Ngakso Puja

Some photos from the beautiful Ngakso Puja on July 27, 2009.

Links to Yangsi Rinpoche's Enthronement/Video

For those of us who could not make it to Nepal, the links below contain some wonderful descriptions and images of the celebrations and ceremonies for Rinpoche.   The video is a must see.  One striking fact mentioned here is that this 7 year old tulku personally received katas from and blessed an estimated 15,000 people over a four day period.  PG

Description of day one of enthronement:

http://www.shedrub.org/news.php?nid=36

Description of day two of enthronement:

http://www.shedrub.org/news.php?nid=37

Video of Rinpoche receiving blessings and empowerment from Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche:

http://shedrub.org/videoplayback.php?vid=18

News of Yangsi Tulku Urgyen's Enthronement?

Dear Sangha Friends in Kathmandu--

I'm sure most of you are busy attending the Seminar, but for the benefit of those of us who are in America, it would be wonderful if folks would post on the blog about your impressions of Urgyen Rinpoche's enthronement ceremony.  

What was the feeling of the event?  Did you see anything or hear anything that inspired you?  Do you have any videos or pictures that you could upload to the blog?  

I watched some of the video feed from Nagi Gompa and I was struck by the kind-hearted and affectionate attitude the lamas expressed for each other as they came into the shrine hall.  I was also amazed to see the Yangsi.  We are so fortunate that Rinpoche has come back to teach us.  Did he address the sangha or did any of the other lamas make any statements on this auspicious occasion?

PG   

Buddhist - Beyond Boundaries and Time
Source: www.dharmasun.org
Dzongzar Khyentse Rinpoche speaks at Rangjung Yeshe institute, Kathmandu.

From the Enthronement Day

Mike Eisenbach has sent the first four pictures: greeted Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche, coferring with Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, Yangsi Rinpoche looking up at him, and he receives the flower garland while held up by Phakchok Rinpoche.

Thanks for sending them, Mike.

Practice Weekends Continue

Gomde is hosting monthly study and practice weekend retreats which run Friday evenings through Sunday afternoon. The retreats are practice-oriented, but there are free hours for those who wish to contribute volunteer work as well.

The next retreat dates are December 12-14 and January 16-19 (there's an extra day in the schedule because of Martin Luther King Day). If you'd like to join the weekend, please send an email to manager@gomdeusa.org. For more details, visit the Gomde website, or call the office at 707-925-0201.

The auspicious enthronement of Tulku Urgyen Yangsi Rinpoche will be broadcast live

Dear Everyone,

We are pleased to let you know that the auspicious enthronement of Tulku Urgyen Yangsi Rinpoche will be broadcast live on the internet at www.dharmasun.org on November 19 and 20 from 8.00 am to 11.00 am Nepali time. To view the broadcast, simply go to www.dharmasun.org during these times and click on the live transmission link.

For those who are unable to view the ceremony live, an edited summary will also be made available at www.dharmasun.org in the following days. Both the live transmission and the summary is made freely available and no registration is required.

For friends and sangha members around the world who are unable to come to Nepal but would like to make a donation to the enthronement ceremony, a separate donation link has been created at www.monlam.org. All donations made at www.monlam.org will be officially recognized during the enthronement festivities.

With best wishes,

Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Monastery

www.shedrub.org
www.dharmasun.org
www.monlam.org

Schedule for the enthronement of Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's reincarnation

http://www.shedrub.org/Enthronement%20schedule.html

Orgyen prayer

For my first post here I wanted it to be auspicious so here is Prayer numero uno

-Hawk

HUNG!

ORGYEN YUL-KYI NUP-CHANG TSHAM,

PEMA KESAR DONG-PO LA,

YA-TSHEN CH'OG-KI NGODRUP NYEY,

PEMA JUGNE ZHEY-SU TRAG,

KHORTU KHADRO MANGPO KOR.

KHYED-KYI JEYSU DAG-DRUB KYEE,

CHIN-KYEE LAB-CH'IR SHEGSU SOL,

GURU PEMA SIDDHI HUNG.The Vajra Seven-Line Prayer entitled Padma Karpo (The White Lotus), written by Mipham Namgyal (1846-1912), a celebrated scholar of the Nyingma Buddhist tradition of Tibet. …

The Vajra Seven-Line Prayer is the most sacred and important prayer in the Nyingma tradition. This short prayer contains the outer, inner, and innermost teachings of the esoteric trainings of Buddhism. By practicing The Vajra Seven-Line Prayer according to any one of these trainings, the result of that particular training will be attained.

The Common Meaning
HUM -- invokes the mind of Guru Rinpoche.

In the northwest of the country of Oddiyana

Born on the pistil of a lotus:

Endowed with the most marvelous attainment;

Renowned as the Lotus-Born (Padmasambhava);

Surrounded by a retinue of many Khadros

[Tib. dPa' Bo, Skt. Daka (male) and

Tib. mKha' 'Gro, Skt. Dakini (female) sages and deities.]

Following you I practice:

Please come forth to bestow blessings.

Master (GURU) Padmasambhava (PEMA), please bestow (HUM) attainments (SIDDHI) [upon us].

Source:http://www.buddhistinformation.com/tibetan/vajra_seven_line_prayer_to_guru_.htm

Buddha Statue arrives at Gomde

A new statue of Shakyamuni Buddha arrived at Gomde July 18th, just two hours before Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche arrived to begin his summer teachings. The 4 1/2-foot high image was made in Thailand. Rinpoche worked closely with Thai craftsmen to replicate a smaller Shakyamuni image he possesses that is a relic from Nalanda. The statue is one of several that have been made to be placed in Rinpoche's centers around the world. Another 1,000 smaller images of the statue are being made for the gompa at Lumbini.

On Friday, the Buddha statue was ceremonially unwrapped and placed on the throne in the shrine room. Copies of the Kangyur donated by Juan Gutierrez were carried around the outside of the Buddha Hall in a procession led by Rinpoche before being installed on the shrine. A large shrine is being built to hold the Buddha image, texts, and future statues.

Rinpche would like to request all sangha members, monks, nuns and laypeople -- those who know us, as well as those who don't know us, but know of us -- to please pray that the teachings and practice of the Dharma will continue to increase at Gomde, and that we will be able to build a temple, retreat housing, and a shedra. He would like everyone to aspire that these will all be accomplished at Gomde. As well, he requests that we all pray for peace in the world, as well personal mental peace for all beings.

Message from Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche

Dear sangha members,

Please regard this place (Gomde USA), not as belonging to a few people, but to all of us. It is your Gomde. And your children's and their childrens' children. It will last for many generations after that as well.

Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche.