Exorcise Your Mind

  Azhi Phutsho Choden-Dharma Patron Background ·          Born in 1911 at Wangdue Choling Palace ·          Father: Dasho Jamyang ·          Father’s lineage: Chume Zhalgno   & Tamzhing Choeje family ·          Mother: Ashi Decho, daughter of Ashi Yeshey Choden who was the sister of Druk Gyalpo Gongsar Ugyen Wangchuck. Spiritual/Religious Contributions Bumthang •       Ashi Phuntsho Choden renovated Kurje Lhakhang •       She also restored murals of the Guru Tshengye (Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche) in Kurje Lhakhang •       The queen mother commissioned the paintings of Buddha Shakyamuni and statues of Jo Jampa (Maitreya), Terton Pema Lingpa, Buddha and his retinue, and Guru Rinpoche. •     ...

  Strand: Spirituality, Identity and Culture Chapter 4: Pema Lingpa — A Spiritual and Cultural Luminary of the Soil Topic: Peling Tradition and it’s spiritual impacts on the lives of the Bhutanese   Early Life of Pema Lingpa ü   Born in 1450, at Baribrang of Tang valley in Bumthang. ü   He grew up with his grandfather Yonten Jangchub, a blacksmith. ü   At the age of nine, young Pema Lingpa began to apprentice as a blacksmith.  ü     He spent much of his young adulthood working as a blacksmith. ü   His previous immediate rebirth was Longchenpa/Longchen Rabjam ü   Pema Lingpa’s   discoveries belongs to the class of earth treasure i. e. treasure buried in and rediscovered from physical world ü   The treasures discovered by him are religious treasures as it consists of religious rituals and meditation instructions. ü   At the age of twenty-seven, he experienced a prophetic dream and later revealed many ...

Safeguarding the National Security a.        Signed Indo-Bhutan Friendship Treaty – 2007 b.       Established De-suung c.        Instituted Royal Institute for Governance and Strategic Studies   a.       Indo-Bhutan Friendship Treaty – 2007 – Cementing Ties Background: The review about the treaty was conducted when Fourth Druk Gyalpo visited India in July 2006 & Foreign Secretary Shri Shivshankar Menon to Bhutan in October 2006 Signed on 8 th February, 2007 at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi by His Majesty the King and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Article 2 and 6 were revised and article 10 was added a.       De-suung-The Guardian of Peace & Harmony Background ü   Started on February 14, 2011 with 125 candidates (80 M & 45 F) ü   The program is open to all where even a member of the royal family p...