How Did Doegyal Come Into Being
How did Doegyal come into being?
Shugden propitiators say that soon after the death, the cremation took place at the compound of a tantric house of Drepung monastery. However, his spirit rose from the funeral pyre for vengeance. Soon after, misfortunes such as earthquakes and famines occurred in Central Tibet, were considered the consequences of Doegyal´s furious and merciless act. Doegyal survived and left for Tashi Lhunpo Monastery to meet his teacher Penchen Lobsang choeky Gyaltsen in Tsang Province, but Guardian Namsey and his retinue of eight did not allow him to enter the monastery. The events are narrated in Phabonkapa´s writing, “when he arrived at Tashi Lhunpo monastery, due to a bit of negative omen, he turned towards Sakya disillusioned.” He went to the Sakya Monastery in Sakya province and appeared before Sakya Dakchen …show more content…
There is no record of Doegyal as a Dharmapala during that time. It makes sense why the State Oracle Nechung called him, 'Asey khyampo' (Drifter). In the course of 47 years, nothing was heard of the spirit.
In 1721, the spirit appeared for the first time before Dakchen Sonam Rinchen, (1705-1741) the head of the Sakya tradition. He put his hand through the window of the master's residence to beg for food. When asked, "Who are you?" The spirit replied, "I am the untrustworthy Spirit of Gaden."
Someone wrote that it was not the right time to subdue the spirit because the negative karma he created through his distorted prayer was still not exhausted. Therefore, Dagchen Sonam Rinchen included him in the pantheon of worldly dharma protectors of the lower rank. I found the above explanation far from convincing. In my opinion, seeing the deplorable situation in which the spirit was passing through, out of pity, Dagchen admitted him to the lower rank of Sakya protectors on the condition that he must serve dharma practitioners. Anyhow, he finally found a
Shugden propitiators say that soon after the death, the cremation took place at the compound of a tantric house of Drepung monastery. However, his spirit rose from the funeral pyre for vengeance. Soon after, misfortunes such as earthquakes and famines occurred in Central Tibet, were considered the consequences of Doegyal´s furious and merciless act. Doegyal survived and left for Tashi Lhunpo Monastery to meet his teacher Penchen Lobsang choeky Gyaltsen in Tsang Province, but Guardian Namsey and his retinue of eight did not allow him to enter the monastery. The events are narrated in Phabonkapa´s writing, “when he arrived at Tashi Lhunpo monastery, due to a bit of negative omen, he turned towards Sakya disillusioned.” He went to the Sakya Monastery in Sakya province and appeared before Sakya Dakchen …show more content…
There is no record of Doegyal as a Dharmapala during that time. It makes sense why the State Oracle Nechung called him, 'Asey khyampo' (Drifter). In the course of 47 years, nothing was heard of the spirit.
In 1721, the spirit appeared for the first time before Dakchen Sonam Rinchen, (1705-1741) the head of the Sakya tradition. He put his hand through the window of the master's residence to beg for food. When asked, "Who are you?" The spirit replied, "I am the untrustworthy Spirit of Gaden."
Someone wrote that it was not the right time to subdue the spirit because the negative karma he created through his distorted prayer was still not exhausted. Therefore, Dagchen Sonam Rinchen included him in the pantheon of worldly dharma protectors of the lower rank. I found the above explanation far from convincing. In my opinion, seeing the deplorable situation in which the spirit was passing through, out of pity, Dagchen admitted him to the lower rank of Sakya protectors on the condition that he must serve dharma practitioners. Anyhow, he finally found a