Tashi Delek! As I write this, some of you are participating in the Essence of Siddhi drubchen at Rigdzin Ling. Along with the two other drubchens (Red Vajrasattva and Vajrakilaya) held annually at Rigdzin Ling, this is one of several cycles of practice that Chagdud Gonpa maintains. Others include Takhyung Barwa and Tendrel Nyesel, also performed at Rigdzin Ling, Red Tara, performed extensively at Dechhen Ling each Thanksgiving, and T’hröma, performed as a drubchod in Los Angeles
Undertaking these elaborate group practices requires tremendous effort on the part of the participating lamas and the sangha. While this level of activity is expected at major monasteries in Asia, it represents a great accomplishment in the West, where everything concerned with the ritual—from the texts to the sacred dances—has to be produced, gathered, or learned. I recognize the pure intention and hard work that Lama Drimed, Tulku Jigme, Lama Gyatso, Lama Sonam, and many others have offered over the years, and I particularly appreciate that they have fully sustained these activities while I have focused on activities in Brazil. May the great merit and blessings of these ceremonies benefit all who participate, all for whom they pray, all realms of beings.
Here in Brazil we have held the first extensive ceremony inn the new lha khang, the Tagsham empowerments given by Terton Namkha Drimed. This was a first not only for us but for all of South America, and I have no doubt that the seeds of dharma were planted and well nurtured, especially through the blessings of the sublime mother of dharma, Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal.
After the Tagsham empowerments, we had to move out of the lha khang shrine room so work could continue, with tides of texts, statues, and puja articles flowing out of the room. As well, the league of wonderful workers from North America boarded their planes and disappeared into the sky. This was a rather difficult moment, even for me, as though the richness of July had been merely a dream, a mirage. But after the shortest of pauses, we renewed our construction activity. Several talented and diligent Brazilians arrived unexpectedly, and the dedication of our regular workers has been unflagging.
We are at the stage where we are working on time-consuming details and we must approach completion with small steps rather than great forward leaps. Anyone who knows me knows that the kind of patience demanded in this phase of a project is not my strong point. In the past I might travel for a while and return to check the work at intervals. Since my health doesn’t permit this now, I am mastering this form of patience, playing the old lion tamer with my own mind.
On a deeper level I am very happy, very content. I rejoice that this lha khang could be accomplished, that I could be an agent of its accomplishment, that it has become a field of merit for all who have so generously contributed to it and worked on it, that in the future it will remain a field of merit for those who maintain it through their dharma practice and offerings.
The sacred contents of the lha khang—the Kangyur and the collection of statues—have recently been increased by the addition of 308 volumes of texts and five sets of statues of the twenty- one Taras from Nepal. The texts include the Rinchen Terdzod, the Tangyur, and other volumes. We have also received a superb, almost life-size statue of Tara.
In January we will have the Dzogchen retreats. Lama Tsering is gathering funds for a new retreat facility that will be the site of the second-year retreat if construction goes as planned. The retreats will be followed by an eight-day Vajrakilaya drubchen at Losar.
As always, I hope more of you will visit. My prayers and best wishes for the fulfillment of your dharma practice.
In the dharma,
Chagdud Tulku
Tashi Delek! As I write this, some of you are participating in the Essence of Siddhi drubchen at Rigdzin Ling. Along with the two other drubchens (Red Vajrasattva and Vajrakilaya) held annually at Rigdzin Ling, this is one of several cycles of practice that Chagdud Gonpa maintains. Others include Takhyung Barwa and Tendrel Nyesel, also performed at Rigdzin Ling, Red Tara, performed extensively at Dechhen Ling each Thanksgiving, and T’hröma, performed as a drubchod in Los Angeles
Undertaking these elaborate group practices requires tremendous effort on the part of the participating lamas and the sangha. While this level of activity is expected at major monasteries in Asia, it represents a great accomplishment in the West, where everything concerned with the ritual—from the texts to the sacred dances—has to be produced, gathered, or learned. I recognize the pure intention and hard work that Lama Drimed, Tulku Jigme, Lama Gyatso, Lama Sonam, and many others have offered over the years, and I particularly appreciate that they have fully sustained these activities while I have focused on activities in Brazil. May the great merit and blessings of these ceremonies benefit all who participate, all for whom they pray, all realms of beings.
Here in Brazil we have held the first extensive ceremony inn the new lha khang, the Tagsham empowerments given by Terton Namkha Drimed. This was a first not only for us but for all of South America, and I have no doubt that the seeds of dharma were planted and well nurtured, especially through the blessings of the sublime mother of dharma, Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal.
After the Tagsham empowerments, we had to move out of the lha khang shrine room so work could continue, with tides of texts, statues, and puja articles flowing out of the room. As well, the league of wonderful workers from North America boarded their planes and disappeared into the sky. This was a rather difficult moment, even for me, as though the richness of July had been merely a dream, a mirage. But after the shortest of pauses, we renewed our construction activity. Several talented and diligent Brazilians arrived unexpectedly, and the dedication of our regular workers has been unflagging.
We are at the stage where we are working on time-consuming details and we must approach completion with small steps rather than great forward leaps. Anyone who knows me knows that the kind of patience demanded in this phase of a project is not my strong point. In the past I might travel for a while and return to check the work at intervals. Since my health doesn’t permit this now, I am mastering this form of patience, playing the old lion tamer with my own mind.
On a deeper level I am very happy, very content. I rejoice that this lha khang could be accomplished, that I could be an agent of its accomplishment, that it has become a field of merit for all who have so generously contributed to it and worked on it, that in the future it will remain a field of merit for those who maintain it through their dharma practice and offerings.
The sacred contents of the lha khang—the Kangyur and the collection of statues—have recently been increased by the addition of 308 volumes of texts and five sets of statues of the twenty- one Taras from Nepal. The texts include the Rinchen Terdzod, the Tangyur, and other volumes. We have also received a superb, almost life-size statue of Tara.
In January we will have the Dzogchen retreats. Lama Tsering is gathering funds for a new retreat facility that will be the site of the second-year retreat if construction goes as planned. The retreats will be followed by an eight-day Vajrakilaya drubchen at Losar.
As always, I hope more of you will visit. My prayers and best wishes for the fulfillment of your dharma practice.
In the dharma,
Chagdud Tulku
Tashi Delek! As I write this, some of you are participating in the Essence of Siddhi drubchen at Rigdzin Ling. Along with the two other drubchens (Red Vajrasattva and Vajrakilaya) held annually at Rigdzin Ling, this is one of several cycles of practice that Chagdud Gonpa maintains. Others include Takhyung Barwa and Tendrel Nyesel, also performed at Rigdzin Ling, Red Tara, performed extensively at Dechhen Ling each Thanksgiving, and T’hröma, performed as a drubchod in Los Angeles
Undertaking these elaborate group practices requires tremendous effort on the part of the participating lamas and the sangha. While this level of activity is expected at major monasteries in Asia, it represents a great accomplishment in the West, where everything concerned with the ritual—from the texts to the sacred dances—has to be produced, gathered, or learned. I recognize the pure intention and hard work that Lama Drimed, Tulku Jigme, Lama Gyatso, Lama Sonam, and many others have offered over the years, and I particularly appreciate that they have fully sustained these activities while I have focused on activities in Brazil. May the great merit and blessings of these ceremonies benefit all who participate, all for whom they pray, all realms of beings.
Here in Brazil we have held the first extensive ceremony inn the new lha khang, the Tagsham empowerments given by Terton Namkha Drimed. This was a first not only for us but for all of South America, and I have no doubt that the seeds of dharma were planted and well nurtured, especially through the blessings of the sublime mother of dharma, Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal.
After the Tagsham empowerments, we had to move out of the lha khang shrine room so work could continue, with tides of texts, statues, and puja articles flowing out of the room. As well, the league of wonderful workers from North America boarded their planes and disappeared into the sky. This was a rather difficult moment, even for me, as though the richness of July had been merely a dream, a mirage. But after the shortest of pauses, we renewed our construction activity. Several talented and diligent Brazilians arrived unexpectedly, and the dedication of our regular workers has been unflagging.
We are at the stage where we are working on time-consuming details and we must approach completion with small steps rather than great forward leaps. Anyone who knows me knows that the kind of patience demanded in this phase of a project is not my strong point. In the past I might travel for a while and return to check the work at intervals. Since my health doesn’t permit this now, I am mastering this form of patience, playing the old lion tamer with my own mind.
On a deeper level I am very happy, very content. I rejoice that this lha khang could be accomplished, that I could be an agent of its accomplishment, that it has become a field of merit for all who have so generously contributed to it and worked on it, that in the future it will remain a field of merit for those who maintain it through their dharma practice and offerings.
The sacred contents of the lha khang—the Kangyur and the collection of statues—have recently been increased by the addition of 308 volumes of texts and five sets of statues of the twenty- one Taras from Nepal. The texts include the Rinchen Terdzod, the Tangyur, and other volumes. We have also received a superb, almost life-size statue of Tara.
In January we will have the Dzogchen retreats. Lama Tsering is gathering funds for a new retreat facility that will be the site of the second-year retreat if construction goes as planned. The retreats will be followed by an eight-day Vajrakilaya drubchen at Losar.
As always, I hope more of you will visit. My prayers and best wishes for the fulfillment of your dharma practice.
In the dharma,
Chagdud Tulku
Tashi Delek! As I write this, some of you are participating in the Essence of Siddhi drubchen at Rigdzin Ling. Along with the two other drubchens (Red Vajrasattva and Vajrakilaya) held annually at Rigdzin Ling, this is one of several cycles of practice that Chagdud Gonpa maintains. Others include Takhyung Barwa and Tendrel Nyesel, also performed at Rigdzin Ling, Red Tara, performed extensively at Dechhen Ling each Thanksgiving, and T’hröma, performed as a drubchod in Los Angeles
Undertaking these elaborate group practices requires tremendous effort on the part of the participating lamas and the sangha. While this level of activity is expected at major monasteries in Asia, it represents a great accomplishment in the West, where everything concerned with the ritual—from the texts to the sacred dances—has to be produced, gathered, or learned. I recognize the pure intention and hard work that Lama Drimed, Tulku Jigme, Lama Gyatso, Lama Sonam, and many others have offered over the years, and I particularly appreciate that they have fully sustained these activities while I have focused on activities in Brazil. May the great merit and blessings of these ceremonies benefit all who participate, all for whom they pray, all realms of beings.
Here in Brazil we have held the first extensive ceremony inn the new lha khang, the Tagsham empowerments given by Terton Namkha Drimed. This was a first not only for us but for all of South America, and I have no doubt that the seeds of dharma were planted and well nurtured, especially through the blessings of the sublime mother of dharma, Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal.
After the Tagsham empowerments, we had to move out of the lha khang shrine room so work could continue, with tides of texts, statues, and puja articles flowing out of the room. As well, the league of wonderful workers from North America boarded their planes and disappeared into the sky. This was a rather difficult moment, even for me, as though the richness of July had been merely a dream, a mirage. But after the shortest of pauses, we renewed our construction activity. Several talented and diligent Brazilians arrived unexpectedly, and the dedication of our regular workers has been unflagging.
We are at the stage where we are working on time-consuming details and we must approach completion with small steps rather than great forward leaps. Anyone who knows me knows that the kind of patience demanded in this phase of a project is not my strong point. In the past I might travel for a while and return to check the work at intervals. Since my health doesn’t permit this now, I am mastering this form of patience, playing the old lion tamer with my own mind.
On a deeper level I am very happy, very content. I rejoice that this lha khang could be accomplished, that I could be an agent of its accomplishment, that it has become a field of merit for all who have so generously contributed to it and worked on it, that in the future it will remain a field of merit for those who maintain it through their dharma practice and offerings.
The sacred contents of the lha khang—the Kangyur and the collection of statues—have recently been increased by the addition of 308 volumes of texts and five sets of statues of the twenty- one Taras from Nepal. The texts include the Rinchen Terdzod, the Tangyur, and other volumes. We have also received a superb, almost life-size statue of Tara.
In January we will have the Dzogchen retreats. Lama Tsering is gathering funds for a new retreat facility that will be the site of the second-year retreat if construction goes as planned. The retreats will be followed by an eight-day Vajrakilaya drubchen at Losar.
As always, I hope more of you will visit. My prayers and best wishes for the fulfillment of your dharma practice.
In the dharma,
Chagdud Tulku
Tashi Delek! As I write this, some of you are participating in the Essence of Siddhi drubchen at Rigdzin Ling. Along with the two other drubchens (Red Vajrasattva and Vajrakilaya) held annually at Rigdzin Ling, this is one of several cycles of practice that Chagdud Gonpa maintains. Others include Takhyung Barwa and Tendrel Nyesel, also performed at Rigdzin Ling, Red Tara, performed extensively at Dechhen Ling each Thanksgiving, and T’hröma, performed as a drubchod in Los Angeles
Undertaking these elaborate group practices requires tremendous effort on the part of the participating lamas and the sangha. While this level of activity is expected at major monasteries in Asia, it represents a great accomplishment in the West, where everything concerned with the ritual—from the texts to the sacred dances—has to be produced, gathered, or learned. I recognize the pure intention and hard work that Lama Drimed, Tulku Jigme, Lama Gyatso, Lama Sonam, and many others have offered over the years, and I particularly appreciate that they have fully sustained these activities while I have focused on activities in Brazil. May the great merit and blessings of these ceremonies benefit all who participate, all for whom they pray, all realms of beings.
Here in Brazil we have held the first extensive ceremony inn the new lha khang, the Tagsham empowerments given by Terton Namkha Drimed. This was a first not only for us but for all of South America, and I have no doubt that the seeds of dharma were planted and well nurtured, especially through the blessings of the sublime mother of dharma, Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal.
After the Tagsham empowerments, we had to move out of the lha khang shrine room so work could continue, with tides of texts, statues, and puja articles flowing out of the room. As well, the league of wonderful workers from North America boarded their planes and disappeared into the sky. This was a rather difficult moment, even for me, as though the richness of July had been merely a dream, a mirage. But after the shortest of pauses, we renewed our construction activity. Several talented and diligent Brazilians arrived unexpectedly, and the dedication of our regular workers has been unflagging.
We are at the stage where we are working on time-consuming details and we must approach completion with small steps rather than great forward leaps. Anyone who knows me knows that the kind of patience demanded in this phase of a project is not my strong point. In the past I might travel for a while and return to check the work at intervals. Since my health doesn’t permit this now, I am mastering this form of patience, playing the old lion tamer with my own mind.
On a deeper level I am very happy, very content. I rejoice that this lha khang could be accomplished, that I could be an agent of its accomplishment, that it has become a field of merit for all who have so generously contributed to it and worked on it, that in the future it will remain a field of merit for those who maintain it through their dharma practice and offerings.
The sacred contents of the lha khang—the Kangyur and the collection of statues—have recently been increased by the addition of 308 volumes of texts and five sets of statues of the twenty- one Taras from Nepal. The texts include the Rinchen Terdzod, the Tangyur, and other volumes. We have also received a superb, almost life-size statue of Tara.
In January we will have the Dzogchen retreats. Lama Tsering is gathering funds for a new retreat facility that will be the site of the second-year retreat if construction goes as planned. The retreats will be followed by an eight-day Vajrakilaya drubchen at Losar.
As always, I hope more of you will visit. My prayers and best wishes for the fulfillment of your dharma practice.
In the dharma,
Chagdud Tulku
