Fearless in Tibet: The Life of the Mystic Terton Sogyal by Pistono Matteo

Author:Pistono, Matteo [Pistono, Matteo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hay House, Inc.
Published: 2014-05-27T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

NEVER GIVE UP

LHASA, CENTRAL TIBET

Year of the Iron Ox to the Wood Dragon, 1901–1904

After two years in Kham, Tertön Sogyal returned to Lhasa in the Iron Ox year (1901) with the Dispelling Flaws in Interdependence terma and resumed his position in the court of the Dalai Lama. It would be his last trip to central Tibet. At this time, there was no disputing the Dalai Lama’s reliance on Tertön Sogyal and the responsibilities he entrusted in him. Yet some in Lhasa, including prominent monastic leaders, continued to oppose the tertön. They resented him not only because of his unorthodox and rough character, but because of his influence on the Dalai Lama regarding religious matters. The central issue that some of the monks from Sera and Ganden monasteries raised questioned the authenticity of Padmasambhava’s concealed treasures and prophecies—the very spiritual practices to which the Dalai Lama, the Nechung Oracle, and others were devoted. While sectarian monks’ protestations persisted, the Dalai Lama still relied upon Tertön Sogyal for spiritual guidance, as well as advice on how to handle the growing political threat from British India and Tsarist Russia, as well as the Qing Manchus.

As soon as Tertön Sogyal arrived in Lhasa, he offered the empowerments and transmissions of Dispelling Flaws in Interdependence to the Dalai Lama, who composed a prayer of offering to the Dharma protectors of the teaching. Such treasure teachings as Dispelling Flaws and The Razor were specifically catering to Tibet’s troubles at the end of the 19th and the early 20th centuries. The Dispelling Flaws revelation was meant to repair the disharmony of Tibet’s political leaders and the sectarian monks through unification. One of the special qualities of treasure teachings is that revelation occurs at precisely the time when the instructions are most needed. As it says in the Dispelling Flaws in Interdependence liturgy:

Pacify all outer, inner and secret inauspicious circumstances: Let the past ones cease to exist! Let future ones not arise! Let present ones never harm us! And, from within the space of wisdom, transform all harm and inauspiciousness into good.

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