GYALWA PUKANG MONASTERY'S MONASTIC COLLEGE
This is what the Buddha taught:
"All phenomena arise from causes; Those causes have been taught by the Tathagata,
And their cessation too has been proclaimed by the Great Shramana.
Commit not a single unwholesome action, cultivate a wealth of virtue,
To tame this of ours completely-this is the teaching of the Buddhas."
Khenchen Pema Tsewang Lhundrup was born in Dzachukha in the Derge region. He entered the doorway of the dharma at an early age and completed a course of study covering the whole range of subjects pertaining to the sutras, tantras, and other fields of knowledge. In particular, he studied with such masters as Gyalse Gyurme Dorje, Khenchen Botrul Do-ngak Tenpai Nyima, and Khenchen Tupten Chopel, receiving the entire body of maturing empowerments and liberating instructions of the profound, secret approach of Dzogchen and putting them into practice. Pema Tsewang Lhundrup became a great mentor in his own right, combining the three qualities of erudition, moral purity, and nobility. Pema Tsewang Lhundrup taught at Dzogchen Shri Simha Shedra and other institutions, bestowing the nectar of the dharma through his profound and extensive knowledge. His enlightened activities had a wide impact, with hundreds of thousands of his followers and students supporting the teachings and helping beings throughout India and Tibet.
Ngetön Shedrup Targyé Ling
Ngetön Shedrup Targyé Ling was founded by Mahapandita Pema Tsewang in the year of the fire rabbit in the seventeenth sixty year cycle of the Tibetan calendar (1987).
This supreme lord of refuge was praised again and again in the prophesies of numerous emanated treasure revealers, including the regent of Padmasambhava Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa and Khamtsang Tertön.
The prophecies state:
Vajra Manjushri, accomplished in the wisdom of bliss,
One with the name Pema will hold the teachings of definitive meaning.
And:
From the South of he re, in the land of AH,
Will come one blessed by Kilaya, emanation of Manjushri.
The banner of the one named Pema will flutter,
Benefiting all and pervading all four continents like the sun,
Causing the dominion of teaching and practice to flourish.
And:
Unprecedented teaching and practice will be maintained by one named Pema;
If a shower of rain falls upon this radiant lotus,
His merit will be renowned throughout all worlds and lands.
In his own country the sun of bliss will rise five times.
The college he founded was a sanctuary for the study of the five sciences and the Buddha’s teachings. Once complete, the three foundational practices of the Vinaya, the root teachings of the sacred Dharma, were established as the basis for the non-sectarian exposition of the wonderful treatises of the learned Indian and Tibetan masters. This included treatises on sutra, mantra, and the sciences, and a particular emphasis on the writings of the three omniscient ones: Rongzom Mahapandita, Longchen Rabjam, and Ju Mipam. Numerous lineage-holding khenpos have been trained at this institution, bringing happiness and benefit to all regions of Tibet and foreign lands, as well as protecting and preserving the Buddha’s precious teachings and helping them to flourish.
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