Through the pure aspirations of Lama Chodak Gyatso, the Chagdud Gonpa lama of southern California, things will never be the same at T'hondup Ling in Los Angeles. During the Constellation of Heart Treasures event in October, in which H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche graciously bestowed a series of empowerments, the ordinary, polluted and hectic environment of Los Angeles was transformed into a realm of unstained motivation and practice. Students from all over the country gathered to perform an extensive two-day longevity practice, while lamas and their sanghas the world over simultaneously did practice dedicated to Rinpoche's long life. The longevity practice in Los Angeles was attended by several of the Chagdud Gonpa lamas and many of Rinpoche's senior students, forming an intimate mandala, the power of which radiated blessings that could be felt by all.
The longevity ceremony that followed the practice was a wondrous display manifesting the results of the practice. In the course of the ceremony, Lama Gyatso, speaking for all of Rinpoche' s students, implored Rinpoche to remain in his present nirmanakaya form to teach and benefit beings. A procession followed, in which offerings gathered through the generosity of many sangha members throughout the world were presented to Rinpoche. In a dance performed near the end of the ceremony, a ritual was enacted in which the dakinis of the five buddha families come to take Rinpoche to the pure realm but, in response to the sincere requests of all the students and their promises to uphold their commitments more purely in the future, they ransom a three-foot lifelike effigy of Rinpoche instead.
At the completion of the ceremony, Rinpoche assured the assembly that this and other practices dedicated to his long life have strengthened his life force. May the merit generated through the lamas' blessings, Lama Gyatso's pure aspirations and the generosity of the worldwide sangha ripen in the fulfillment of Rinpoche's longevity and the accomplishment of the path by all his students, to the benefit of all beings.
Don Delaquil
Through the pure aspirations of Lama Chodak Gyatso, the Chagdud Gonpa lama of southern California, things will never be the same at T'hondup Ling in Los Angeles. During the Constellation of Heart Treasures event in October, in which H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche graciously bestowed a series of empowerments, the ordinary, polluted and hectic environment of Los Angeles was transformed into a realm of unstained motivation and practice. Students from all over the country gathered to perform an extensive two-day longevity practice, while lamas and their sanghas the world over simultaneously did practice dedicated to Rinpoche's long life. The longevity practice in Los Angeles was attended by several of the Chagdud Gonpa lamas and many of Rinpoche's senior students, forming an intimate mandala, the power of which radiated blessings that could be felt by all.
The longevity ceremony that followed the practice was a wondrous display manifesting the results of the practice. In the course of the ceremony, Lama Gyatso, speaking for all of Rinpoche' s students, implored Rinpoche to remain in his present nirmanakaya form to teach and benefit beings. A procession followed, in which offerings gathered through the generosity of many sangha members throughout the world were presented to Rinpoche. In a dance performed near the end of the ceremony, a ritual was enacted in which the dakinis of the five buddha families come to take Rinpoche to the pure realm but, in response to the sincere requests of all the students and their promises to uphold their commitments more purely in the future, they ransom a three-foot lifelike effigy of Rinpoche instead.
At the completion of the ceremony, Rinpoche assured the assembly that this and other practices dedicated to his long life have strengthened his life force. May the merit generated through the lamas' blessings, Lama Gyatso's pure aspirations and the generosity of the worldwide sangha ripen in the fulfillment of Rinpoche's longevity and the accomplishment of the path by all his students, to the benefit of all beings.
Don Delaquil
Through the pure aspirations of Lama Chodak Gyatso, the Chagdud Gonpa lama of southern California, things will never be the same at T'hondup Ling in Los Angeles. During the Constellation of Heart Treasures event in October, in which H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche graciously bestowed a series of empowerments, the ordinary, polluted and hectic environment of Los Angeles was transformed into a realm of unstained motivation and practice. Students from all over the country gathered to perform an extensive two-day longevity practice, while lamas and their sanghas the world over simultaneously did practice dedicated to Rinpoche's long life. The longevity practice in Los Angeles was attended by several of the Chagdud Gonpa lamas and many of Rinpoche's senior students, forming an intimate mandala, the power of which radiated blessings that could be felt by all.
The longevity ceremony that followed the practice was a wondrous display manifesting the results of the practice. In the course of the ceremony, Lama Gyatso, speaking for all of Rinpoche' s students, implored Rinpoche to remain in his present nirmanakaya form to teach and benefit beings. A procession followed, in which offerings gathered through the generosity of many sangha members throughout the world were presented to Rinpoche. In a dance performed near the end of the ceremony, a ritual was enacted in which the dakinis of the five buddha families come to take Rinpoche to the pure realm but, in response to the sincere requests of all the students and their promises to uphold their commitments more purely in the future, they ransom a three-foot lifelike effigy of Rinpoche instead.
At the completion of the ceremony, Rinpoche assured the assembly that this and other practices dedicated to his long life have strengthened his life force. May the merit generated through the lamas' blessings, Lama Gyatso's pure aspirations and the generosity of the worldwide sangha ripen in the fulfillment of Rinpoche's longevity and the accomplishment of the path by all his students, to the benefit of all beings.
Don Delaquil
Through the pure aspirations of Lama Chodak Gyatso, the Chagdud Gonpa lama of southern California, things will never be the same at T'hondup Ling in Los Angeles. During the Constellation of Heart Treasures event in October, in which H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche graciously bestowed a series of empowerments, the ordinary, polluted and hectic environment of Los Angeles was transformed into a realm of unstained motivation and practice. Students from all over the country gathered to perform an extensive two-day longevity practice, while lamas and their sanghas the world over simultaneously did practice dedicated to Rinpoche's long life. The longevity practice in Los Angeles was attended by several of the Chagdud Gonpa lamas and many of Rinpoche's senior students, forming an intimate mandala, the power of which radiated blessings that could be felt by all.
The longevity ceremony that followed the practice was a wondrous display manifesting the results of the practice. In the course of the ceremony, Lama Gyatso, speaking for all of Rinpoche' s students, implored Rinpoche to remain in his present nirmanakaya form to teach and benefit beings. A procession followed, in which offerings gathered through the generosity of many sangha members throughout the world were presented to Rinpoche. In a dance performed near the end of the ceremony, a ritual was enacted in which the dakinis of the five buddha families come to take Rinpoche to the pure realm but, in response to the sincere requests of all the students and their promises to uphold their commitments more purely in the future, they ransom a three-foot lifelike effigy of Rinpoche instead.
At the completion of the ceremony, Rinpoche assured the assembly that this and other practices dedicated to his long life have strengthened his life force. May the merit generated through the lamas' blessings, Lama Gyatso's pure aspirations and the generosity of the worldwide sangha ripen in the fulfillment of Rinpoche's longevity and the accomplishment of the path by all his students, to the benefit of all beings.
Don Delaquil
Through the pure aspirations of Lama Chodak Gyatso, the Chagdud Gonpa lama of southern California, things will never be the same at T'hondup Ling in Los Angeles. During the Constellation of Heart Treasures event in October, in which H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche graciously bestowed a series of empowerments, the ordinary, polluted and hectic environment of Los Angeles was transformed into a realm of unstained motivation and practice. Students from all over the country gathered to perform an extensive two-day longevity practice, while lamas and their sanghas the world over simultaneously did practice dedicated to Rinpoche's long life. The longevity practice in Los Angeles was attended by several of the Chagdud Gonpa lamas and many of Rinpoche's senior students, forming an intimate mandala, the power of which radiated blessings that could be felt by all.
The longevity ceremony that followed the practice was a wondrous display manifesting the results of the practice. In the course of the ceremony, Lama Gyatso, speaking for all of Rinpoche' s students, implored Rinpoche to remain in his present nirmanakaya form to teach and benefit beings. A procession followed, in which offerings gathered through the generosity of many sangha members throughout the world were presented to Rinpoche. In a dance performed near the end of the ceremony, a ritual was enacted in which the dakinis of the five buddha families come to take Rinpoche to the pure realm but, in response to the sincere requests of all the students and their promises to uphold their commitments more purely in the future, they ransom a three-foot lifelike effigy of Rinpoche instead.
At the completion of the ceremony, Rinpoche assured the assembly that this and other practices dedicated to his long life have strengthened his life force. May the merit generated through the lamas' blessings, Lama Gyatso's pure aspirations and the generosity of the worldwide sangha ripen in the fulfillment of Rinpoche's longevity and the accomplishment of the path by all his students, to the benefit of all beings.
Don Delaquil
