{"id":8,"date":"2017-05-13T22:47:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T21:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dundeebuddhistgroup.co.uk\/may\/yes\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2021-01-08T11:30:38","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T11:30:38","slug":"support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dundeebuddhistgroup.co.uk\/?page_id=8","title":{"rendered":"Support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>a little about DBG &#8230;<\/h2>\n\t<p>The Dundee Buddhist Group (DBG) is 20 odd years old and was established at the request of the people of Dundee by Ven Karma Jiga. Many great Lamas have visited and many people have passed through its doors. Karma Jiga&#8217;s main aim has been to introduce people to meditation in whatever form they needed. Thanks to his root guru, the late Akong Tulku Rinpoche, he has been taught by and been able to invite the greatest of Buddhist masters of the Karma Kagyu Lineage, some of whom have honoured and praised his work. He presents protraits of some of those great teachers here. We hope that this and our Buddha Blethers Blog inspires you to engage in the practices that transformed Karma Jiga&#8217;s life &#8230;\u00a0 enjoy ! <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Sarva Mangalam &#8211; May goodness prevail!\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dundeebuddhistgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/06_DSC02383-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"06_DSC02383\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"06_DSC02383\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<p>The 18th Dulmo Choje Rinpoche honoured Karma Jiga in his 1000 year old monastic seat, Damkar Gompa in Tibet. Here he presents Karma Jiga with a Golden Guru Rinpoche statue in a private ceremony in his apartments, where Karma jiga stayed at Rinpoche&#8217;s invitation during the yearly Guru Rinpoche celebrations and Lama dancing.<\/p>\n\t<p>His work was recognised by H.E. the 18th Dulmo Choje Rinpoche, the highest living Lama of the Karma Kagyu lineage in Tibet. While there he was placed on a high seat of honour and at the head of the assembly of monks during the prayer ceremonies in the Damkar shrine hall.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dundeebuddhistgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/lamajiga_dulmocho.jpg\" alt=\"lamajiga_dulmocho\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"500\" width=\"500\" title=\"lamajiga_dulmocho\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dundeebuddhistgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/dulmo.jpg\" alt=\"dulmo\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" title=\"dulmo\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<p>H.E. the 18th Dulmo Choje Rinpoche, his heart son Pasang Tulku Rinpoche and Karma Jiga in the Nilupul centre in Dundee, pictured under Karma Jiga&#8217;s Lineage Thanka. It was such a great blessing to have such a renowned Lama in the centre and in this great city of Dundee. H.E. is considered to be an incarnation of White Tara. After requests and offerings from Karma Jiga, he performed the White Tara initiation for a few fortunate beings who were able to attend and connect with such a great saint. Our great\u00a0 thanks to him.<\/p>\n\t<h3>Karma Jiga with the other Tulkus and high Lamas during the final day of the Guru Rinpoche prayers and Lama dancing ceremonies. His Eminence was presented with many offerings and Karma Jiga was reunited\u00a0 and reconnected with Lamas he had known in the past. He was invited to several other monasteries in Kham while in Tibet by eminent Lamas.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dundeebuddhistgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dulmo_choje_jiga_03-e1596391975613.jpg\" alt=\"dulmo_choje_jiga_03\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"dulmo_choje_jiga_03\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dundeebuddhistgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/buddhist-lineage.jpg\" alt=\"buddhist-lineage\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"buddhist-lineage\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<h3>H.H. 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu lineage, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, his representative in Europe and Lama Jiga in Tergar Monastery, Bodhgaya, India.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dundeebuddhistgroup.co.uk\/may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/buddhist-teachers.jpg\" alt=\"buddhist-teachers\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"buddhist-teachers\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<p>Karma Jiga&#8217;s Long Life Prayer was composed by the Very Venerable 9th Kenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, tutor to HH the Gyalwa Karmapa. Karma Jiga studied with him for fifteen years &amp; recieved all his retreat empowerments from him.<\/p>\n\t<h3>A special Lineage Thangka was commissioned by Choje Akong Tulku Rinpoche\u00a0 for Kama Jiga. After dicussion with Ringu Tulku, HH the 17th Karmapa&#8217;s representative in europe, the Thanka was painted by Ringu Tulku&#8217;s brother Salga for Karma Jiga.\u00a0 Akong Tulku added two extra images, Green Tara and Manjushri, to the thanka. As you can see here, H.H. Dalai Lama blessed the Thanka\u00a0 with his signature in the presence of\u00a0 Karma Jiga on his visit to Dundee.<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dundeebuddhistgroup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dalai-lama-2.jpg\" alt=\"dalai-lama-2\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"dalai-lama-2\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<p>Sarva Mangalam &#8211; May goodness prevail!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a little about DBG &#8230; The Dundee Buddhist Group (DBG) is 20 odd years old and was established at the request of the people of Dundee by Ven Karma Jiga. Many great Lamas have visited and many people have passed through its doors. 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