Tulku Lobsang, child of Tibet with a foretold destiny
Born in 1976 in north-eastern Tibet, in Amdo, Tulku Lobsang was enthroned as the 8th incarnation of Lama Nyentze. At the age of 6, Tulku Lobsang entered the local Buddhist monastic school, Sowa Monastery. At the age of 11, he joined the largest Bön monastery in Tibet, Nangzhig Gön Chen, also known as Narshi Gompa. There he had his first experiences of the secret teachings of Dzogchen and Bön rituals with his uncle.
The oracle who recognised him had separately identified the body, speech and mind of Lama Nyentse. As Tulku Lobsang was recognised as the reincarnation of speech, his destiny is not to remain at the head of the monastery, but to travel the world, giving oral teachings and sharing his gift through
the word. This came true when, in 2000, he met a group of Austrian practitioners who invited him to come and teach in Europe.
Rimé master, that is to say "non-sectarian".
Between these two periods, Tulku Lobsang received teachings from almost all the Tibetan Buddhist traditions: the Bön teachings, the secret traditions of the Jonang of Kalachakra, the Mahamudra traditions, medicine and astrology during his stay at Labrang monastery, the Merta Jertsa (100 mandalas), the Mangnergajama (teaching of flowers and essences). He had a total of 35 principal masters from whom he received special instructions and initiations, both in Tibet and in India, where he arrived in 1993 to study at Gaden Shartse monastery.
He is thus considered Rimé, i.e. "non-sectarian". Today he perpetuates these traditions.
You can read more about this period of his life by downloading this file from Emptinez Magazine.
Tulku Lobsang arrive in India
This second document below, again from Emptinez magazine, tells of Tulku Lobsang's life and work in Dharamsala.
In Dharamasala, Tulku Lobsang is known to have helped many people, notably by opening a small restaurant and by instituting a card system which allowed people who did not have enough to eat to come and help themselves for free.
Because Tulku Lobsang, as a master and Rinpoche, has the particularity of always being very direct and practical. The teaching comes into action in each of his actions. And the action is not always on a high seat to teach and guide.
The practice brought to Westerners
When Tulku Lobsang came into contact with Westerners, he quickly realised that the life imposed by our present society was causing a lot of damage to our bodies and therefore to our minds. Indeed, the Westerner of today spends a lot of time sitting, whether at work or at home, his body does not move enough. This leads to many back and joint problems.
The food we eat contains many chemicals that can damage the liver and stomach, and also cause blood diseases and tumours.
Modern man has also lost the connection with the environment, with nature. Even if he goes running or walking in nature, his understanding of the relationship between nature and us through the Five Elements is almost non-existent. The mind thinks instead of feels.
This permanent conceptual approach of the mind instead of a perceptual, feeling approach, leads people to cut themselves off from their sensations, from their own bodies. They lose the sensitivity of the body and do not even feel the negative influences of the mind. They only become aware of this when the body becomes really ill or when they suffer psychologically. Emotional disturbances are very common, as are heart problems.
This lack of understanding also leads to a lot of rigidity in the face of life, in the face of change, in the face of obstacles, in the face of suffering.
This is where the practices of the Tibetan Tantrayana will enable us to act by bringing the person to restructure his or her way of being and thus to perceive events and thus to apprehend them and to direct his or her life.
Tulku Lobsang has the particularity of delivering practices that until now have been kept within the monasteries, delivered only to Buddhist practitioners. Everyone can now take their life in hand and work to transform themselves, without having to enter a religious system.
This opening up of the Tibetan Tantrayana teachings to the West is a first and is supported by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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