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Iron Element ([[lcags]])
*One of the five elements according to the system of elemental divination. The iron element is symbolised by a white semi-circle or blade, numerically represented by the number five, and located in the west of the turtle divination chart, along with the trigram Dva, the bird and monkey signs, Venus and the six western constellations. Iron is described as sharp-edged, its function being one of sharpness or incision, inherent in a diet of dairy products and flesh from an animal's ribs, while within the body it is represented by the bone tissue and the lungs. Socially, iron relates to the outcasts, to children, maternal relatives and protector deities. If the hour of a person's birth is governed by the iron destiny element, it is predicted that he or she will be a fair-complexioned villager in whose family a blood feud has occurred, noisy, tall and unrestrained in speech. Vocally, iron is said to cause vocalic sounds to be articulated. Physically, those with a preponderance of iron characteristically may have shaven-heads and moles; and in cases of ill-health an imbalance of iron is indicated by the agitation of king spirits ([[rgyal po]]) and Pehar, as well as by colic and bone ailments.  [[GD]] (from the Glossary to [[Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings]])


'''Surmang Monastery''' (Tibetan: ཟུར་མང་; Wylie: [[zur mang]]) consists of a complex of nine [[Kagyupa]] monasteries founded about 600 years ago in Kham, eastern Tibet. It is the seat of the [[Trungpa tulkus]], the line of incarnate lamas that heads Surmang. The present head of the Surmang monasteries is [[Choseng Trungpa Rinpoche]], the XII Trungpa Tulku.
[[Category:Astrology and Divination]]
 
The Trungpa tülkus are a line of incarnate Tibetan lamas who traditionally head Surmang monastery (complex) in Kham (Eastern Tibet). There have been twelve such tulkus thus far. Mahasiddha Trungmase was the teacher of the first Trungpa Tulku, Kunga Gyaltsen.
 
== The Line of the Trungpa Tulkus ==
#Kunga Gyaltsen
#Kunga Zangpo
#Kunga Oser
#Kunga Namgyal
#Tendrel Chögyal
#Lodro Tenphel
#Jampel Chögyal
#Gyurme Tenphel
#Karma Tenphel
#Chökyi Nyinche (1875 to 1938)
#Chökyi Gyamtso ([[Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche]]), the XI Trungpa tulku, (1940 - April 4, 1987) was one of the most influential teachers of Buddhism in the west. He is the founder of [[Shambhala International]].
#Chökyi Sengay (Sengye/Senge) (Choseng Trungpa Rinpoche), the XII Trungpa tulku (b. February 6, 1989). Chokyi Sengay is the present Trungpa tulku.
 
== About Surmang and the Nyishu Dza Nga ==
The region called Surmang is the far-flug area of the nine [[Surmang Monasteries]]. In a broader sense it is what the Khampa Tibetans call the "Nyishu Dza Nga," or the Twenty Five Districts under the King of [[Nangchen]]. It is about the size of the US state of Maryland. Surmang traces its origins back 550 years to the Mahasiddha [[Trungmase]]. Trungmase was a direct heir to a spiritual lineage stretching back to medieval India. One of his chief disciples, Trungpa I, established a monastic tradition from what was a peripetatic group of yogins. Before the construction of the monasteries, these first adepts met in irregularly shaped reed huts -- and hence the name "surmang" meaning many cornered. In the local patois, it is the Many Cornered Kingdom.
 
For 12 generations it has been the seat of the Trungpa lineage of incarnate lamas. Surmang lies on the border between the cultivated and nomadic regions, near the source of the Mekong river. In the shelter of her 14, 000 foot florid alpine valleys, this lineage studied and practiced in isolation the contemplative arts and sciences unique to Tibetan Buddhism, making the region a living spiritual acquifer.
*from [http://www.surmang.org/html/surmang_about.html Surmang Foundation]
[[Category:Kagyu]]

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Iron Element (lcags)

  • One of the five elements according to the system of elemental divination. The iron element is symbolised by a white semi-circle or blade, numerically represented by the number five, and located in the west of the turtle divination chart, along with the trigram Dva, the bird and monkey signs, Venus and the six western constellations. Iron is described as sharp-edged, its function being one of sharpness or incision, inherent in a diet of dairy products and flesh from an animal's ribs, while within the body it is represented by the bone tissue and the lungs. Socially, iron relates to the outcasts, to children, maternal relatives and protector deities. If the hour of a person's birth is governed by the iron destiny element, it is predicted that he or she will be a fair-complexioned villager in whose family a blood feud has occurred, noisy, tall and unrestrained in speech. Vocally, iron is said to cause vocalic sounds to be articulated. Physically, those with a preponderance of iron characteristically may have shaven-heads and moles; and in cases of ill-health an imbalance of iron is indicated by the agitation of king spirits (rgyal po) and Pehar, as well as by colic and bone ailments. GD (from the Glossary to Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings)
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