User:Karma choden

THE DRUKPA LINEAGE

I am from Bhutan and we are the followers of the Drukpa Lineage, as such I wish to clarify that in our  religion texts, in our websites and words of prominent Lamas(such as all Jekhenpos(head of monastic body))and History Books of Bhutan states that the state religion in Bhutan is known as “Drukpa Kargyud “and not “Drukpa Kagyu”. We never learned our state religion as Kagyu. Please know the difference between “Kargyud” and “Kagyu”.

In Preliminary practice by 8th Gyalwang Drukpa Kunsig Choenang (The chariot of Grace) it is clearly mentioned in the preface. page no 17 3rd stanza  says  I bow to the precious white lineage (Kargyud Lineage) And in the 4th stanza says, I bow to the precious Kargyud Lineage, And in 5th stanza says, I bow to the precious Gurus of the Kargyud Lineage.

Of course it might be true that the Bhutanese royal family and many prominent Drukpa lamas in Bhutan have enjoyed close relationship with high lamas from the Karma Kagyu lineage such as the 16th Karmapa, But it does not mean we consider ourselves Kagyu. Dalai Lama respects Pope and has good relationship, does that mean all the Tibetans are Christen?

Besides we respect and also enjoy a good relation with high lamas of all the other traditions too, Though we are Firmly Dongyud Pelden Drukpa and recognize only the Je Khenpo the representative of Shabdrung Rinpoche as Head of the Lineage in Bhutan and His Holiness the twelfth Gyalwang Drukpa as head of the all Drukpa lineage In Tibeat, Ladakh, Grsha, Kinnaur, Ladakh, and west Bengal, Sikkim etc. As far this categorization of four major kagyu and eight lesser by  Pawo Tsuklak Trengwa, it has never been  acknowledged by us and other lineages. Furthermore I wish to state that, though Lingre Kagyu is mentioned as the one of the eight lesser Kagyu the Drukpa Kargyud is not mentioned in the categorization at all.

It is not right for you write that “the Gyalwang Drukpa rejects the term "Kagyu" for reasons of his own.” H.H Gyalwang Drukpa being the Head of the Drukpa Lineage, we the people of our country and followers of Drukpa Lineage from all over world don’t want him to be disrespected that way,please Desist from further disrespectful writings about H.H.Gyalwang Drukpa.

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