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About Dorje Ling
Dorje Ling Buddhist Center represents the 700-year-old Jonang Tradition
of Tibetan Buddhism under the guidance of Tulku Tashi Gyaltsan Rinpoche.
It is the first Jonangpa Buddhist Center located in the West. Jonang
is the name of a retreat location in central Tibet, in today's District
of Lhaze in the Shigaze Area. Since this tradition was developed from
that place, followers of this school are called Jonangpa. It is one of
the old schools of philosophy in Tibet.
The Jonangpa tradition is famous because of its strong historical connection
dedicated to the instruction and practice of Kalachakra Tantra. The Jonang
tradition differs from other Buddhist schools of thought due to its philosophical
viewpoint on the nature of reality.
All Buddhists believe the basic nature
of all phenomena is emptiness. In Tibetan Buddhism the viewpoint of emptiness is divided into two: self-emptiness
and other-emptiness. Most Tibetan Buddhist scholars follow the viewpoint
of self-emptiness. However, from Master Dolpopa to Taranatha to the very
present day, the followers of Jonang hold the philosophical viewpoint
of other-emptiness. Today in Tibet there are more than 50 Jonangpa monasteries
throughout the country, supporting approximately 10,000 monks.
Comparatively the Nyimapa, Sakyapa, Kagyupa, and Gelugpa have more than
300-1000 monasteries each in Tibet. The Jonang maters are highly trained,
both experientially and intellectually in the Kalachakra Tantric system.
Dorje Ling Buddhist Center teaches the fundamental Buddhist way of living
along with the profound deity-visualization meditation.
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