Reincarnation of Geshe Lama Konchog (2005) From right to left - Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Tulku TenzinPhuntsok Rinpoche, his relative, Dari Rinpoche, Ven Tenzin Zopa,Khenrinpoche Lama Lhundrup Photographer Ven Roger Kunsang
The Search for Geshe Konchog's Reicarnation
Geshe Lama Konchog passed away on the 15th of October 2001.
Early Life When Losang Puntsog (Geshe Lama Konchog) was six, his parents decided to send him to nearby Drepung, one of the three great Gelug monasteries in Lhasa. But already the young boy was displaying a quality that would be central to his life: he knew exactly what he wanted and would pursue it with single-minded determination. He declared that he wanted to attend Sera Monastery instead. As he had an uncle there, his parents relented. He studied in Sera from the age of 7 to 32 (1934-1959)
His uncle, however, was a dob-dob ? one of a group of monks found at most the Gelug monasteries who were basically self-appointed policemen ? who actively discouraged the young boy's wish to study and practice and would beat him regularly.
But nothing could deter Losang Puntsog. In the monasteries, it was forbidden to take tantric initiations until one had completed the study of the five major treatises. However, at the age of nine he joined a group of lamas and monks to take the Vajra Yogini initiation from his root guru Trijang Rinpoche, the junior tutor to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Throughout his years at Sera, beginning when he was a child, Lama Konchog would disappear for months at a time, traveling to various places around Tibet to take into his astonishing mind a whole range of skills, rarely found all in one person. "He was expert in so many fields," says Tenzin Zopa. "Apart from the sutra and tantra teachings of all the four traditions of Tibet, he also accomplish Cham dancing, rituals, sand mandalas, astrology, making divinations, architecture according to the Vinaya ? his knowledge was astonishing."
For Geshe Jampa Tseten, it is clear now that his "crazy" schoolmate was not an ordinary being. "He was a holy being, a great meditator, since he was a small child."
Life in the Mountains According to Lama Lhundrup, the abbot of Kopan Monastery, the route that Geshe Lama Konchog followed out of Tibet (after the uprising against the Chinese in 1959) was revealed in a dream. The route took him to the village of Tsum, just over the border into Nepal, and to the cave of Tibet's beloved yogi and saint, Milarepa. The cave is known as 'Cave of the Doves', high in the mountainous jungle, where only tigers and other wild animals, as well as deer, lived. It is said that dakas and dakinis transformed into doves here to listen to Milarepa's teaching. It was here, also, that Milarepa was offered robes by his sister.
According to his own account to Tenzin Zopa, Geshe Lama Konchog trained himself during the first few months "to have an empty stomach. I lived on nettles, and gradually was able to practice 'wind chulen' " ? a method whereby the meditator can "take the essence" (chulen) from nature. The usual method practiced by yogis is to take the essences from rocks and flowers, then mixing them into pills. But Lama Konchog decided to do without all sustenance. He literally took the essence from the air, and was able to survive.
Geshe Lama Konchog lived like this for at least seven years: full of utter determination to achieve realizations, compelled by great compassion, and delighting in his solitude, with only the tigers and deer for friends. Asked later how he felt about conditions in the West, he said, "It is all contaminated! The best food I ever had was in the cave. The best place I've ever lived in was the cave. The best friends I ever had were in the cave." The cave needed to be climbed into, and the deer "would support each other in order to get in. Sometimes they would sit all day and night. We'd stay peacefully together with no fear. For me, that was a pure land!".
Coming to Kopan So altogether Geshe-la was in the mountains in retreat for 26 years. He had come to Kathmandu a few times and met Lama Yeshe, his old friend from Sera, and although Lama Yeshe requested him several times to stay at Kopan, Geshe-la did not accept but always returned to Tsum. There was one time when Geshe-la accompanied Lama Yeshe to the airport in Kathmandu when Lama was leaving on a visit overseas and on the way someone offered Lama a pair of shoes. Geshe-la felt very sad because he thought that he would not see Lama again... Finally in 1985, one year after Lama Yeshe passed away, Geshe-la came to stay at Kopan.
Geshe Lama Konchog's Death Around 8:15 on the evening of October 15 2001, Tenzin Zopa and others were with Geshe Lama Konchog. Remembers Tenzin Zopa, "Geshe-la said to us, 'Now the vision of the mirage has appeared' ? the first of the eight internal signs of death ? 'so please go and start the prayers.' We all left except my brother Thubten Lhundrup, who recited Geshe-la's daily prayers for him. At 8.50 his breathing stopped."
Prayers were performed in Geshe-la's house throughout the day and night during the seven days that he remained in meditation. On October 22, his holy body was carried in solemn procession to the site of the fire puja, which lasted for several hours amid auspicious signs of five types of rainbows and a drizzle of flowers from the sky. At the end, the specially constructed stupa containing the fire was sealed.
Kopan's lamas and three hundred monks and nearby Kachoe Ghakyil's three hundred nuns, as well as many devoted students from abroad, attended the Yamantaka fire puja, held at a site chosen by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
~ ~ ~ to be continued ~ ~ ~Geshe Lama Konchog (photos) (2)
Sunday, April 15, 2007
The story of "Geshe Lama Konchog" (photos) (1)
尼泊尔小活佛到访新加坡,公众争睹.
尼泊尔(Nepal)小活佛图古天津彭措仁波切(Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche)到访新加坡，所到之处都有不少公众围观。
由新加坡本地一家佛教中心安排前来主持法会的小活佛星期天上午到金炎路的居士林参观。许多公众闻风而至，希望一睹小活佛的真面目。
可能因为围观的人太多，有一位老婆婆还不小心跌倒。
小活佛离开居士林之前，人们再次纷纷涌上，希望把准备好的红包交到他手中。
有民众说，“我很幸运，摸到他，还给了他我的红包。”
也有人说，“有有有，我给他红包，摸到他的手。很高兴。”小活佛接着续程到武吉知马路上段的大乘禅寺。尽管烈日当头，信徒还是排成人龙，希望进入寺庙内，让小活佛灌顶。
不少信徒也给小活佛献上巧克力和糖果，不过他受访时说，并不喜欢巧克力。
小活佛个人助理格西天津梭巴法师说，“他说了很多东西，我也不大听得懂他说了什么。”
小活佛这次来新加坡几天，掀起了热潮。
Tsum boy, Tenzin Nyudrup became "Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche"
Tsum boy, Tenzin Nyudrup, was a candidate to be recognized as the late Great Mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog’s reincarnation.
5 years after the great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog passed away. Since then, with great devotion hundreds and hundreds of true devoted Sangha and lay disciples of the late great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog from all over the world who have extracted the nectar of the late yogi’s Holy teachings, especially the communities of Omin Jangchup Choe Ling (Kopan Monastery), Kachoe Gyakyil Ling (Kopan Nunnery), Daychen Lhundrup Monastery and Rachen Jangchup Choeling Nunnery in the Himalayan region called Tsum, plus overseas Dharma centers and Sangha and lay communities have strongly prayed for great benefit for Buddha Dharma and numberless sentient beings so desperately needed by praying for the swift return of the true un-mistaken reincarnation of the late great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog.
On the 17th December 2005 the Great Mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog’s reincarnation is recognized by HH the 14th Dalai Lama and the Reincarnation is a 3 and half years old boy from Tsum. Khensur Losang Tsering Rinpoche said “Now we are very relieved, very happy, and very fortunate to have found the unmistaken reincarnation. Since His Holiness recognized Him, that’s the most accurate and most important. So now even though there is the same continuum of the same person and the same realizations, but for the benefit of deluded beings, He has chosen to manifest in a new form to manifest like us in our world, just manifest like us for our full benefit. So now we should concentrate to offer Him the best education, we have to create very pure and best environment and take good care of His health and everything, they are not like us for them they will learn very fast and very easily, from our side we just need to create the best environment . He will bring great benefits for the Buddha Dharma and numberless beings, having one holy being like this in our world is much more worthwhile then having hundreds and hundreds of like us. Now we should treasure Him and take good care of Him.”
The little holy boy Tenzin Nyudrup was ordained on 12th Jan 2006 by HH the 14th Dalai Lama at 8 am in Amarvati in the Kalachakra Mandala House, the most holy site where the Buddha Shakyamuni gave the teachings on the Kalachakra tantra for the first time in this world. The greatest auspicious holy site Amarvati Holy stupa, the greatest auspicious holy Guru the living compassionate Buddha Chenrezig HH The 14th Dalai Lama, the greatest auspiciousness of holy teaching, the great tantric teaching the Kalachakra initiation, the greatest month day and hour and moment - with all this incredible auspicious occasions the holy boy Tenzin Nyudrup was ordained and given a holy ordination name - Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche. When HH the Dalai Lama gave this holy name to the little boy Tenzin Nyudrup His Holiness said “Since you have changed your form I wish to give you a new name, so half my name and half your past life’s name. I have great hope in you, may you be auspicious to the Dharma, I give you a name TENZIN PHUNTSOK.” (Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche)
After the ordination on 12th Jan 2006, there was an ordination ceremony for Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche at 1.30pm in Amarvati and over 800 students of the late great mahasiddha Geshe Lama Konchog attended from all over the world as well many Sangha and abbots and ex-abbots and of course Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Khenrinpoche Lama Lundrup and so on.
On that day Khensur Rinpoche came to the auspicious gathering and said to Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche “We all have great hope in you and you are our future and you have to turn the great wheel of Dharma to the all world. We all have faith in you and we have full trust that you will be the great opening wisdom eye for numberless blind poor mother beings. You brighten our coming days.”
On that same day Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche met his old past life close friend the ex-abbot of Seraje Khensur Rinpoche Jampa Thechog, Kyabje Dagri Rinpoche and other great Lamas.
On 21st Jan 2006 while Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche was on the pilgrimage to Ajanta and Ellora (80 Mahasiddhas’ Caves in India) Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche for the first time met his old past life friend the ex-abbot of Samdeyling Monastery Khensur Jampa Tseten. Khensur Rinpoche was very happy and offer kata and offerings to his past life friend in a different form, the 3 and half years old Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche. And his first words to him were “I heard the great and very very auspicious news about your return in Amarvati during HH the Dalai Lama’s Kalachakra initiation, I did try to find where you were staying but unfortunately I was unable to. But I had full faith in our past karma and I did strong prayers that we must meet soon. My prayers and our past karma are answered. Rinpoche you are truly wonderful, do you remember me?” Then they touch their forehead and Khensur Rinpoche said “Now you have to come back to Sera University soon and have to return to Lhowa Khamtsen, and I have full faith in you that you will be one of the greatest lamas in the coming days and you have to turn the wheel of Dharma all over the world and have to live long and take good care, as for me I am already too old and soon will have to leave the world”.
Amazing facts about Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche:
(1) His great compassion and concern for sick people and poor people.
(2) His thoughtfulness to everyone.
(3) His respect and affection for holy objects, especially Buddha images and stupas.
(4) His love of stupas and buddhas images even at the age of 3 and a half.
(5) Since he was two years old he prefers to sleep alone and before he sleeps he like to recite Om mani peme hum. He will chant this mantra till he sleep.
(6) Everyday he wakes up at 3.00am to chant JANGCHUP SEMCHO RINPOCHE the holy bodhichitta prayer.
(7) He likes only red and yellow colour cloths.
(8) Make clear decisions and he knows what is good and what is not good.
(9) He will be relaxed and happy before any good and auspicious things are about to happen.
(10) He was able to pick up his previous life’s mala.
(11) He goes up to the cave where Geshe la did strict retreat and always looked up to the cave.
(12) Tenzin Nyudrup was born at 3 am on Monday 28 Oct 2002 which is Tibetan 22nd of the 9th month which is the auspicious day on which Buddha Descended from Tushita Heaven. He was supposed to be born in August, but he delayed two months in the womb.
His parents Apey Karsang Phuntsok and Dolma Choezom were matchmade by the late great yogi Himself, the date of the engagement and the date for their marriage were all chosen by late great mahasiddha Geshe la Himself.
(13) His birth astrology stated very clearly that this child is not ordinary and is the manifestation birth of one very highly realized lama from the Southern direction.
With great auspiciousness and great fortune H.E. Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche, at the age of 3 and a half years old from 8 Jan to 16 Jan 2006 have received the commentary on the profound view and the great highest yoga initiation, the Kalachakra initiation and the Long life initiation and he completed pilgrimage to Amarvati Kalachakra stupa, Nagarjuna Konda, the 80 mahasiddhas’ caves at Ajanta and Ellora and to the three great monastic universities - Drepung, Ganden, Sera and so on. With this auspiciousness our precious Rinpoche will be able to receive all the teachings on sutra and tantra and be able to cultivate and be able to meditate and be able to grant the great blessing of the Dharma to all the numberless beings and be able to liberate all beings up to everlasting happiness and able to perform all the virtuous deeds just as all the past buddhas and bodhisattvas have performed.The precious child Tenzin Nyudrup by the holy ordination name given Him by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama on 12th Jan 2006 at 8am at the most holy place Amarvati during the Kalachakra initiation is “TULKU TENZIN PHUNTSOK RINPOCHE”3rd March 2006 was H.E. Tulku Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche’s enthronement.
孙燕姿"逆光"新专辑
歌 手：孙燕姿
专辑名：《逆光》
发行商：华／EMI
可听度：★★★★
推荐曲：《漩涡》、《我怀念的》、《安宁》、《关于》
孙燕姿新专辑《逆光》没有惊天动地的改变，至少不及“埃及事件”来得“突变”或“轰动”，却也保留了一贯的水准，依然精彩。
大家对孙燕姿新专辑《逆光》的期待，有点类似当初她休息一年后，重新出发推出的专辑《我的爱》，这次加盟新东家后的孙燕姿，新专辑到底会有多震撼？
孙燕姿还是孙燕姿，新音乐没有惊天动地的改变，至少不及“埃及事件”来得“突变”或“轰动”，却也保留了一贯的水准，依然精彩。
孙燕姿音乐的特色之一，在于其中的励志能量，让人有动力逆流而行。如主打情歌《逆光》的“逆着光感觉爱存在的地方”、轻快趣味《咕叽咕叽》的“谁比谁好，能差到多少，迟早都要向上帝报道”。
李伟菘、李偲菘为孙燕姿打造的歌曲已成了铁招牌。另一方面，孙燕姿跟本地音乐人林倛玉、小寒和黄韵仁的默契也越来越好。像歌曲《漩涡》《安宁》和《关于》都属专辑里优美抢耳的气质之作，各具性格。
总期待在孙燕姿专辑中，寻找一首可以不断重复播放的歌曲，一路听下去，直到歌曲《我怀念的》，就是这首了。尤其是孙燕姿的一句：“自尊常常将人拖着，把爱都走曲折……太爱了，所以我没有哭，没有说。”孙燕姿投入歌曲的情感收放更上一层楼，散发更醇厚的韵味。
翻到歌词最后一页，看见：“制作总监：孙燕姿”。在上一张专辑《完美的一天》中，孙燕姿首次有了新的身份，即音乐总监，该专辑所包含的流行、摇滚、电子、Lounge Music等多种曲风，是孙燕姿自己的想法。
在新专辑里，有好几首歌曲的制作人是孙燕姿，包括《安宁》《需要你》和《关于》，唯缺孙燕姿创作的歌曲。有意思的是，孙燕姿弹奏的钢琴曲“In The Beginning”为新专辑掀开序幕，另一首“Afterward”则是完结曲。希望，这两首钢琴曲也意味着孙燕姿在接下来的专辑，能掌握更多的自主权，发挥自己喜欢的音乐，从天后升华到创作天后。
