Spiritual Guide
Kelsang Gyatso's "Spiritual Father" was the great Gelugpa Master Kyabje Trijang Dorjechang (1900-1981 CE), who was also the "root guru" of the current Dalai Lama. He describes his root Guru as "a vast reservoir from which all Gelugpa practitioners of the present day received 'waters' of blessings and instructions." Trijang Rinpoche was also the Junior Tutor and Spiritual Guide of the 14th Dalai Lama for fifty years.
Kelsang Gyatso has repeatedly talked about his complete indebtedness to and reliance upon his Spiritual Guide, describing him as more important than his life.
In 1978 Trijang Rinpoche wrote a prayer for Kelsang Gyatso's long life that is regularly recited at New Kadampa Tradition Centres.
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