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.
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/
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