. Thangtong gyalpo was a yogi, philosopher, poet, exorcist, teacher, architect, engineer, painter, sculptor, doctor, treasure revealer and last but not least, an. Come parte delle pratiche, rinpoche ha raccomandato una puja specifica. This prayer called the prayer that saved sakya as the name suggests, is a prayer composed by thangtong gyalpo to pacify the fear of disease in sakya. Advice from lama zopa rinpoche for the coronavirus fpmt. This pdf document compiles most of the prayers recited during our usual chenrezi practice with the addition of thangtong gyalpo s the verses that saved sakya from sickness. He is considered a mind emanation of padmasambhava and a.
It is the day lord buddha was conceived, born, defeated evil, gained enlightenment, and attained nirvana. Thangtong gyalpo source of tibetan and english translation. If playback doesnt begin shortly, try restarting your device. To his majesty, the druk gyalpo of the royal kingdom of bhutan, the bhutanese people and the incarnation line of chakzampa. Due to the power of reciting the prayer, the war was averted. With a free trial of our online pdf converter, you can convert files to and from pdf for free, or sign up for one of our memberships for limitless access to our file converters full suite of tools. Great compassionate one in person, selfarisen lord of. While doing this prayer, students should look at an image of thangtong gyalpo. Lama zopa rinpoce ha recentemente offerto consigli sulle pratiche da fare come protezione dal coronavirus.