The Great Manifestation of Avaloketishvara Bodhisattva - Mahakala

Mahakala is one of the most popular protector deities in Tibetan Buddhism, and he is also sometimes used as a meditational deity (yidam) in tantric Buddhist yogas. 

He is depicted in a number of variations, each with distinctly different qualities and aspects. He is generally depicted as a wrathful deity. 

What is the meaning of Mahakala? Mahakala: “Great Time." Mahakala is one of the most popular guardians in the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon. 

Here he tramples a corpse while wielding a flaying knife and a blood-filled skull cup, signifying the destruction of impediments to enlightenment. 

In the crooks of his elbows he supports a gandi gong, a symbol of his vow to protect the community of monks. His principal companions, Palden Remati and Palden Lhamo, appear to his left, and Legden Nagpo and Bhutadamara are at his right. 

At lower left is Brahmarupa blowing a thighbone trumpet. He is especially revered by the Sakya order, which commissioned this work. 

This thangka, one of the earliest and grandest of this subject, can be related to murals preserved in the fifteenth-century Kumbum at Gyantse monastery, central Tibet, likely painted under Newari direction.

Mahakala appears as a protector deity in the various traditions of Vajrayana Buddhism, like Chinese Esoteric Buddhism, Shingon, and Tibetan Buddhism. 

Numerous traditions of Mahayana Buddhism rely on Mahakala as a guardian deity (Dharmapala, "dharma protector"). Mahakala is one of the most popular protector deities in Tibetan Buddhism, and he is also sometimes used as a meditational deity (yidam) in tantric Buddhist yogas. 

He is depicted in a number of variations, each with distinctly different qualities and aspects. He is generally depicted as a wrathful deity. 

Mahakala is also an important deity in East Asian Buddhism, where he is generally known as a protector figure. In Japanese Buddhism, Mahakala transformed into a more friendly wealth and luck deity, known as Daikokuten.

Mahakala is commonly regarded as the emanation of different beings in different cases, such as Hevajra, Vajradhara, Amitabha, and Avalokiteshvara or Akshobhya Buddha.

Different tantric cycles, like Guhyasamaja and Chakrasamvara, each contain Mahakala as an emanation of their central Buddha deity. 

Mahakala is almost always depicted with a crown of five skulls, which represent the transmutation of the five klesas (negative afflictions) into the five wisdoms. 

He also wears a garland consisting of fifty severed heads; the number fifty is in reference to the number of letters in the Sanskrit alphabet and is symbolic of the pure speech of Buddha. 

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Milarepa meditate at the Holy Sacred Mount Kailash.

Synopsis

Mount Kailash—the Stairway to Heaven—is the most intriguing mountain range is the whole of Himalayas, so we thought of divulging some things that you might not know about it. 

As a matter of fact, Mount Kailash is 22,000 ft from the Tibetan Plateau, which is largely considered to be inaccessible. For Hindus and Buddhists, Mount Kailash is the physical embodiment of Mount Meru. 

In a remote region of Tibet, the sacred Mount Kailash towers over the surrounding landscape. At 6,638 meters, the revered mountain holds a place in the spiritual beliefs of Buddhists, Hindus, and followers of the Jain and Bon religions. 

Despite the attention, Mount Kailash is still a mystery. The unconquered peak remains wrapped in myths, legends, and spiritual tales. 

The Hindus 

One of the legends about Mount Kailash, according to Hindu belief, is that it is the home of Lord Shiva. Lord Shiva is one of the principal deities in Hinduism. He is the god of destruction and transformation, as well as the god of meditation and asceticism.

According to legend, Mount Kailash is his divine residence. Lord Shiva is said to reside there with his consort, the goddess Parvati. Hindu legend tells us that he sits atop the sacred mountain, meditating in perpetual stillness, surrounded by divine energies. 

Hindu pilgrims do the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra to seek blessings and enlightenment by paying homage to the abode of Lord Shiva.

Buddhism 

In Tibetan Buddhist traditions, Mounailash is known as Kang Rinpoche or Gang Rinpoche. They believe the deities Chakrasamvara and Demchog dwell in the mountains. 

The Tibetan saint, Milarepa, is also associated with Mount Kailash. He is believed to have meditated in the caves surrounding the mountain. 

Jainism

Mount Kailash is mentioned in the Jain scriptures as the place where the founder of Jainism, Lord Rishabhadeva, attained liberation. The mountain is known as Ashtapada. 

Bon Faith 

The Bon religion is the ancient spiritual tradition of Tibet that predates Buddhism in the region. Followers of the Bon religion consider Mount Kailash to be the spiritual center of their faith, and it is the site of many rituals and ceremonies.

Buddhist and Hindu texts state that there are very ancient monasteries and caves on Mount Meru where holy sages live in both material and subtle bodies. Few people are fortunate enough to be able to see these caves. 

Thousands of travelers enter Tibet each year to travel to the revered Mount Kailash. Few arrive in the area, and even fewer complete the whole circumambulation of the sacred peak. A few courageous mountaineers have tried to reach the peak, but they haven't been successful. 

Trekking all the way up to the peak of Mount Kailash is held to be a forbidden act among Hindus for fear of trespassing on the sanctity of the mountain and disturbing the divine energies residing there. 

Climbing to the Peak of Mount Kailash is Impossible. 

The 6,638-meter Mount Kailash is one of the few unconquered and unclimbable mountains in the world. One reason is the challenging terrain. 

Mount Kailash has steep, icy slopes in extremely rugged surroundings. Harsh and often unpredictable weather much of the year would make it a very challenging mountain to climb. 

More importantly, the religious significance of Mount Kailash as a sacred site stops people from climbing it. In the Buddhist, Hindu, Jain, and Bon faiths, climbing the mountain is forbidden. Respect for local beliefs discourages any attempts.

Mount Kailash is Considered the Center of the World.

Part of the spiritual traditions involving Mount Kailash is that it is revered as the cosmic axis or center of the world. Often referred to as the "naval of the universe" in Tibetan Buddhist mythologies, it is the dwelling place of important deities and a sanctuary where the world was born.

Has anyone climbed Mount Kailash before? Who has climbed Mount Kailash?

A Buddhist legend holds that Milarepa, the champion of Vajrayana Buddhism, challenged the champion of the Bon religion, Naro Bon-Chung, to climb the mountain. Milarepa won by ascending the mountain on a ray of sunlight, and he claimed Mount Kailash for Buddhism.

As per Tibetan lore, a monk named Milarepa once ventured far enough to reach the top of Mount Meru. When he returned, he forewarned everyone to avoid bothering God, who was resting high up in the peak.

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White Tara Long Life Prayer And Blessings

White Tara long life Mantra

Om Tare Tuttare Ture Mama Ayuh Punya Jnana Pustim Kuru Svaha.

• Om - Representing the union of mind, body, and spirit that is at the heart of yoga. 
• Tare – This syllable shows that Mother Tara liberates sentient beings from samsara.
• Tuttare – Liberates you from the eight fears related to the external dangers. However, the main dangers come from attachment, ignorance, anger, pride, miserliness, jealousy, doubt and wrong views.
• Ture – This syllable liberates you from the disease.
• Mama - Mine, means that I would like to possess the following qualities.
• Ayuh - Long life
• Punya  - Merit that comes form living life ethically. 
• Jnana - Wisdom 
• Pustim - Abundance” or ”an increase in wealth.
• Kuru - Do so! do it now!
• Svaha - Hail, or may blessings be upon 

This is a beautiful layered mantra calling on White Tara for her Divine Love, compassion, wisdom and protection.The White Tara (Sanskrit: Sitatara; Tibetan: Sgrol-dkar) She symbolizes purity and is often represented standing at the right hand of her consort, Avalokiteshvara, or seated with legs crossed, holding a full-blown lotus. She is generally shown with a third eye.

Tara, Tibetan Sgrol-MA, Buddhist saviour-goddess with numerous forms, widely popular in Nepal, Tibet, and Mongolia. She is the feminine counterpart of the Bodhisattva (“Buddha-to-be”) Avalokiteshvara. According to popular belief, she came into existence from a tear of Avalokiteshvara, which fell to the ground and formed a lake.

Out of its waters rose up a lotus, which, on opening, revealed the goddess. Like Avalokiteshvara, she is a compassionate, succoring deity who helps men “cross to the other shore.” She is the protectress of navigation and earthly travel, as well as of spiritual travel along the path to enlightenment.

White Tara is the female Bodhisattva of compassionate activity, the supreme mother and collective manifestation of the enlightened activity of all the Buddhas. She is said to see all suffering and respond to requests for help. Her yogic method promotes health and extending one's lifespan.

White Tara is a Bodhisattva (one who has pledged to put the suffering of others before her own release from suffering) who encompasses the characteristics of all Buddha’s past, present, and future.White Tara is known by Tibetan Buddhists as The Swift Protectress because Tara acts quickly to protect the mind from the delusions and snares of Samsara. She is also known as Samaya Tara, translating as ”Vow Tara.”

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This refers to Tara’s vow to save all sentient beings. Occasionally, White Tara is called “the Mother of all Buddhas”, because She represents the perfect embodiment of graceful power, purity, and wisdom. The main characteristic of Arya Tara is that she is a Buddha who in ancient times promised to always be born in the pure form of a female body in order to help sentient beings reach enlightenment.

She is linked with the Padma family of Buddha Amitabha, who in graphical representations appears in the form of Amitayus and sits in Her headdress, or above Her head. Additionally, just as white is considered to be the supreme color in many mystic traditions, so is White Tara considered the most powerful of all Taras because it embodies them all.

She became a very popular Vajrayana deity with the rise of Tantra in 8th century Palau and, with the movement of Indian Buddhism into Tibet through Padmasambhava, the worship and potent practices of Tara became incorporated into Tibetan Buddhism as well.

White Tara is seated in the more meditative diamond lotus position, with both legs folded under her, and her feet facing skyward. White Tara has 7 eyes — with an eye in her forehead, and one on each hand and foot — symbolizing her compassionate vigilance to see all the suffering of the world.

Her left hand is in the protective mudra and her right in the wish-granting mudra. In her left hand, she usually holds a stem of the Utpala lotus flower with three blossoms. One blossom is represented as a seed, a second as ready to bloom, and the third in full bloom. 

These represent the Buddhas of the past, future and the present. Often, a small image of Amitabha, a Buddha is known for longevity, is portrayed as seated in White Tara’s headdress or slightly above her head.

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The King Of Prayers-Seven Line Prayer To Guru Rinpoche

The King of Prayers-Seven Line Prayers To Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava.The Seven Line Prayer: Supplication to Guru Rinpoche. Invoking the Guru with Unwavering Devotion

Hung Orgyen yulgyi nubjang tsam

Hung On the northwest border of the country of Uddiyana,

Pema gesar dongpo la

On the anthers of a lotus flower,

Yamtsen chok gi ngodrub nye

You attained the marvelous supreme siddhi,

Pema jungney shesu drag

Renowned as the Lotus Born.

Khordu khandro mangpo kor

Surrounded by a retinue of many dakinis,

Kyekyi jesu dagdrub kyi

Following you, I will reach accomplishment.

Jingyi labchir shegsu sol

Please come and bestow your blessings.

Guru Padma Siddhi Hung

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In Tibet, the prayer is recited three times before doing any meditation, reciting any other prayers, or performing any ceremony. Guru Rinpoche has a rainbow body and will come to your aid if you recite the Seven-Line Prayer with faiths and devotion.

In one of the treasure teaching revelations of Guru Chowang, one of the five Terton Kings, it is said that when supplicating Guru Rinpoche with the Seven Line Prayer:

Pray in this way over and over again.

Create a feeling of yearning and longing

So intense that tears spring from your eyes.

If the rapture of devotion overwhelms you,

Breathe out strongly, and then leave everything as it is.

Clear and awake, focused and undistracted, look within.

Where did this prayer come from? In India in the past, some non-Buddhist teachers, who despised the Buddha Dharma, once challenged the Buddhist scholars at Nalanda University to a scholarly debate. The Buddhist scholars, however, were unable to defeat these non-Buddhist teachers, and so in desperation, they supplicated the Vajra dakas and dakinis. That night, the Dakini Supreme Peace (Zhiwa Chog) appeared in their dreams and said. 

You will not be able to defeat these non-Buddhists. If you do not invite my elder brother Dorje Totreng Tsal (Vajra Skull-Garland Power, Guru Rinpoche), who lives at the Dark Cemetery—the Buddhadharma will be destroyed.”

She then instructed them to arrange an elaborate feast offering on the roof of the monastery and taught them the Seven Line Prayer. When the scholars recited it, Guru Rinpoche immediately appeared miraculously from the sky. He then presided over the Buddhist scholars’ debate and so they were able to defeat the non-Buddhists. Later on in the 8th century, when Guru Rinpoche came to Tibet, he taught the prayer to his close disciples and also concealed it in many treasure teachings for the benefit of future disciples.

The Seven Line Prayer refers to the outer guru, who is symbolized or represented by the manifestation of Guru Rinpoche in a physical form. However, when we talk about the ‘guru’, there are actually different levels of meaning, such as outer, inner, and secret. In terms of the inner and the secret meaning of the seven-line prayer, emptiness and co-emergent wisdom respectively are manifested.

The Seven-Line prayer to Guru Rinpoche, Padmasambhava, is one of the most ubiquitous and important prayers, performed across lineages and in particular the Nyingma tradition who commence nearly every practice with it.  What follows is a brief introduction and Reader’s Guide to this short but extremely profound verse. If you really recite this prayer from your heart, then there's no way that you can avoid bringing Guru Rinpoche forth and invoking him. 

So it's extremely powerful. And you should practice it at all times continually. If you really focus on the Seven-Line Prayer, then it is certain that the blessings will come. The blessings of Guru Rinpoche will spring out and be born in your mind stream.

In the Nyingma tradition, this is the King of Prayers. In Tibet. Many practitioners recite its hundreds of thousands of times, reciting it (mentally or aloud) during all their waking hours, making this prayer as their main prayer, life, breathing, and contemplation. 

”If one can concentrate on practicing the prayer in this life, when you die you will completely dissolve into the mind of Padmasambhava. Guru Rinpoche is the ultimate nature of the embodiment of all Bodhisattvas and Buddhas"

”When a disciple calls upon me with yearning devotion, and with the melodious song of this Buddhist prayer, I shall come straightaway from Zangdokpalri (the pure land where Guru Rinpoche now resides), like a mother who cannot resist the call of her child. ” – Guru Rinpoche, the second living Buddha in our age.

If you seek for wealth, longevity or wish to clear your obstacles, just by praying, all wishes can be fulfilled. Some people think that to practice Guru Rinpoche for wealth is of no use, but this is not correct. Just by relying upon Guru Rinpoche, all wishes can be achieved. 

If one cannot practice other methods, just practicing the seven-lines prayer is the same as a panacea that can cure all kinds of sicknesses. But if one is merely mouthing the prayers, it is not enough, one should have great faith and devotion to Guru Rinpoche and supplicate one-pointedness, then you are sure to receive Guru Rinpoche’s blessings and accomplishments.

A sacred Terma statue of Guru Rinpoche, known as Guru Dewa Chenpo, said to liberate one upon seeing it. This was one of the most precious items kept by Kyabje Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje Rinpoche, who would often sit in meditation with it. While he meditated with it, it would shed tears of Amrita.

In the past up till the present, many great masters and practitioners have seen Guru Rinpoche directly. These are the best signs. The middling signs are to have good experiences arising. The lesser signs are to meet Guru Rinpoche in dreams and to receive prophecies and blessings from Guru Rinpoche. Just listening and contemplating the Dharma is not enough to attain liberation. Besides that, one has practiced. 

In this manner, single-mindedly praying to Guru Rinpoche and merge your mind with Guru Rinpoche’s wisdom mind. This way of progressing on the path to liberation has less difficulties and obstacles. With total confidence and faith in Guru Rinpoche, not just with faith and sincerity, but believing that in any moment, Guru Rinpoche will never deceive or let us down. We must have the faith that Guru Rinpoche and our root teacher is inseparable and no different. Rely on this faith to practice.

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西藏預防傳染病之藏藥 - 九味黑藥丸

佩戴嗅聞預防傳染病之藏藥一九味黑藥丸可預防各類傳染病,亦可降魔驅邪護身,能夠有效地避免邪魔所造成的障礙。佩戴嗅聞黑藥丸主要是利用藥物的揮發性氣味和藥力,激發 人體的免疫力和調節機制,並在人體外部對傳染病和邪魔病障作預防。

本品是由八蚌寺佛教大學傳統製造工藝處秉承古代傳統藥方,根據西藏古老的 《四部醫典》第四章的內容醫藥實踐方法精心製作而成。 傳染病,即人、畜之間輾轉相傳的流行性瘟毒、疫窩。通常由顯而易 見的感冒症狀開始,迅速發展成為危及生命的惡毒性瘟疫,臨床表現不一。

在西藏的《四部醫典》裏,特別強調預防對於傳染病和邪魔病障造成的病痛 的重要性,更加明確地指出,流行性瘟疫憑藉呼吸、日光、氣味等,由外在 環境入侵體內,因此,提前預防為首要的任务。 預防可透過諸如藥物、咒語、 禪定等外在的方法,相互結合使用,從而起到避免疾病產生的作用。

(邪魔病障指由天龍凶曜及妖魔等非人所致病害,如区曜中風和麻瘋病等。) 使用方法: 1、黑藥丸囊為佩戴使用,密封處請勿打開。在傳染病流行期間,或人群聚 集處,可將黑藥丸置入囊中,佩戴於頸項,亦可將藥囊放入貼身衣袋中,隨身攜帶。 2、必要時可打開藥囊,嗅間黑藥丸氣味;或將黑藥丸搗碎用火點燃然,以鼻孔吸取煙味。 特別注意:嚴禁口服。

此法是由龍樹菩薩所傳出，是以九大本尊(藥師佛、文殊師利菩薩、觀世音菩薩、金剛手菩薩、馬頭明王、甘露漩明王、滿賢藥叉、大自在天王、象王財神)配合相對的九種藥材牛黃，藏青果，黑附子，麝香，菖蒲，紅花，硫石，阿魏及香墨加以修法，加持而成，能夠摧毀一切瘟神病魔之侵擾。因其配製是以香墨為基礎，故稱為「九黑配方」。

此藥丸可對治：各類地神所施放之災病，免除三種龍王所放之毒，防止和消除各種厲妖所施諸毒，去除黑白二種毒疔，免於重天花之傳染，防止和免除痢疾、腸病痛之傳染，免除因冒犯「瑪哈嘎裡」，而由其眷屬發出諸時疫之傳染病毒，免除因膽入經絡所引起之病症，例如：肝炎、黃疸病，另可免於在末法時期所出現空前未見之怪病、新瘟疫及十五種孩童之魔障…等。本九黑配製之藥，集自一切經續法，九藥以生起九本尊，九本尊咒之加持，灑淨、開光，於身佩掛或鼻聞，無疑可護身、除諸病魔。是故具緣佩者，當生起殊勝之信心！

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梵語：納哇嘎喇優尕藏語：納布穀覺西夏哇

牛黃、藏青果、烏頭（黑附子）、麝香、菖蒲、安息香、硫磺、阿魏、漢墨，製成粉末或者藥丸隨意一種，塗抹於身上或者佩帶在身上，此九種組合第一可壓制土地神；第二除三種龍毒；第三除各種兇暴的毒；第四除黑白疔瘡；第五抵禦惡性痘瘡（重天花）；第六抵禦腸痛（痢疾）；第七抵禦時疫（傳說護法女神吉祥天母散播的一種惡性傳染瘟疫）；第八抵禦膽入筋絡（肝膽系統之炎症，瘟病中於膽腑，加以飲食起居不慎，膽汁注入筋絡，面部眼球及皮膚均變黃色）；第九抵禦各種傳染病、十五種兒科邪魔症。其功德不可思議。

龍樹大師授記：此納布穀覺收集自整個續部經典，九種藥生九位本尊，九位本尊加以九種咒語，開光後佩帶於頸項，可防護病魔的侵害務必堅信。從九種傳承利益之門，彼的實踐竅決為，於星曜辰宿良辰日期，不違犯各自的本性，對藥加以善妙修集，遮止違逆損壞的過失，訶子、牛黃、菖蒲、烏頭、麝香、安息香、阿魏、硫磺、漢墨，依次生起藥師佛、文殊、觀音、金剛手、馬頭、甘露漩明王、滿賢藥叉、大自在天、會供主九位本尊，各個的心咒加以圓滿修持，並作開光祝福等諸事，如上凡諸所願明加伺察。甚深的殊勝口訣，利益眾生的事業，願一切眾生成就佛陀。

龍樹菩薩所造的綠度母退敵回遮儀軌. 又稱《度母替身伏魔破陣法》

《綠度母退敵回遮大法會—速示勝觀莊嚴真諦成果》

由龍樹菩薩所造的綠度母退敵回遮儀軌（又稱《度母替身伏魔破陣法》）的功德利益殊勝難以言喻。

*這兩年新冠肺炎全球肆虐，導致處處生靈塗炭，許多人都處於水深火熱之中。如此非常時刻舉辦此迅速帶來殊勝加持的法會實是當務之急。然而目前要進行群聚性的法會也是無法進行的，有鑑於此，我已經託付來自錫金多竹欽法王佐登寺，目前住在不丹的資深喇嘛在藏歷六月九日（陽曆七月十八日，星期天）進行上述法會。大家可以隨自己的能力隨喜這個極為重要的法會。*

綠度母是一切三世諸佛的事業自在化身和本尊，一切三世諸佛都開示了許多綠度母的儀軌，功德利益和續部密法。 特別是釋迦牟尼佛也在大藏經裡廣泛開示綠度母的續部。 

綠度母是觀世音菩薩眼淚中顯現的化身，大悲觀音的兩滴淚水，分別化為綠度母和白度母。 三世諸佛普遍顯現男相成佛，很少有顯現女身相成佛的，而綠度母本尊則非常特殊，她在成佛前發願以女身相成道，要在輪迴空盡前一直以女相度化眾生。 

此儀軌乃龍樹菩薩所造，先自己修持綠度母獲得無上成就，爾後啟造這個殊勝儀軌，由弟子們世代傳承修習。 藏地此度母法則由阿底峽尊者從印度傳入，傳授給他的入室弟子仲敦巴，從此在藏地不斷傳承下來，功德事業巍巍不可思議。

此龍樹菩薩所造儀軌不僅可以回遮世間一切魑魅魍魎所作之障害，祂猶如龍王鄒那仁青頂髻的如意寶，也可以滿足世出世間一切所求的殊勝法門。 若有人依靠天龍八部等世間鬼神的力量.....

對我們進行厭勝詛咒，或者是進行誅法忿怒事業的侵害，或因為所住地方產生惡緣等等違緣都可以通過念誦和修習此遮儀軌所遣除，特別是個人自己修持也是無比殊勝的密咒法門。 

當我們遠行辦事之時，修持這個儀軌可以遣除成辦事業的一切內外障礙；又或我們所住的地方發生戰亂或傳染疾病，亦可以依止此法而得遣除。 總而言之，在具備對綠度母絕對的信心的基礎上修持此回遮儀軌，可以成辦一切世出世間之事業，加持的力量無法言喻。 

對消除外道咒師對我們所下的惡毒詛咒，以及消除各種噩夢、作障魔類對我們的腦害，傳染病以及動物大量非自然死亡的惡緣，兇星惡曜所引起的災害，敵對勢力對我們進行的猛咒攻勢以及自己因為破壞誓言所導致的疾病皆可以消除，一切內外不欲發生的不吉祥緣起都可以回遮。

對於已經獲得綠度母灌頂和二十一度母讚頌文等口傳的修行人，在菩提心的基礎上，以利他心為動機，準備合乎儀軌要求的內外密如法的供品，內心清淨 和對境清淨，這樣絕對可以累積不可思議的福德資糧，通過對綠度母進行禪定和觀想積累智慧資糧，可以幫助修行者很快地圓滿福智二資糧，清淨煩惱障和所知障。

格薩爾王嘉珠圖丹成利仁波切開示。

Namtose Vaisravana the enlightened wealth protector

 

Namtose or Vaisravana is an enlightened wealth protector who helps improve financial situations and grants strong protection against harmful interferences and negative energies. Excellent for homes, offices and places of business.

Namtose, also known as Vaisravana in Sanskrit and Bishamonten in Japanese, is a Buddha of Wealth and the Guardian of the Northern direction. He has two main aspects: that of a warrior protector and that of a deity of wealth.

Although fully enlightened, Namtose chose to manifest as a Bodhisattva with the aim of helping others overcome poverty and misery. He has promised Buddha Shakyamuni to preserve and protect the teachings of the Buddha and guide all its practitioners in future aeons.

He has one face, two arms and rides upon a snow lion. His face has a stern expression with bushy eyebrows and a beard, and his eyes are wide and round. His body is a rich golden yellow, his right hand holds a victory banner, and his left holds a mongoose, commonly associated with goodfortune in ancient India. The mongoose spits jewels symbolising his capacity as a wealth deity.

Namtose is one of the primary protectors of the Gelugpa sect and one of his specific functions is to protect the Middle Scope of the Lamrim. In his capacity as one of the Four Directional Guardians, Namtose is often depicted on the outer walls of monasteries and temples, to safeguard against harmful interferences.

This Namtose statue can be personalised with a hand-painted face using real gold dust or insertion of mantras and holy items. You can also offer traditional brocade clothing such as a Tibetan-style tule and pangden, or pearls and semi-precious stones, as H.E. Tsem Rinpoche always encouraged the practice of making offerings to the Three Jewels, which creates the causes for us to attain the six paramitas (perfections).

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What Changed Tibet Today

What Changed Tibet Today

A journey to a mysterious Himalaya snow land and its unique Vajrayana Buddhism and the threatening culture. Tibetan culture and identity is inseparably linked to Tibetan Buddhism. 

October 1950 nearly 70 years after the invasion of China, the Chinese government has changed the iron hand, at least in public, with the silk gloves of the economical modernization. The carrot has replaced the bat, as the development could end with the Tibetans accepting the facts valid since 1951. 

The autonomous province, with estimated 3-4 million Tibetans and about four times bigger than France, has changed in the last 15 years. The mighty Potala palace, winter residence of His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama since the 17th century, has remained approximately unchanged. But Lhasa has changed.

These days, large parts of the city of Lhasa has changed rapidly and increasingly like any modern Chinese city, with hundreds of old buildings and villages knocked down to make way for new shopping malls and apartments for immigrants. 

Nowadays, the Tibetans have to adjust and adapt to a new flood of arrivals of domestic and foreign tourists, after China opened a new train route across the high altitude Tibetan Plateau, from  Xining to Lhasa in 2006.

Tibet today

Tourists flying high to ‘the roof of the world'

The Tibet region’s airports received 3.15m visitors last year and the number of tourists has grown by as much as 30 per cent each year

Tibet is rich in tradition and  Tibetans lifestyles that have changed over the generations. It is also a modern country with many urban Tibetans living busy city lives. Communications are very important for Tibetans and the use of mobile phones and the internet is extensive, including in some of the most remote parts of Tibet. 

Lhasa, the capital of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, is one of 24 famous historical and cultural cities declared by the China State Council. In recent years, Tibet's tourism has expanded rapidly, especially after the completion of Qingzang Railway.

Tourism is the new engine power tool for development in Tibet. Tibet received more than 20 million tourists for the first time in 2015, representing 190-per cent growth from five years ago. Tourism revenue reached 28.19 billion yuan (£3.42 billion) in the same year, equal to 27.5 percent of Tibet's GDP.

By 2020, estimated there will be 240 million tourists coming to Lhasa, generating 29.8 billion yuan in tourism revenue. Besides, Lhasa will become the only one International tourist, cultural city of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.  

Statistics from Lhasa's tourism Bureau

1. In 2006 -2007 Tibet received 7 million tourists, including 1 million foreigners. Tibet has generated a tourism income of 2.29 billion Chinese yuan.
2. In 2010, Tibet received 6.85 million tourists from home and abroad, generating revenues of 7.14 billion yuan, 14 percent of its total GDP.
3. In 2011 -2012 Tibet received 19 million domestic and foreign tourists.
4. In 2015 Tibet received more than 20 million domestic and foreign tourists.
5. In first half of 2016 Tibet received a record of 6.8 million tourists domestic and foreign tourists. Tourism revenue during the period increased by 32.1 percent year on year to 7 billion yuan ($1.05 billion), according to a statement issued by the regional tourism development commission. 

By 2020, there will be 240 million tourists coming to Lhasa, generating 29.8 billion yuan in tourism revenue. Besides, Lhasa will become the only one International tourist, cultural city of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

China's One Belt One Road Initiative (BRI)

Navigating a world of new opportunities through China's One Belt One Road Initiative (BRI)

Bridging the 'infrastructure gap' in Asia and beyond. The Belt and Road Initiative is expected to bridge the infrastructure gap and thus accelerate and infrastructure-driven economic growth across the Asia Pacific area and Central and Eastern Europe. 

What is Tibet and China’s 'one belt and one road initiative?

In more recent times, China’s “One Belt, One Road” (OBOR) policy – China plan to expand the reach of Chinese trade routes to Europe through a land route in Central Asia and a sea route through the Indian Ocean and around the horn of Africa – has taken center stage as a cornerstone of modern Chinese foreign policy. Access to Pakistan and Central Asia are crucial to ensure the success of these trade routes, which incidentally must start or pass through Tibet.

China’s railway expansion in Tibet. China announced plans to extend a railway line linking Tibet with the rest of the country to the borders of India, Nepal and Bhutan by 2020. China opened its 1,142 km railway line from Golmud in its Qinghai province to Tibet’s capital Lhasa in 2006. 

The 253 km Lhasa-Shigatse link, which includes 13 stations with altitudes ranging from 3,600 to 4,000 metres, is the largest investment project in the Tibet Autonomous Region in the 12th Five-Year Plan.

The Economist in June this year, published a report about over 7.5 million passengers rode the railway from Golmud to Lhasa in 2013 alone — more than the entire population of Tibet itself.  China will spend about $17.6 billion for a second rail link to northwestern Xinjiang, Uighur, its major coal production region near Tibet.

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