Serlingpa biography sample
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“In any case, the only lama whom Tibetans call Jowo Je is Atisha, there is no-one else. This shows how close Tibetans felt to Jowo Je, and how much gratitude they have for his kindness. Tibetans have a different feeling for Jowo Je than any other lama from the very depths of their hearts. So, they use this word of high praise and respect.”
“One particular feature of Atisha, is that he combined the Middle Way view and the vast practice of the Mind-Only and practised them in union. This is a special feature of Atisha, and for that reason, even in Tibetan Buddhism, he was very influential.”
“When Atisha went to Tibet, they asked him: “You have had a lot of gurus so why do you pay such respect to Serlingpa?” Atisha replied: ” I followed many gurus, I cannot say who is better or worse, or higher or lower, there is no difference, all of them had high and excellent qualities. My reason for having such devotion to Serlingpa is not because of any difference in qualities , I have faith in all of them, but Serlingpa was the kindest one of all.”
–17th Karmapa
INTRODUCTION
Today, am happy to offer an introduction and transcript of the second day of the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa’s remarkable and original
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Atiśa, Dharmakīrti Serlingpa, and the Rediscovery of Buddhism in Malaysia’s Bujang Valley
-Dominic Kuan Hwee Chua, MA student from Singapore
As a student of Tibetan Buddhism at RYI, I’ve often found myself drawn to the figures of Atiśa and Dharmakīrti Serlingpa, two Buddhist masters whose stories span centuries and vast regions of Asia. These figures have come to symbolise for me the deep interconnectedness of the Buddhist world, one that cuts across geographic and cultural boundaries.
Atiśa, an 11th-century Bengali scholar-monk, is well-known for helping to establish Buddhism in Tibet during its ‘second transmission’. However, before his Tibetan journey, he spent 12 years studying under Dharmakīrti Serlingpa, a renowned teacher based in what was then the flourishing Śrīvijaya Empire. Atiśa regarded Dharmakīrti Serlingpa as his root guru, and it was from him that Atiśa learnt the practice of mind training (lojong). This lineage of lojong, which focuses on taming the mind through the use of ‘slogans’, and transforming adversity into spiritual growth, would become a cornerstone of Tibetan Buddhism under Atiśa’s transmission.
Dharmakīrti Serlingpa, Atiśa’s root guru.
Learning about Atiśa’s Śrīvijayan connection felt like part of a missing puzzle p
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