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Ven. Tenga Tulku Rinpoche
Very Venerable Tenga Tulku Rinpoche is the vajra master of the Karma Kagyu. His monastery (Benchen Phuntsok Ling) is named Benchen, for the Dharma Protector. A Concise Prayer for the Longevity of Tenga Rinpoche Nyam Me Tub Pe Ten Pe Che Po Me Chung WaPen De Ga Tön Lam Sab Ne Kyi Pel Ke Shing Dam Pe Tsul Gyi Dze Par Gyen Pa Tul Pe KuShab Pe Ten Shing Dze Trin Shog Tar Gye Gyur Shig. You who marvelously enact the teaching (TEN) of the unequalled Buddha, master of the joyous (GA) feast of lasting benefit and happiness by unfolding the essence of the profound path, tulku [incarnate mentor] (TULKU) beautifully adorned with the noble manner, may your lotus-feet remain firm and your activity increase, spreading beyond all bounds. ~ At the request of Lama Rinchen of Poland, this very concise prayer was written by HE Tai Situpa. The prayer is in transliterated east Tibetan for English-speakers: Gy- as J in joy.
In June, 1998, Before the initiation, Rinpoche performed the practice using the traditional instruments. While he chanted melodiously, his drum beat out our heart's own rhythm, and each sounding of the thigh bone trumpet was answered by a clap of thunder. Many of us in the shrine room (shown in the film Kundun) were moved to tears by the beauty and profundity of the offering that is the Cheu.
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