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Khenpo Shenga

Khenpo Shenga

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Name variants:
  • Gyakong Khenpo
  • Shenpen Chökyi Nangwa
Further Information:

Through explanation, composition and propagation, you spread the teachings of the Victorious One,

Particularly the traditions of Nāgārjuna and Asaṅga, throughout the three planes of existence,

Your activity for the Lord of Sage's teachings comparable to the Sage's own:

Shenpenpa, bringer of benefit to others, a buddha for this degenerate age!

Texts by the great scholar Shenpen Nangwa (gzhan phan snang ba, 1871–1927) better known as Khenpo Shenga:

Advice

In this text from his miscellaneous writings, Khenpo Shenga offers advice on visualizing oneself as the tutelary deity, or yidam, and cultivating what is known as 'vajra pride'.

Commentaries

Having identified the Abhisamayālaṃkāra as one of the five treatises of Maitreyanātha, Khenpo Shenga explains the features of each of the five texts in this collection, before focusing on the Ornament of Realization itself, which he discusses under five rubrics: its author, sources, category, theme, and purpose.

A brief explanation of the three noble principles (of arousing bodhicitta in the beginning, remaining without reference in the middle, and dedicating merit at the end), which are said to be the root of the Mahāyāna path.

Notes

Notes on the general preliminary points to be made before commenting upon any of the major Indian treatises, such as what is meant by “In the language of India...” and the four rubrics of subject matter, immediate purpose, connection and ultimate purpose.

Praise

Taken from his miscellaneous writings, Khenpo Shenpen Nangwa's text compares the great Dzogchen master Longchen Rabjam to the most celebrated Buddhist saints of India and praises him as the unique embodiment of all the qualities exhibited by Tibet's own learned and accomplished figures.

Prayers & Practices

A prayer of aspiration to understand the nature of reality, just as it is explained in the Madhyamaka teachings, and then, having perfectly realized this view, to teach it to others, and in so doing, emulate great figures from the past like Nāgārjuna and Āryadeva.

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