Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Picture of Three Venerable Rinpoches with H.H. 17th Gyalwa Karmapa and other rinpoches

This photo was taken after the long life prayers for Ven. Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, Ven. Dorlop Tenga Rinpoche and Ven. Khenpo Tsultrim Gyatso Rinpoche.
22nd December 2010

First row: Ven. Dorlop Tenga Rinpoche, Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsultrim Gyatso Rinpoche
Second row: Dzokchen Ponlop Rinpoche, H.E. Jamgon Kungtrul Rinpoche, H.H. 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, H.E. Gyaltsap Rinpoche, Ven. Mingyur Rinpoche and Ven. Khenpo Lodro Rinpoche


Pictures of 28th Kagyu Monlam Chenmo 2010

Thrangu Family offered Ku Sung Thuk offering to Rinpoche's throne at Thrangu Tara Abbey




On 22nd December, 2010, Mr. Yonten Gyatso, General Secretary of Thrangu Tashi Choling monastery along with representatives from Thrangu Monastery Boudha, Thrangu Monastery Namo Buddha, Thrangu Tara Abbey, SMD school, Thrangu Center in Kuala Lumpur, Hotel Ngodrup and Acharya Karma Sangpo, vice chairman of Lumbini Development trust performed the long life prayers and offered Ku Sung Thuk (Body, speech and Mind offering) to Rinpoche's throne at Thrangu Tara Abbey Nunnery. The nuns of Thrangu Tara Abbey lead the entire ceremony. The nuns also did long life prayers for Ven. Dorlop Tenga Rinpoche and Ven. Khenpo Tsultrim Gyatso Rinpoche on the same day to participate the same ceremony that is held at Bodhgaya, Bihar, India by H.H. 17th Karmapa, H. E. Rinpoches, Tulkus, Khenpos, Lamas, Monks, Nuns and general public with the aim of praising the greatness of three Rinpoches' lives and qualities, exhorting them to continuously turn the wheel of Dharma, and completely fulfilling their greatly compassionate wishes for the benefit of all sentient beings.

Friday, December 17, 2010

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRAYERS FOR VEN.THRANGU RINPOCHE

Below is a special announcement from the Kagyu Monlam Organizing Committee, regarding prayers for our beloved Thrangu Rinpoche, as well as Tenga Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche.

From the Kagyu Monlam Organizing Committee:

Kyabje Thrangu Rinpoche, Vajra Master Tenga Rinpoche and Khenpo Tsultrim Gyatso, due to the exemplary lives they have led, have each reached an advanced age and still remain for the sake of the Buddhadharma and sentient beings. With the aim of praising the greatness of their lives and qualities, exhorting them to continuously turn the wheel of Dharma, and completely fulfilling their greatly compassionate wishes, on the morning of December 22nd, the eighth day of the Twenty-Eighth Kagyu Monlam in Bodhgaya, the vast gathering of sangha headed by the Gyalwang Karmapa and his heart disciples will perform the practice of Prostrations and Offering to the Sixteen Elders and offer the three Rinpoches a special long-life puja that combines sutra and tantra. His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa will further bestow upon each of them a certificate of encomium.

His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa has issued the following instructions:

All those connected to the three Rinpoches all over the world, from east to west—including monasteries, Dharma centers and disciples who have relationships of Dharma and of samaya—are requested to participate on that day {December 22nd, 2010 at 6:00-8:30 am (India time)} from wherever they may be, however near or far, by performing the Prostrations and Offering to the Sixteen Elders while supplicating with intense longing. Those who are unable to do so are asked to recite the short or long dharani mantra of Amitayus for long life, engage in Vajrasattva recitation to remove any stains to their samaya, and to perform the Padmasambhava supplication to remove obstacles. In addition, with wholesome devotion, they should accumulate recitations of the prayers that already exist for the long life of the three Rinpoches, as well as the long-life prayers that have been specially composed for the occasion this year by the heart disciples who are lords of refuge..


The relevant practice texts and prayers may be downloaded at the following links from www.Kagyumonlam.org:

Prostrations and Offering to the Sixteen Elders
Long-Life Prayers
Supplication Clearing the Path of Obstacles

The ceremonies will be webcast live and may be viewed at this site:
http://www.kagyumonlam.tv/

Letter from Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche on 1st November, 2010


Thursday, December 09, 2010

HH The 17th Karmapa's speech on the celebration of 900 years birthday anniversary of The First Karmapa Dusum Khenpa

མཁན་པོ་མཆོག་ནས་བཤད་གྲྭའི་བཙུན་མ་རྣམས་ལ་བཀའ་ཆོས་གནང་བཞིན་པ། Khenpo Chonyi starts giving teachings to Shedra Nuns



On 7th of December, 2010, Khenpo Chonyi Rangdrol started his first teachings to nuns at Thrangu Tara Abbey. Khenpo taught four immeasurable thoughts. The best way of cultivating wholesome attitudes towards all sentient beings is through meditation. Among the many topics of meditation taught by the Buddha, there are four specifically concerned with the cultivation of loving-kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity. These four are called the Four Immeasurable because they are directed to an immeasurable number of sentient beings, and because the wholesome karma produced through practising them is immeasurable.
By cultivating the wholesome attitudes of loving-kindness, compassion, appreciative joy and equanimity, people can gradually remove ill will, cruelty, jealousy and desire. In this way, they can achieve happiness for themselves and others, now and in the future. The benefit in the future may come through rebirth in the fortunate realms.
With the request of shedra nuns, Khenpo start giving teachings on 21 Tara Supplication text from 8th December, 2010. There are about fifty shedra nuns at present.

Tuesday, December 07, 2010

གསར་བསྒྱུར། Update News

On 3rd December, 2010 more than sixty nuns of Thrangu Tara Abbey Nunnery went to Boudhagaya, Bihar, India to attend the grand yearlong celebration to commemorate the 900th anniversary of the First Karmapa Dusum Khenpa’s birthday, to attend the teaching "lamp on the path of awakening" by H.H. The 17th Gyalwa Karmapa and to attend the 28th Kagyu Monlam Chenmo.

Program:

December, 8 and 9 = 900 years of Karmapa. visit www.karmapa900.org
December, 10 to 12 = Teaching on "Lamp on the path of awakening" By His Holiness The 17th Gyalwa Karmapa
December, 15 to 22 = 28th Kagyu Monlam Chenmo. visit www.kagyumonlam.org