His Holiness with Khyentse Rinpoche Yangsi
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet 'He did not claim to be, one never thought he was, perfect or infallible,'my father had written at the time, 'but in his company I felt the freshness of immense personal purity.'..'there are a lot of people who don't believe in anything, but they will die just to see the Dalai Lama. It's almost like they feel if he touches them, if they get his blessing, they're set up for life.' ( The
As He is heading away from the public space, suddenly, he sees something and veers off. The rest of us struggle to keep up. Alone at the far end of an empty colonnade, teo Japanese women are standing above a girl of ten or so with a mop of black hair and thick glasses; her legs, in bright, striped socks, barely reach the ground from the wheelchair in which she is sitting. Within seconds, the Dalai Lama is by the girls' side and leaning down to talk
to her. "What is her problem ??" he asks the women ¨C a mother and a friend, I assume
¨C and is told that her eyes are fine, but that the use of her legs is
gone. For a long, long moment he looks into the little girl's eyes. Then he leans forward
and places his head against her cheeks. Then, looking at her again, he
says something else and tweaks her affectionately, before heading back
toward his schedule. The mother of the girl, as he turns around, is dabbing at her cheeks with a tissue,
saying, "Thank you. I'm so sorry. Thank you." The woman beside her looks as if her face is about
to crumple. The little girl is swinging her legs back and forth as if the
day is just beginning.
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Dearest Friends @ CAS,
The great, noble Drikung Ontrul has returned to the holy land of Guru Padma in India, at Tso Pema, after bestowing Drikung Kagyu's Uncommon Cycle of the Yangzab Term Cycles of the Demon Subduing King ( the common cycle being Chakrasamvara and Dorje Phagmo ) as well as the trio of Dzogchen Protectors, all of which being the innermost heart of the most refined gold of the Enlightened One's teachings.
The Great Abbot Emeritus of Drepung Loseling has also returned to India after a full 7 days' hectic bestowal of the Yamantaka Vajrabhairava, the Lam Rim and the Great Madhyamika with His Holiness the Dalai Lama's translator and the Tantric Geshe from Gyuto Tantric College in attendance.
CAS sees the ( finally !! ) successful launch of "live" webcast in both Chinese and English. An average of a hundred viewers tuned in per session. The audio and visual recording are being processed and should be up in CAS's "A/V Library" soon. { Much thanks to many friends who lent CAS your videos, audio recorders and lap tops ).
Some beings ( 2 of them only this time ) left for Indonesia almost immediately after the Great Abbot's return to India. Essentially, they were making the trip at the behest of CAS's late Root Teacher, the 100th Ganden Trisur, who has expressed, while staying with the Dalai Lama in Dharmasala, that He will very much like to make pilgrimage to Indonesia ( known then, before the Islamisation of Indonesia, as "The Golden Islands" ).
The 5 hours of prayers and circumambulations around the world's largest Buddhist monument where Lama Atisha probably stayed and studied at the feet of His Javanese Teacher, Lama Serlingpa, were heartening and satisfactory, fully dedicating every single step in eternal longing and loving memory of our precious Root Lama. The queaking knees and the on-the-spot-
We are sorry we did not manage to capture in the pics, Nechung, Tsimar, Yudronma and the other great protector divinities of Tibet who were reminded of their commitments to Trisur Rinpoche to protect His holy works, and we rightly suppose, include pilgrimage done in His name.
Resuming transmission here of CASonline's routine format and congratulations to all of you who have lived yet another year, assiduously applying where possible, all that we have learnt and studied, as much as we are able to,
bb & all frens
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You know, either we sincerely practise to gain Liberation ( and bring as many out as we can ) or we come back and die, then come back and die again.
Lama Jamdor-la, Ontrul Rinpoche's attendant, likened ourselves to be lighted sticks of incenses, approaching eventual extinguishment of this life's human form. We could try to post them to you ( will include postage costs to reimburse Dharma Propagation Fund - DPF ) or you could come down to Camden Education Center to collect.
Do confirm first so we can transfer them from Ganden Trisur's place in Singapore to the education centre before you come.
The realised master, the 84th Throne-Holder of the main Kathok Monastery, Katok Khenchen Lhoga Rinpoche, is scheduled to arrive for precious Dharma programme in late December.
Katok Khenchen Lhoga Rinpoche is one of the Nyingma Heads and in His past live as Khenchen Lekshey Jorden, is the ordination master of the present Nyingma Head Emeritus, Kyabje Penor Rinpoche.
Khenchen Rinpoche is extremely close to CAS and has protected and blessed the society for years and is one of the main causes of success of CAS's many projects. Rinpoche has tirelessly traversed the length and breadth of Tibet, and now, the world, selflessly bestowing the holy Dharma to any beings with the fortunate karmic link. This sublime, holy being is recognised by some of the living Dzogchen Masters ( Kyabje Chatral Rinpoche, Tulku Arig and the late Nyoshul Khenpo ) to have fully realised the ultimate stages of the Great Perfection.
25 Dec 08
2 - 5 pm 4-arm Chenrezig Empowerment
7:30 - 10pm Grp practice of 4-arm Chenrezig Sadhana
26 Dec 08
2 - 5 pm Heart Sutra Practice to clear obstacles
7:30 - 10 pm 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Empowerment
27 Dec 08
2 - 5 pm Liberation of the deceased through the method of the 100 Deities
7:30 - 10 pm Ganachakra of the 100 Deities
Free vegetarian dinner available for the three evenings.
Venue: Kim Mui Huey Kuan (beside Hertford Rd), 72 Keng Lee Road (Bus No. 56, 166, 851, 980)
Nearest MRT: Little India (NE line)
Talk by HH Lhoga Rinpoche
Date: 28 Dec 08
Time: 7:30 pm
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