{"id":330078,"date":"2025-09-28T16:13:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T14:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhagpo.org\/?p=330078"},"modified":"2025-10-07T07:44:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T05:44:28","slug":"october-2010-karmapa-receives-transmission-treasure-precious-instructions-from-pewar-rinpoche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dhagpo.org\/en\/october-2010-karmapa-receives-transmission-treasure-precious-instructions-from-pewar-rinpoche\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2010 : Karmapa Receives the Transmission of the Treasure of Precious Instructions<\/i> from Pewar Rinpoche"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Beginning in early October 2010 and over the course of the next two months, His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa pursued his education as lineage holder.<\/strong> At Dhagpo Kundreul Ling,\u00a0 he received the collection compiled by Jamgon Kongtrul Lodr\u00f6 Thaye, the Treasure of Precious Instructions <\/a><\/em>, or Damngak Dz\u00f6<\/em> (see the presentation of this collection below).<\/p>\n

As on several occasions during the 2000s, Dhagpo Kundreul Ling was the privileged witness to Karmapa’s education, providing an ideal environment for this confidential transmission. Karmapa was the main recipient, accompanied by<\/strong> Kathog Rigzin Chenpo Rinpoche (holder of the Kathog lineage of the Nyingma tradition) and Trinlay Rinpoche, joined by Lama Jigme Rinpoche.<\/p>\n

Mipham Ch\u00f6kyi Lodr\u00f6, the 14th K\u00fcnzig Shamarpa, requested of the eminent master Pewar Rinpoche (1933-2022) that he transmit this collection to Karmapa. Jamyang S\u00f6nam Wangpo Pewar Choktrul Rinpoche, to give his full name, was a great master and holder of the Sakya and Nyingma traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. He was the abbot of Pewar Monastery in Tibet. His radiant and timeless presence<\/strong> was reminiscent of that of his great friend Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910\u20131991).<\/p>\n

Pewar Rinpoche was a disciple of Jamyang Khyentse Ch\u00f6kyi Lodr\u00f6 (1893\u20131959). In addition to his spiritual accomplishments, Pewar Rinpoche also made a remarkable contribution to the revival of Buddhism in Tibet. He was deeply committed to preserving Tibetan Buddhist art and texts<\/strong>, notably risking his life to ensure that the Derge printing press survived the Chinese Communist invasion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the letter he addressed to his students upon Pewar Rinpoche’s parinirvana,<\/a> Karmapa explained:\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Due to changes in the country, Pewar Rinpoche settled in an underground cave in a secluded location not far from G\u00f6nchen Monastery in the Derge region. He spent twenty years there in meditation.<\/em><\/p>\n

From time to time, practitioners would seek his instructions, and during these meetings, Pewar Rinpoche would ask trusted disciples to retrieve sacred objects, such as statues and paintings, from monasteries in the region. He then protected these objects in his cave and returned them to their original institutions once circumstances had stabilized. In total, the late Pewar Rinpoche saved more than a thousand sacred representations.<\/em>
From 1980 until his death, Pewar Rinpoche tirelessly taught the Buddha Dharma, gave transmissions and empowerments in different regions of Tibet and abroad. Unfortunately, due to the lack of beneficial karma of sentient beings, it is possible that there will never be another master like him in this world.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Pewar Rinpoche was the direct holder of the transmission lineage of this collection; there were only two masters between him and the author of the collection, Jamgon Kongtrul Lodr\u00f6 Thaye.<\/p>\n

By initiating this transmission, Shamarpa once again demonstrated the ecumenical dimension of Dharma transmissions. It is not so much a matter of schools or institutions as it is of authentic practitioners who are holders of intact and unbroken lineages of transmission, which they pass on beyond all religious or political divisions. <\/p>\n

See other articles on the transmissions received by Karmapa at Dhagpo Kundreul Ling: <\/p>\n