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Venerable Kirti
Tsenshab Rinpoche

Commemorating The Passing of
A Most Precious Guru
To mark the first anniversary
of the passing of Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche, we have uploaded a
new version of George Galt’s song in praise of this beloved
teacher and Guru to our website. We encourage you to download
this joyful celebration of Rinpoche’s extraordinary qualities
and to use it as a way to re-connect with him. If you wish to
receive teachings from Rinpoche’s reincarnation, this is one
way to create the cause. As Rinpoche said himself, if you want
to re-connect with a teacher from one lifetime to another,
it’s important to be specific in your prayers. In Kirti
Tsenshab Rinpoche’s own words:
“..you should be praying
along these lines: ‘I wish to meet this teacher again, as
early as possible in life. I wish to be among the Guru’s first
disciples. I wish to be present as soon as the Guru begins
teaching again and I wish that I will remain connected to the
Guru for a very long time.”
To listen to/download the song,
simply click on the link below.
Work on Rinpoche’s
relic stupa is nearing completion. Once the final details are
completed, it will be taken to Dharamsala and Rinpoche’s
remains will be deposited in the stupa.
Our thanks go to Voula Zarpani
for keeping us updated and to George Galt for sharing this
wonderful song with us.
Download
the quick return song HERE
Some photos
from Rinpoche's Relic Stupa:
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BIOGRAPHY |
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Kirti
Tsenshab Rinpoche was born in the province of Amdo – eastern
Tibet – in 1926, and at age six was recognized as the
reincarnation of the former abbot of the Kirti Gompa. At the age
of nine, He was ordained as a monk. Rinpoche received teachings
from many high Lamas of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
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Lama
Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche is one of the holders of the tantra of
Kalachakra lineage, having received that empowerment when he was
14 years old. At the age of 32 and having completed his monastic
studies he was appointed as the Abbot of Kirti.
After
escaping from Tíbet in 1959, Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche taught
Tibetan orphans at the Tibetan Children's Village, Dharamsala,
India. At the age of 45 he began a fifteen-year meditation
retreat in a small stone hermitage above Dharamsala, "big
enough for a bed, prostrations, and a stove". He spent
seven years in meditation on Lam Rim, three years on "Seven
Point Thought Transformation", and some generation and
completion stage tantra. Two years were spent only on generation
and completion stages and in the final 3 years, Rinpoche
repeated all of the above.
Rinpoche gave Kalachakra
commentary to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and was a teacher of
Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Lama Zopa Rinpoche said of Kirti Tsenshab
Rinpoche, "He is a great Kadampa master who shows real
Kadampa Tradition...so completely renounced. There's not one
slightest worldy activity, not the slightest eight world dharmas,
no self cherishing thought. Even talking, everything is as much
as possible pleasing to sentient being's minds."
Rinpoche gave teachings around
the world in many countries including: Australia, Germany,
Holland, Hong Kong, Italy, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, and
the United States.
To download a copy of
Rinpoche’s returning prayer, please go to the following
address:
www.fpmt.org/teachers/kirti_tsenshab/pdf/ktrquickreturnprjan07.pdf
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