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105 This edited translation has been approved. All footnotes are mine.
GURU RINPOCHE'S PREDICTION RESURFACES 93
106 KLs PL, and SH(TIB) are three famous Tibetan works wherein Shamarpa is referred to as Karmapa
Red-Hat.
One example of a history book (in English) in which Shamarpa is referred to as Karmapa Red-Hat is Tibet:
A
Political History by the famous Tibetan scholar, Tsepon W.D. Shakabpa, first printing in 1967 by Yale
University
Press. Brief excerpts from this work, in which the 6th Shamarpa is specifically referred to by Shakabpa as
Karmapa Red-
Hat, are presented in fart Two in this book.
107 I found out that the current S hamarpa's first identify card issued in India upon his arrival from Tibet,
showed his
name as 'T)or/e Rinpoche." This proves that "Done " is an official and recorded name of the current
Shamarpa.
108 Two examples are the 16th Karmapa Rangung Riftpe Dorje, and the 17^ Karmapa Thaye Done.
The next clue - that he will lead each and every person connected to him to
Dewachen - confirms that it is the Karmapa Red-Hat (or Shamarpa) who is the
focus here. The Karma Kagyu lineage history acknowledges the Karmapa Red-Hat
as the holder of Buddha Amitabha's activities. This means that he is considered to
be an emanation of Buddha Amitabha's activities rooted in the wish to guide people
to the path to Dewachen, the Pure Land of Buddha Amitabha. This is then the main
activity of the lineage of the Shamarpas. It is generally believed that whoever is
connected with Shamarpa will take rebirth in the Pure Land of Buddha Amitabha.109
It follows then, that the present Shamarpa (a Karmapa Red-Hat incarnate whose
name is Dorje Rinpoche), whose life's work it is to show people the path to
Dewachen, fits all three criteria described in Guru Rinpoche's prediction.
As to the identity of the mara, or evil person (gongpo) who has Tai and Si in his
name, none fits all the details contained in the prediction better than the Karma
Kagyu's Tai Si-tu Rinpoche.
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y We recall fromGuru Rinpoche'sPrediction;
At that time, a mara or evil will appear, whose name consists of Tai a nd St. He is
showing white on the surface, and he claims to be the emanation of a Buddha.
First of all, no other rinpoche or lama in the Karma Kagyu School has those
letters in his name except for Tai Situ Rinpoche. Secondly, the Kagyu School is also
known as the "white" sect, just as the "yellow" sect refers to the Gelug School. This
Tai Situ has apparently claimed on many occasions during public lectures, that he is
the emanation of Buddha Maitreya; all the attendees of those lectures are the
witnesses. According to any Tibetan dictionary, the word "Ihom pa" found in the
prediction is specifically used in the context where a person pretends that he is
learned or holy when he is not. In other words, the person claims under pretension
that he is something he is not.
I could not find any record of any past Tai Situ Rinpoche who had proclaimed
themselves to be emanations of a Buddha. No question, it is in the tradition of
Vajrayana Buddhism for followers to consider certain lineage teachers to be the
emanation of Buddhas or bodhisattvas. Nevertheless, while disciples may praise a
teacher as such yet it is seldom that a teacher would actually proclaim himself as
one. Therefore, the current Situ of the white sect with Tai and Si in his name,
claiming to be an emanation of Buddha Maitreya, unmistakably matches the
description of the mara as foretold by Guru Rinpoche.
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/y From Gum Rinpoche's Prediction:
This person will do nothing but launch attacks, fighting and petforming black
magic, and thus (cause) a split in the region of Tibet. This will happen.
109 "Connected" here refers to following Shamarpa in a positive way within the context of the Buddha dharma.
!w Please see Chapter 1 and 3 for Geshe's analysis of the 5th and 16th Karmapa's prophecies respectively,
concerning Situ
Rinpoche's involvement in the 17th Karmapa controversy. Greater details of Situ Rinpoches actions will be
presented in
Part 3 and 4 under this cover.
111 See chapter on Topga Rinpoche's analysis of said letter in Part 4.
'12 See chapter entitled, "A Red Herring" in Part 4 for details.
113 Details of Akong's letter to Bhandari are provided in mj closing commentary to Chapter 34, "Rumtek
Monastery".
114 The Joint Action Committee of Gangtok is made up of groups of people who rvn small, local businesses
in Gangtok
such as taxi drivers, the vendors of vegetables in the markets, and small shopkeepers, etc.
The same is found between parents and children, among brothers and sisters,
friends, and members of Tibetan villages and monasteries alike, inside and outside
of Tibet. And thus Tai Situ Rinpoche's actions have caused this "internal fighting"
within the Tibetan families and communities.
I have heard from a reliable source115 that the TGIE has already informed the
India government about Situ Rinpoche to the effect that he is a troublemaker,
dangerous politically and should not be trusted. To date, officials of the
governments of both China and India have imposed restrictions on Situ Rinpoche's
physical movements within their countries.
In my analysis of the 5th Karmapa's prophecy, I have explained how the current
Situ tried but failed to ban the doctrines of the Shamarpas in some monasteries. The
many mistruths spread about the institution of the Shamarpas in publications today
demonstrate how the current Situ and his people are trying to "ruin the lineage of
that Karmapa incarnate whose name is Dorje," just as Guru Rinpoche predicted.116
Therefore, Tai Situ Rinpoche's own name and his dubious actions and involvements
in the 17th Karmapa controversy support my contention that he fits the description
of the mara spelled out in Guru Rinpoche's prediction.
We now come to the third person named by Guru Rinpoche in his prediction.
He is Drakpa, a student of that Karmapa incarnate named Dorje. According to
Guru Rinpoche, he will also be able to eliminate the evil conflicts.
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y From Guru Rinpoche's Prediction:
A student of that (Karmapa incarnate with the name of 0or|e^ called Drakpa,
one who is an emanation ofVajrapani» wiMappeat.
He (called Drakpa) can also eliminate the evil war,
Even though that is so, but if the mind ^fBrafcpa)^^^^
prediction, then the dharma lineage will deteriorate as an^^
evil). This will come to pass.
Not only that, but (another effect of the evil obstacle will be) that Karmapa
(incarnate whose name is Dorje) will quickly take rebirth in the lower part of
Kongpo (in southern Tibet). This will come to pass.
The current Gyaltsap Rinpoche seems to fit this description though I am not
entirely convinced. Here are the reasons to support this opinion. First of all, the
given name of the current Gyaltsap Rinpoche is Drakpa Tenpai Yaphel. Second, I
learned from Shamar Rinpoche himself that he taught Gyaltsap Rinpoche on the
115 Geshe admits that he is not at liberty to disclose the name of his source.
116 See Chapter 1 for Geshe's explanation about Situ's attempts to ban the doctrines of the Shamarpas. Other
chapters
in Part Two under this cover further address some misrepresentations of the 6th and 10th Shamarpas in
Terhune's
KPR.