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'''Princess Pema Sal''' ([[lha lcam padma sal]]). The daughter of [[King Trisong Deutsen]], to whom [[Padmasambhava]] entrusted his own lineage of the [[Great Perfection]] known as [[Khandro Nyingtig]]. She died at an early age, after which Padmasambhava miraculously called her back to life. When her father asked why someone with the great merit to be both a princess and a disciple of the Lotus-Born master had to die while still a child, Padmasambhava told the story of how she had been a bee who stung one of the four brothers during the completion of the [[Great Stupa of Boudhanath]]. Pema Sal means 'Radiant Lotus.'<br>
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The princess was predicted by Padmasambhava to later reincarnate as [[Pema Ledrel Tsal]] ([[padma las 'brel rtsal]]) (1291-1315) and [[Longchenpa]].
 
Lama [[Tubten Zopa Rinpoche]], the spiritual director of The Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition ([[FPMT]]), is the reincarnation of the Sherpa Nyingma yogi Kunsang Yeshe, the [[Lawudo Lama]]. Rinpoche was born in [[1946]] in Thami, not far from the cave [[Lawudo]], in the [[Mount Everest]] region of [[Nepal]], where his predecessor meditated for the last twenty years of his life. While his predecessor had belonged to the [[Sakya]] tradition of [[Tibetan Buddhism]], the [[Lawudo Lama]] himself had been a great master of the complete tantric teachings of the [[Nyingma]] tradition.
 
While still a young boy, [[Tubten Zopa Rinpoche]] was taken on his uncle's back for a pilgrimage to [[Tibet]]. When he arrived north of [[Sikkim]] at the [[Dungkar Monastery]] of [[Domo Geshe Rinpoche]], he startled his uncle by declaring that he had no intention of returning home with him. Rather, he wanted to stay at this monastery and devote his life to studying and practising the dharma. His education would have continued at [[Sera Je]] in [[Lhasa]], but these plans were also interrupted in 1959. Eventually he found his way to Baduar where he first became the disciple of [[Geshe Rabten]] and then of [[Lama Yeshe]] . [[Lama Yeshe]] and [[Zopa Rinpoche]]'s contact with Westerners began in 1965 while they were visiting the [[Ghoom Monastery]] in Darjeeling.
 
In 1967 the two lamas left [[India]], not for [[Ceylon]] as originally planned, but for Nepal. After a few years, they were able to purchase land at the top of a nearby hill called [[Kopan]]. There they founded the [[Nepal Mahayana Gompa Center]] in [[1969]]. The main building was constructed in 1971-2, funded almost exclusively by the [[lama]]s' increasing number of Western disciples. When the first meditation course was given there in [[1971]], it was attended by about twenty students. By the time of the seventh course, held in the autumn of [[1974]], interest was so great that attendance had to be restricted to 200 meditators, the limit of the local facilities. In December of [[1973]] [[Kopan]] became the home of the [[International Mahayana Institute]], an organization composed of Western monks and nuns.
 
In 1972 they purchased land in [[Dharamsala]], the North Indian hill station that for many years has been the headquarters of [[His Holiness the Dalai Lama]], and since [[1971]] the site of the [[LTWA|Library of Tibetan Works and Archives]]. In a house formerly belonging to [[Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche]], they established [[Tushita Retreat Center]].
 
After the passing away of [[Lama Yeshe]] in [[1984]], [[Lama]] [[Thubten Zopa Rinpoche]] became the spiritual leader of the [[FPMT]].
 
[[Lama]] [[Tbubten Zopa Rinpoche]] has many projects around the world; one of the most important is the 500ft Maitreya Statue that [[Zopa Rinpoche]] is building in [[Bodh Gaya]] which will include schools, hospitals and other social projects such as Leprosy clinics (these social projects are already in existence and have been functioning for the last 15 years). Some of the other projects that [[Zopa Rinpoche]] has are [[Sera Je]] food fund – which offers food, breakfast lunch and dinner everyday to 2500 monks. The Lama Tsong Khapa teacher fund offers an allowance to the main 100 teachers in the [[Gelug|Gelugpa]] tradition from various monasteries. [[Zopa Rinpoche]] also has a number of other funds that are for building holy objects, such as Stupas, prayer wheels etc. [[Zopa Rinpoche]] has a very strong interest in collecting texts from all the different traditions.
 
From: http://www.austinfpmt.com/Default.aspx?tabid=28
 
== External Links ==
*[http://www.fpmt.org FPMT Main Web Site]

Revision as of 00:20, 11 December 2005

Princess Pema Sal (lha lcam padma sal). The daughter of King Trisong Deutsen, to whom Padmasambhava entrusted his own lineage of the Great Perfection known as Khandro Nyingtig. She died at an early age, after which Padmasambhava miraculously called her back to life. When her father asked why someone with the great merit to be both a princess and a disciple of the Lotus-Born master had to die while still a child, Padmasambhava told the story of how she had been a bee who stung one of the four brothers during the completion of the Great Stupa of Boudhanath. Pema Sal means 'Radiant Lotus.'
The princess was predicted by Padmasambhava to later reincarnate as Pema Ledrel Tsal (padma las 'brel rtsal) (1291-1315) and Longchenpa.

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