Tsem Tulku
Tsem Tulku Rinpoche (birth name: Torgut Prince Iska Minh ; * October 24, 1965 in Taipei ; † September 4, 2019 ) was a tulku of the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism ( Vajrayana ).
Life
Torgut Prince Iska Minh was born in Taipei as the son of a Tibetan exile and a Mongolian princess. When he was 7, he migrated to New Jersey with his parents . There he met his first guru Sermey Khensur Lobsang Tharchin (1921-2004) and received teachings from the 14th Dalai Lama and Ling Rinpoche . He received further spiritual support at the age of 14 from Geshe Tsultim Gyeltsen in the Thubten Dhargye Ling Dharma Center in Los Angeles , California , which was founded in 1978 , where he was also recognized as Tsem Tulku by Zong Rinpoche . According to Zong Rinpoche's instructions, Tsem Tulku completed his monastic training in the exile monastery of Ganden .
In 1987, at the age of 22, Tsem Tulku received full ordination from the 14th Dalai Lama. In the meantime, however, Tsem Tulku has taken a stand against the position of the 14th Dalai Lama in the controversy surrounding the veneration of Dorje Shugden and has even had the world's largest Dorje Shugden statue erected in this context.
From 1992 Tsem Tulku lived as a Dharma teacher in Malaysia and since then has been committed to the establishment of Dharma institutes. One of the institutes he founded is known as Kechara House . Tsem Tulku was considered to be the direct reincarnation of a disciple of the reformer Tsongkhapa and the tulku of the 60th abbot of Ganden -Shartse, Khensur Gendun Nyedrak . The correct salutation based on comparable religious dignitaries was: His Eminence Tsem Tulku Rinpoche .
The teachings of Tsem Tulku were characteristic of the style of teaching known as "crazy wisdom" among Western students or non-Buddhists. In this context, “crazy wisdom” is to be understood as external behavior which, under social conventions, could be described as crazy, conspicuous or abnormal, but after closer examination of the intention and motivation makes sense and has a transformative effect on the student. For charitable purposes and to establish Buddhist teachings, Tsem Tulku founded the Kechara Organization with the support of his students , which is now divided into twelve subdivisions.
Selection of works
- Gurus for Hire: Enlightenment for Sale . Kechara Publications, 2005, ISBN 978-9834188788
- Faces of Enlightenment . Kechara Publications, 2006, ISBN 978-9834188764
- Why I Make Myself Unhappy . Kechara Publications, 2005, ISBN 978-9834188726
- Compassion Conquers All: Teachings on the Eight Verses of Mind Transformation . Kechara Publications, 2007, ISBN 978-9834188795 .
- Nothing Changes, Everything Changes . Kechara Publications, 2007, ISBN 978-9834188771 , ( online reading sample )
- If Not Now, When? Kechara Publications, 2008, ISBN 978-9834339944
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Parinirvana of His Eminence the 25th Tsem Rinpoche. In: kechara.com. September 5, 2019, accessed September 5, 2019 .
- ↑ Thubten Dhargye Ling. Retrieved September 6, 2019 (English).
- ^ Largest Dorje Shugden in the world. In: tsemrinpoche.com. May 22, 2017, accessed September 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Vision: Essence. In: tsemtulku.com. Archived from the original on January 20, 2009 ; accessed on September 6, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tsem Tulku |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Torgut Prince Iska Minh |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tibetan monk and scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Taipei |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th September 2019 |