Dakpa Gyaltsen Analysis
DISMANTLING THE MYTH OF SHUGDEN.
A detective arrives at the crime scene and finds no criminal, but he finds a lot of traces like the fingerprints, the footprints and bloodstain, etc. On the basis of these circumstantial evidence, he has to find the criminal. Equally, one of the most challenging things about doing historical research is that the past doesn't exist anymore. The past survives only as fragments in the literature that remain from a time that is no more. History research means collecting these fragments and figuring out what they mean.
The origin of Doegyal traces back to the middle of the 17th century. In fact, we are dealing with the events that took place in our history. So, it would not be wise enough to come up with a preconceived idea on the issue. First, we should lay out all the materials of that particular time in front of us and study them …show more content…
If you study the annals of history, You can't help being suspicious. Not long after Dakpa Gyaltsen(1619 AD) was born. People are looking for the 5th Dalai Lama as All-knowing Yonten Gyatso, the 4th Dalai Lama passed away, and it was a time when people are searching for his reincarnation -5th Dalai lama Coincidentally, Trulku Gelek Pelsang also passed away around the same time. Lag Asay, the mother of Trulku Dhapa Gyaltseb, went to meet Garden tripa Lingmey Shabdung Rinpoche, who was one of the main persons searching for the 4th Dalai lama's reincarnation. She told him of her son, “when the boy was in my womb, All knowing Yonten Gyatso (the 4th Dalai Lama) appeared in my dream and asked me to let him stay at my house as guest”. In fact, what she wanted to tell him was that her son was the real reincarnation of the dead 4th Dalai Lama. Gaden Tripa himself revealed the information to the great 5th Dalai
A detective arrives at the crime scene and finds no criminal, but he finds a lot of traces like the fingerprints, the footprints and bloodstain, etc. On the basis of these circumstantial evidence, he has to find the criminal. Equally, one of the most challenging things about doing historical research is that the past doesn't exist anymore. The past survives only as fragments in the literature that remain from a time that is no more. History research means collecting these fragments and figuring out what they mean.
The origin of Doegyal traces back to the middle of the 17th century. In fact, we are dealing with the events that took place in our history. So, it would not be wise enough to come up with a preconceived idea on the issue. First, we should lay out all the materials of that particular time in front of us and study them …show more content…
If you study the annals of history, You can't help being suspicious. Not long after Dakpa Gyaltsen(1619 AD) was born. People are looking for the 5th Dalai Lama as All-knowing Yonten Gyatso, the 4th Dalai Lama passed away, and it was a time when people are searching for his reincarnation -5th Dalai lama Coincidentally, Trulku Gelek Pelsang also passed away around the same time. Lag Asay, the mother of Trulku Dhapa Gyaltseb, went to meet Garden tripa Lingmey Shabdung Rinpoche, who was one of the main persons searching for the 4th Dalai lama's reincarnation. She told him of her son, “when the boy was in my womb, All knowing Yonten Gyatso (the 4th Dalai Lama) appeared in my dream and asked me to let him stay at my house as guest”. In fact, what she wanted to tell him was that her son was the real reincarnation of the dead 4th Dalai Lama. Gaden Tripa himself revealed the information to the great 5th Dalai