Shamar Rinpoche dies

[Apech]

With deep sadness and gratitude for his teachings, we share the news that Shamar Rinpoche passed away suddenly on June 11, 2014, in Renchen-Ulm, Germany.

 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shamar-Rinpoche/590784934341571

 

... very sad and a bit of a shock.

[C T]

Deeply saddened by this.

 

Om Amideva Hrih

 

Om Amideva Hrih

 

Om Amideva Hrih

 

 

 

Heartfelt thoughts go out to all brothers & sisters of Rinpoche's lineage.

[GrandmasterP]

Very sad news about Shamar Rinpoche, from the Renchen-Ulm Bodhipath center in Germany, where he was teaching.

 

http://bodhipath-renchen-ulm.de/news-pressestimmen/news-view/shamar-rinpoche-ploetzlicher-herztod-sudden-heart-death/f2ea01e63898e497e72962159fa6df41/

 

Dear friends,

 

 

 

we are all deeply shocked - this morning during the breakfast Shamar Rinpoche passed away - he got a sudden heart death. The emergency doctors came here right away but couldn't do anything anymore.

 

Rinpoche already had a short black out during the course but the doctors confirmed that even an immediate transfer to the hospital wouldn't have changed anything.

 

 

 

Jigme Rinpoche and we all ask you to do the Buddha Amitabha Practise for Shamar Rinpoche, please.

 

 

 

with extremely sad regards,

 

your Bodhi Path Team

Edited June 11, 2014 by GrandmasterP

[doc benway]

My condolences to those who have lost a teacher, friend, and loved one.

[Tibetan_Ice]

I'm very sorry to hear this.

 

I attended his session last year when he came to Calgary, Alberta..

 

He gave us a breath meditation that involved visualizing the in-breath going from the nostrils, over top of the brain and then down the spine to below the navel. Then, on the out-breath, you visualize a line going from the nostrils to the ground. He also stated that your past lives are stored just below the navel..

 

 

 

 

He said he didn't always listen to the Dalai Lama..

 

May we meet again sometimes in our journeys..

 

Edited June 12, 2014 by Tibetan_Ice

[Apech]

[C T]

Thank you, John. _/\_

[Cheshire Cat]

How could it be that he died so young?

[Apech]

[Apech]

https://soundcloud.com/sabchu-rinpoch/supplication-prayer-for-the-swift-return-of-shamar-rinpoche

[Apech]

[Apech]

http://www.tricycle.com/blog/shamarpa-without-borders

[Apech]

A quote from this great teacher:

 

 

Gyalwa Shamarpa Khenno

Faith comes from knowledge. If you have no knowledge of the path, it is impossible to have real faith. Faith means knowing the way, having faith in your own knowledge. If you study intensively, faith appears spontaneously.

 

For example, a blind person needs a guide whom he must trust completely. If you prefer to be blind you will always need a guide. But if you do not want to be blind, you should learn to see. Gradually you can open your eyes and learn to trust your way of seeing and walking along the path. To need a teacher does not mean that you have to hang onto him like a blind person to his seeing-eye dog.

 

I am talking about people who when they meet the Dharma become extremists and turn into groupies. They run around in tee shirts printed with OM MANI PEME HUNG mantras. They would love to slip into the skin of their teacher. They even try to sound like their teacher, to imitate him in a certain way.

 

In Buddhism a natural human understanding is important. In Tibet there is a saying for this, “A first class businessman when learning the Dharma will also be a first class practitioner.” A businessman possesses practical understanding and clear thinking so necessary for Buddhist practice.

 

Excerpts from "Learning to See" @ www.shamarpa.org

[Tibetan_Ice]

http://youtu.be/AT4912b3Tdo

[Apech]

Interview with Sharmapa Rinpoche.

 

http://www.shamarpa.org/learning-to-see/

 

 

 

You cannot talk about a relationship or connection between the Mahayana and the Vajrayana, because a relationship can only exist between two separate things. Mahayana and Vajrayana cannot be separated; they are not two different things. The practice of Vajrayana is completely based on Mahayana. This can be demonstrated with examples. In the Vajrayana, if you meditate on some Buddha aspects, they arise in the visualization from the inseparability of compassion and emptiness. Emptiness is not just a black hole and compassion does not mean our normal emotional feelings we share with one another. What then do emptiness and compassion really mean? Both terms are precisely explained in the Mahayana. You need the foundation of the Mahayana in order to understand and correctly apply the methods of the Vajrayana. Suppose a letter HRIH symbolizing the true nature of mind appears; these qualities are described in the Mahayana. In that way, through examples, it becomes clear that the Mahayana and the Vajrayana are inseparable from each other.

[Apech]