How a man/lama becomes a God...

Mahasiddha Birwapa

I have been reading up on the comic and although I have read this story many times over but it has never ceases to amaze me. I am just amaze how a a Lama ascends to become a God. I know! I know that in Buddhism, a Godly existence is hardly the most ideal mode of existence according to Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche, Trijang Rinpoche and so forth in their teachings on the Lamrim. Well, what I was talking about is how a man/lama ascends to become a Dharma Protector.Anyway, Dorje Shugden is no worldly God but a fully enlightened Dharma Protector. Dorje Shugden has emanated from Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom. 

Sakya Pandita

Dorje Shugden's incarnation lineage stems from the Bodhisattva Manjushri on a successive line of highly enlightened lamas, each leaving a incredible contribution to the propagation of the teachings. It's amazing how a promise made in one of his incarnations created the cause for the lama to eventually assume the form of a Dharma Protector. Unlike other powerful and harmful beings of the past, Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen was not bound by oath but willing made a promise that became the cause for this transformation. 

Panchen Sonam Drakpa

However, Dorje Shugden is unlike other Dharma Protectors because he is totally suitable for one to take refuge in him. In fact, Dorje Shugden has a tradition of taking possession of oracles to give predictions and personal advice. There had been a tradition of Dorje Shugden taking possession in a peaceful form, that of a lama - of Lord Duldzin. In this form, Dorje Shugden gives accurate predictions and advice. In fact, Dorje Shugden is able to give scripturally-sound teachings and advice. He is also able to give oral transmission and initiations. He had been requested to give initiation but Dorje Shugden would humbly decline in difference to the senior Tulkus, Geshes and great masters. 

Dorje Shugden

Dorje Shugden is not the ordinary emanated protector. He is special in his swiftness and power to deliver us from our obstacles and problems. According to Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche, Trijang Rinpoche and other great masters continue to reassert the suitability of Dorje Shugden for our times. Even the Chinese Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty had sent emisseries to test Dorje Shugden's prophetic abilities out. Dorje Shugden's prophecy turned out to be highly accurate and delighted the emperor and Dorje Shugden was duly enthroned in a lavish ceremony by the Regent of Tibet, the 7th Dalai Lama and the Emperor of China.