Respected Losang Zhenzhu Geshe

        Respected Losang Zhenzhu Geshe is over eighty years old. He is the only Han-Chinese alive who has the title of larampa geshe, which is the highest academic degree in Tibetan Buddhism (from the book Seeking Dharma in the Land of Snow written by Jianfei Zhang and Nianqun Yang). The geshe became a Buddhist at the age of nine. In his youth he received a strict and proper Buddhist education. He followed and learned under Dharma Master Taixu and Dharma Master Fazun. Later, the geshe went to Tibet, where he sought, learned, and practiced dharma for over ten years. He has translated several Tibetan sutras and treatises on exoteric and esoteric Buddhism. Losang Zhenzhu Geshe stated, “In Tibet I received more than six hundred tantric initiations. They do not match one initiation from Dharma King Yangwo Yeshe Norbu… Over the past seventy years, I have formally visited many eminent monks, people of great virtue, great dharma kings, and great rinpoches. There is definitely no person in the world today who has the supreme realization of Dharma King Yangwo Yeshe Norbu. This is my most sincere testimonial. How could I dare speak irresponsibly and deceive living beings?” The upper photograph is Luosang Zhenzhu Geshe formally acknowledging H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III as his master in Chengdu, Sichuan. The lower photograph is H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III performing an initiation for disciple Luosang Zhenzhu Geshe in the United States.