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Recognized as a tulku of Minling Terchen, Gyalse Shenpen Thaye, the first Kushok Gemong Rinpoche, received teachings from the fourth Dzogchen Rinpoche, Dodrupchen, Jigme Gyalwe Nyuku, Dola Jigme Kalzang and others. After Dzogchen Monastery suffered catastrophic destruction in an earthquake, the first Kushok Gemong Rinpoche helped rebuild the monastery.
  
===<span class=TibUni14>ཀཿཐོག་སི་ཏུ་རིན་པོ་ཆེའི་སྐུ་ཕྲེང་།</span> The successive incarnations of the Kathok Situ Rinpoches===
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Gyalse Shenpen Thaye was a principal in the establishment of the Shri Singha monastic university at Dzogchen. According to the histories, the first Kushok Gemong Rinpoche intended to establish a great monastic university and traveled through Tibet looking for an appropriate location. While in the Dzogchen region, he passed an Indian yogi sitting on a rock, who was no longer to be found when he later returned to that rock. Gemong Rinpoche then realized that the appearance of the yogi had been a sign from the great Vidyadhara Shri Singha as to an auspicious location for the shedra. Therefore, he named the monastic college after Shri Singha.
*1st [[Kathok Situ Chokyi Senge]]
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*2nd [[Kathok Situ Chokyi Lodro]]  
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The above was not the only auspicious incident surrounding the academy. The histories also record that when the first Kushok Gemong Rinpoche was considering which master to invite to give the blessings at the groundbreaking ceremony of Shri Singha, a great yogi of the time, Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje, appeared suddenly and blessed a spot with his dagger. The institution was built on that spot, which is on the left-hand side of the valley of Dzogchen Monastery.
*3rd [[Kathok Situ Chokyi Gyatso]]  
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*4th [[Kathok Situ Chokyi Nyima]]
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The Shri Singha shedra was became one of the leading Nyingma educational institutions and served as a model for many other Nyingma monasteries.
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One of the greatest Nyingma monastic reformers of the nineteenth century, he established vinaya, monastic discipline, as a daily discipline and incorporated the Yarne retreats (rainy season) into the program of the monastery.
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Gyalse Shenpen Thaye created a collection of the kama teachings of the Nyingma tradition at the request of Sangye Kunga, the seventh throne-holder of Mindroling, and Paltrul Pema Wangyal. He went on to initiate the practices of the thirteen kama sadhanas in monastic assemblies in Dzogchen Monastery, a tradition that was taken up by many other monasteries in the area. Dzogchen Monastery still continues this tradition of kama lineage practices of tantric mandalas.
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His students included Khenchen Pema Dorje, Paltrul Rinpoche, and Do Khyentse.
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Members of the Kushok Gemong Rinpoche line from that time became the third of the three Abbots of Dzogchen Monastery, sharing responsibility for administering Dzogchen, and particularly taking responsibility for the Shri Singha monastic university. Under the guidance of the Gemong Rinpoches, Shri Singha monastic university grew into one of the most prestigious academies in Tibet.
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===Literary Works===
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===Main Teachers===
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*[[Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer]]<br>
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*[[Jigme Gyalwe Nyugu]]
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*[[Dola Jigme Kalzang]]
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*[[4th Dzogchen Rinpoche]]
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*[[Sengtruk Pema Tashi]]
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===Main Students===
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*[[Khenpo Pema Dorje]]
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*[[Patrul Rinpoche]]<br>
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*[[Do Khyentse]]
  
 
===Main Lineages===
 
===Main Lineages===
*[[Longchen Nyingthig]]<br>
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===Alternate Names & Spellings===
 
===Alternate Names & Spellings===
*Kathok Tai Situ Rinpoche
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*[[Kushok Gemong Rinpoche]]<br>
*Situ Rinpoche
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*[[Gemang Rinpoche]]
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*Zhenphen Thaye Ozer ([[gzhan phan]] [[mtha' yas]] [['od zer]])
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*Dzogchen Gyalse Zhenphen Thaye ([[rdzogs chen]] [[rgyal sras]] [[gzhan phan]] [[mtha' yas]])
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*Getse Zhenphen Thaye (dge rtse [[gzhan phan]] [[mtha' yas]])
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*Gemang Gyalse Zhenphen Thaye (dge mang [[rgyal sras]] [[gzhan phan]] [[mtha' yas]])
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*Dzogchen Khenrab Zhenphen Thaye ([[rdzogs chen mkhan rabs]] [[gzhan phan]] [[mtha' yas]])
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===Other Reference Sources===
 
===Other Reference Sources===
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===Internal Links===
 
===Internal Links===
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===External Links===
 
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*Kathok Taiwan Center's English web-site for the Monastery's history. [http://www.kathog.org/english%205.htm]
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*Kathok Monastery Chinese web-site.[http://www.kathok.org.tw/html/main.htm]
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*[http://www.lotsawahouse.org/id74.html The Gentle Rain of Benefit and Joy: An Explanation of the Practice of Sang Offering]
 
 
  
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* kaH thog si tu 01 chos kyi seng+ge (b. 1775? d. )  [http://tbrc.org/link?RID=P5981 P5981]
 
* kaH thog si tu 02 chos kyi blo gros (b. 1820 d. )  [http://tbrc.org/link?RID=P5994 P5994]
 
* kaH thog si tu 03 chos kyi rgya mtsho (b. 1880 d. 1923/1925) [http://tbrc.org/link?RID=P706 P706]
 
* kaH thog si tu 04 chos kyi nyi ma  [http://tbrc.org/link?RID=P4783 P4783]
 

Revision as of 20:53, 27 July 2008

Gyalse Shenphen Thaye 2.JPG

Recognized as a tulku of Minling Terchen, Gyalse Shenpen Thaye, the first Kushok Gemong Rinpoche, received teachings from the fourth Dzogchen Rinpoche, Dodrupchen, Jigme Gyalwe Nyuku, Dola Jigme Kalzang and others. After Dzogchen Monastery suffered catastrophic destruction in an earthquake, the first Kushok Gemong Rinpoche helped rebuild the monastery.

Gyalse Shenpen Thaye was a principal in the establishment of the Shri Singha monastic university at Dzogchen. According to the histories, the first Kushok Gemong Rinpoche intended to establish a great monastic university and traveled through Tibet looking for an appropriate location. While in the Dzogchen region, he passed an Indian yogi sitting on a rock, who was no longer to be found when he later returned to that rock. Gemong Rinpoche then realized that the appearance of the yogi had been a sign from the great Vidyadhara Shri Singha as to an auspicious location for the shedra. Therefore, he named the monastic college after Shri Singha.

The above was not the only auspicious incident surrounding the academy. The histories also record that when the first Kushok Gemong Rinpoche was considering which master to invite to give the blessings at the groundbreaking ceremony of Shri Singha, a great yogi of the time, Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje, appeared suddenly and blessed a spot with his dagger. The institution was built on that spot, which is on the left-hand side of the valley of Dzogchen Monastery.

The Shri Singha shedra was became one of the leading Nyingma educational institutions and served as a model for many other Nyingma monasteries.

One of the greatest Nyingma monastic reformers of the nineteenth century, he established vinaya, monastic discipline, as a daily discipline and incorporated the Yarne retreats (rainy season) into the program of the monastery.

Gyalse Shenpen Thaye created a collection of the kama teachings of the Nyingma tradition at the request of Sangye Kunga, the seventh throne-holder of Mindroling, and Paltrul Pema Wangyal. He went on to initiate the practices of the thirteen kama sadhanas in monastic assemblies in Dzogchen Monastery, a tradition that was taken up by many other monasteries in the area. Dzogchen Monastery still continues this tradition of kama lineage practices of tantric mandalas.

His students included Khenchen Pema Dorje, Paltrul Rinpoche, and Do Khyentse.

Members of the Kushok Gemong Rinpoche line from that time became the third of the three Abbots of Dzogchen Monastery, sharing responsibility for administering Dzogchen, and particularly taking responsibility for the Shri Singha monastic university. Under the guidance of the Gemong Rinpoches, Shri Singha monastic university grew into one of the most prestigious academies in Tibet.


Literary Works[edit]

Main Teachers[edit]

Main Students[edit]

Main Lineages[edit]

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Alternate Names & Spellings[edit]


Other Reference Sources[edit]

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Internal Links[edit]

External Links[edit]