Da Do Tulku Rinpoche/ Raktrul Rinpoche in Deutschland lebt, man ihn also klimaschonend besuchen kann, bzw er auch innnerhalb Deutschlands reist, stelle ich das hier mal rein.
Bitte keine generellen Diskussionen über Reinkarnation hier, das Tulku System der Tibeter usw... ich stelle das hier für am tibetischen Buddhismus Interessierte ein:
1st Rakri Ngawang Kunga Chogyal Rinpoche (1623 – 1700)
Rakri Ngawang Kunga Chogyal was born to Rakri Jampa and Lhamo Yangkyi in 1623 at a place called Bhuchen tsing-nge-kha. It is said that his birth was accompanied by a mild earthquake and thunder sound could be heard for three times. People saw multicoloured rainbows surrounding the place of birth leading them to believe that he will be a great holder of Dharma.
From very early age, he was taught extensively in all the five major fields of learning in which he excelled (Arts, Medicine, Grammar, Metaphysics and Buddhism).
At the age of eighteen he travelled to Ngor Ewam Choeden Monastery to receive monk ordination from the Ngor Khenchen Palden Choekyi Gyaltsen. The journey took three months.
He has also received complete Lamdre teachings, the full monk ordination and many other important Sakyapa teachings directly from Ngor Khenchen Palden Choekyi Gyaltsen but also other prominent Sakyapa masters of his time. He kept all teachings close to his heart and in time became great scholar and cultivating Bodhicitta whole his life. Rakri Ngawang Kunga Chogyal was especially very well known of his kindness and compassion, he abstained from eating meat whole life, and at age 23 he even gave up riding on horses - which was the only way to travel besides walking that time in Tibet.
At age of 30, he went for retreat in the mountains behind monastery (Do Teng Gompa or Do Do Gompa – Gyêgu Jushu Qinghai Tibet (China)), in a cave called Drenpa Sangphuk. The retreat lasted his whole life, during which he was often giving teachings. Rakri Ngawang Kunga Chogyal made his lifelong friendship with the Rechung Tulku of Do Zurmang Kagyu Gompa, who was also in retreat at the other side of the same mountain. They taught each other and exchanged knowledge and teachings of the Kagyu and the Sakya traditions. It is also said, that Rakri Ngawang Kunga Chogyal after years of intense practice of his main deity Vajrayogini, could manifest himself in this form to give teachings and empowerments.
Regarding his death there are two stories and 1st widely believed version is that - he attained rainbow body at the age of 77. The monks from nearby monastery heard the sounds of conch, cymbals and drums, and saw a giant rainbow emerging from the cave. But upon reaching the place, they found nothing but his nails and hairs. It is said the wild animals have gathered around the cave and wept. Monks also found two new holes at the roof of the cave (from which sunlight streams even to this day) and was believed to be made when he passed through it in the form of light. The bigger hole for him and the smaller one for his cooking pot!
2nd version regarding his death says, that Rakri Ngawang Kunga Chogyal passed away at the age of 77, with a miraculous rainbow emitting from the western side of the cave with the sounds of cymbal and conches bouncing the whole area. At the cremation ceremony, many wild animals are said to have gathered and howl and wept loudly. His heart, eyes and tongue remained intact by fire and served as relics.
2nd Raktrul Ngawang Konchok Rinchen Rinpoche (1713 – 1792)
Raktrul Ngawang Konchok Rinchen was born in Rakshul Damkha, to his father Pawang and mother Kundron in the 12th Rabjung Water Snake year of the Tibetan calendar (1713). He was the youngest child out of 4 children they had. Due to his parent’s religious intentions and the aspirations of the previous Raktrul, he entered the same monastery as the previous incarnation – Do Teng Monastery (DoDo Gompa). At the age of five he was recognized as the reincarnation of Lagyen Raktrul by a Dagchen of Sakya and was enthroned and accepted by everyone as a genuine Tulku.
He studied many tantras and their sadhanas, ceremonial dances, the melodies and hymns, mandala constructions, torma making, ceremonial music instruments and other monastic arts. He became an expert so easily that people started to refer to him for instructions. But the real change took place when at the age of 21 - he had a strong reminiscence of his previous life and decided to visit all the sacred places his predecessor had been to. He travelled to Lhasa by doing prostration on the way but it only took 2 and a half months! From there he went to Ngor Ewam Choeden - the seat of the great Ngorchen Kunga Sangpo, and received ordinations, and all the initiations, oral transmissions and their commentaries of the Sakyapa lineage from the great masters of Ngor and Sakya.
Just like his predecessor, he was driven by a strong sense of renunciation and always kept the practice of Bodhicitta in the centre of his heart! It was said that apart from hearing, contemplating and meditating, he had no interest in anything else. Due to his brilliant abilities to teach and guide, he could have had many followers and fame, but he chose to remain in solitude retreat most of his life.
He passed away at the age of 79 in the 13th Rabjung Water Mouse year (1792). He was recorded to have stayed in samadhi for three days.
3rd Raktrul Ngawang Dorjee Gyaltsen Pal Sangpo Rinpoche (1794 – 1825)
3rd Raktrul Ngawang Dorjee Gyaltsen Pal Sangpo was born in a place named Karshung in the great country of Nangchen to his father Trinley Dorjee and mother Dolma Tso in the 13th Rabjung Wood Tiger year (1794). From infant he abandoned all the characteristics of a normal child; he would always sit still and chant the mantra of Vajrabhairava unceasingly on his own! At the age of 5, he started learning Tibetan grammar which came naturally to him. He was recognized as the 3rd Tulku of Raktrul by Sakya Dagchen.
Just like both of his predecessors, he travelled to Lhasa and the important pilgrimage places around Lhasa, but mainly he visited Ngor and Sakya monasteries, the seats of the heads of the Sakyapa lineage, where he received ordinations and the authentic teachings of unbroken lineage of siddhas.
Throughout his life, he practiced consistently, focusing mainly on the practices of Vajrabhairava.
When he passed away in 14th Rabjung Wood Monkey year, among his relics, there was a self emerged image of Vajrabhairava on one of his sacred bones.
4th Raktrul Ngawang Sonam Drakpa Rinpoche (1865 - 1886)
The 4th Raktrul Ngawang Sonam Drakpa was born in 1865 to his parents, Tashi Lekga and Delek Palmo, in a place called Sodrochu. The records of his activities are even less available, except that he was recognized as an incarnation of the Raktrul by the Sakya Dagchen at the age of 7 and was named Ngawang Sonam Drakpa.
He was said to be an exact replica of the first Raktrul and as was the way of all the Raktruls until now, he must have spent most of his time in solitude.
5th Raktrul Ngawang Trinley Gyatso Rinpoche (1887 - 1960)
5th Raktrul Ngawang Trinley Gyatso was born in the 15th Rabjung Fire Pig (1887) near Do Teng monastery at a beautiful place called Pangnekha, at the western direction of the Gompa. His father was called Majang Bhu Tsering and his mother was called Lingzsa Soga. His birth was accompanied by many auspicious signs shortly after he was named the 5th Raktrul and enthroned.
He also studied the tantras of the lineage, but whether a great scholar or not, he was said to be very kind, serene and casual. At age of 20 he travelled to Ngor to receive ordinations, both of the Tsokshed and the Lopshed aspects of Lamdre, and most of the teachings of the Sakyapa lineage. He went on a three year retreat as soon as he returned from his pilgrimage.
He was particularly known for his many charitable activities. He very often made offerings to the triple gems, building statues or giving for needy. He would visit the poor household of a deceased person, perform all the final rites and be on his way without accepting a single offering. Many times he donated his own money for the old and young ones of the deceased. He wouldn’t even accept food from such people, rather he would bring his own food, suggesting to the monks to do the same.
In the monastery of more than 300 monks, he treated everybody as his own son, regardless of what family or hometown they were from. He was probably one of the most kind, serene and casual at the same time - tulku of his times, though he wasn’t known for any scholastic excellence nor as any great yogi.
As was the way of the Raktruls before him, he spent most of his times in retreat. Hence it is said by the peoples who met him that you could meet Lagyen (old lama) Raktrul only once in every 3 years.
At the age of 77, he was arrested by the Peoples Liberation Army of China in 1959 and passed away in the spring of 1960 in the Kyegu Do prison. In the cell he was kept in, there were many lamas and monks. The lamas were denied food as an additional punishment on top of the routine reform strategy, killing them slowly. One night, he called a monk to him and said, “I have a present for you, keep it with you, don’t ever lose it”, saying this he removed his belt and gave it to the monk. The monk was puzzled by this but didn’t dare ask. Early next morning, they found him in meditating posture, with all the vital signs of abandoning body – yet a little warmness around his heart remained. He was in the special samadhi performed at the time of death. When the prison guards finally saw him, thinking he was meditating they knocked him down and kept beating and kicking him until they realized he was dead. They took the body out to the burial pit, shot and threw it down.
Years later, that monk whom he gave his belt said, “he must have meant it as a protection for me, as everybody from our cell died except me”. That monk not only survived the prison, he was also the main person behind the resurrection of the Do Teng monastery. He was an excellent architect and an original Khampa. He always kept a knife with him and threatened to kill anyone who would harm the Dharma, monastery or the woods and the wild animals in the monastery property. He passed away in 2009, yearning to meet the man that was named the 6th Raktrul.
6th Raktrul Ngawang Kunga Trinley Rinpoche
6th Raktrul Ngawang Kunga Trinley was born in 1985 in South India. At the very moment he remains in Dzongsar Institute continuing his Shedra study.
