Xiere Jiancuo Lama

Xiere Jiancuo Lama was Born in 1980 to a humble family in Hualong County, Qinghai Province, China.

Being a child of a poor herdsman family, Jiancuo learned to share the burdens of his parents ever since he was few years old. Every day he herded sheep in mountains alone, and took couple of hours to fetch water for the family‘s daily needs.

Once when he was ten he had a dream in which he saw himself don a lama’s robe. Some months late, Lama Jiayang Jiacuo visited his village and identified him as his chosen disciple.

He spent the first several years of his monastic life learning Tibetan literature, reciting sutras, studying Lama Chopa, and practicing Four Preliminaries Lama Yoga, under personal instruction from and close guidance of his master.

When he was fifteen, he fell ill, whole body aching terribly. Didn’t want to add to his master’s concern or place further strains on the monastery‘s difficult financial situation, he left the home county for Mount Wutai in Shanxi Province, one of four sacred Buddhist mountains in China, seeking healing from the Buddha of Wisdom Jampalyang. The boy walked clockwise around the stupa while spinning a sutra wheel in his hand, day after day, which somehow indeed helped him recover from the illness. He felt he was empowered both physically and spiritually by this wonderful experience, and when he returned to the monastery, he was more or less like a new person.

He also became a lineage bearer of Danba Geshe of Kumbum (Ta'er) Monastery, one of six principle monastic institutions in Gelug Order, taking some consecrated Vajrayana trainings, and obtaining the teachings of the Great Stages of the Path to Happiness.

The years of diligent practice was followed by an even more vigorous period of learning and training at Drepung (Zhebang) Monastery in Lhasa, one of three top Gelug establishments. During his time studying at the institution, he slept only two hours each night, devoting all his energy to exploring ten faculties of knowledge and skills of the Tibetan arts and culture.

After he finished his study in Lhasa in 2004, he travelled around to pay his respect to some sacred sites and to learn more about the Tibetan Lamaism and Tibetan Medicine from distinguished masters, including those at Labrang (Lengbula) Monastery, and at the monasteries in Nepal and India.

Now he has returned to his home monastery to be with his first master. His biggest dream at the present is to see all the local kids have an opportunity of finishing their basic education, and to set up a Lamaist learning centre by the Red Hill. And the great news is, that both of his dreams are on the way of being realised through his determined effort and through the helping forces from all quarters.