Tibetan Buddhism and Culture

Sunday, March 15, 2015

Join Me The 1,000,000 Long Life Prayer For His Holiness The 17th Karmapa Part 4

Long Life Prayers For His Holiness The 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje

MI CHÉ TAK PA RANG JUNG CHÖ KYI KU
Naturally arising Dharmakaya, unchanging and ever-present,

GYU TRUL ZUK KYI KUR ZHENG KAR MA PAY

Karmapa, you appear as the form kayas' magical illusions.

SANG SUM DORJÉ KAM SU RAB TEN CHING

May your three secret vajras remain stable in the realms

TA YÉ TRIN LÉ LHUN DRUB PAL BAR SHOK

And your infinite spontaneous activity blaze in glory.

Your Full Name	Birthdate	No. of Prayer Completed	Country	Email Contact
Thubten Choeyang		* 16,200 (April 14, 2015)	Malaysia

* Update note:- 16,200 Long Life Prayer completed on April 14, 2015. 23.30 pm GMT

16,200-1,000,000=983,800 the remaining no of counts to be achieved on May 31, 2015.

This is an uneasy task to be completed by myself and three other participants * (An eleventh grades Junior + her mother and aunt) but we are trying our best to achieve whatever numbers that we could.

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Saturday, March 14, 2015

What Would You Do If You Are A Buddhist?

Many readers and friends actually asked me why? This is a religion related blog and why spent time on sharing some health and related articles here? Some even had suggested, if I were you, I would rather writing or doing more research on Buddhism.

First and foremost, Buddhism is not only limited to itself on rituals, prayers, chanting alone to attain inner peace and wisdom. Dharma doesn't mean or confined itself to specific areas, Dharma itself can be so varieties and develops into different aspects of our life.

Interestingly, there are many Buddhist's centers in today's world are mainly focusing on humanitarian works only, their aims are to help other sentient beings who are desperately in needs of support and love and care, regardless of their ethnicity, faiths, lifestyle, professions, status and etc.

With a different mission and philosophy, but ultimately the same common goals or achievements in principals will be reunited with the supreme Buddha's teachings and what Bodhisattva's vows on unconditional love, compassion, Buddhichitta and to save sentient beings.
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Thursday, March 12, 2015

A Very Blessed And Fortunate Nation- New York America (Part 3)

When the iron bird flies.

And horses run on wheels.

The Tibetan people will be scattered like ants across the world.

And the Dharma will come to the land of the Red Man

Prophesied by Padmasambhava, Guru Rinpoche.

On March 17, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, will begin a limited US tour that will see him visiting at six universities: Stanford, University of Redlands, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and University of Wisconsin-Madison. He will also visit Mount Laurel, New Jersey; New York City; Kingston, New York; and Seattle, Washington. This will be His Holiness’s third visit to the States.

Wednesday, March 11, 2:56pm

A press released from the Karmapa stated that he will receive a Chubb Fellowship—one of Yale’s highest honors for visiting lecturers, previously held by Aung San Suu Kyi, Morgan Freeman, and George H. W. Bush. The Karmapa will also receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from University of Redlands

Karmapa Khenno, Karmapa Khenno Karmapa Khenno

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Why Auspicious Dakini Day ?

Simhamukha Dakini or famously known as the Lion-Faced Dakini. She is the secret principal teacher of Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava, Buddha of the three times -past , present and the future.

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Why Dakini teaching and practice are so important in today's world ?
The Dakini practice is one the great antidotes for this critical time of the "five degenerations"

According to the Tibetan calendar, the Dakini auspicious day will be scheduled on every 25th of the Tibetan lunar month and traditionally the Dakini practice will be in the pre-dawn session and when evening approaching.

Auspicious Dakini prayer day

Lunar Calendar 2015	Day
January 15, 2015	Thursday
February 14, 2015	Saturday
March 15, 2015	Sunday
April 14, 2015	Tuesday
May 13, 2015	Wednesday
June 12, 2015	Friday
July 11, 2015	Saturday
August 09, 2015	Sunday
September 07, 2015	Monday
October 07, 2015	Wednesday
November 06, 2015	Friday
December 05,2015	Saturday

There are two important lunar days which is 10th and 25th of every month. According to the Vajrayana Buddhism , we must offer "Tsok" purification practised especially on the 10th and 25th days of the Tibetan month. The Meaning of Tsok is a method for gathering the accumulations of merits and wisdom.

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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Why Visit Chiang Mai Thailand ? Buddha's Historical Holy Places

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Chiang Mai is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand. Positioned in the foothills of northern Thailand, it’s picturesque with a magic feeling to it, effortlessly combining traditional Thailand with the modern world.

Time flies by in Chiang Mai, where you can easily spend a week sightseeing, doing outdoor activities and of course, eating! Cuisine specialties of the city include sushi bars around the university, Burmese curries, Thai street food and vegetarian health food.

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Wat Chiang Man is a Buddhist temple, located in the old city of Chiang Mai.

Wat Chiang Man was built in 1297 and it was the very first temple has been built and located in Wiang Nopburi.
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Wat Phra Singh is a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Northern it the status of Royal temple of the first grade in 1935.

The temple houses an important Buddha statue the Phra Buddha Sihing, gives the temple its name. Every year, during the Songkran festival, the statue is carried through the streets of Chiang Mai in a religious procession during which the spectators honor the statue by sprinkling water over it.
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Wat Prasat is an ancient historic temple with great architectural value. It is one of the ancient temples in Chiang Mai. The white Buddha statue is facing out in the main shrine of the temple of Wat Prasat temple.
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Wat Chedi Luang Varavihara, is the old Royal temple and in the main shrine of the temple is the Phra Attharot Buddha statue in the posture of forgiveness. The statue is built in front of the temple door.
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Wat Phra That Doi Suthep is the temple to house and keeping the holy Buddha's sacred relics. The holy Buddha's sacred relics which the King had brought from Si Satchanalai.
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Huai Nam Dang National Park is a national park in Thailand Chiang Mai. This mountainous park features scenic mountain viewpoints, waterfalls, and hot springs. The park is home to numerous forest types, including Flora and Fauna. There are many species of animals, such as the endangered species of Asian elephants, known as the Asian Elephas Maximus.

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Sunday, March 8, 2015

Malaysia Remembering You - MH370

Om Mani Padme Hum Hri

Our prayers and thoughts will always be with you and remembering you.....

Flight MH370 departs from Kuala Lumpur

March 8, 2014.

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 departs from Kuala Lumpur International Airport and is due to land in Beijing at 6:30am later that day. On board the plane are 227 passengers and 12 crew.

"Good night," to Malaysian air traffic control (ATC). These are the last words heard from Flight MH370.

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Saturday, March 7, 2015

He Is Coming And Will Be Arriving To America Today

You better watch out, you better watch out, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa , Ogyen Trinley Dorje is coming to town - USA today.

At the New Delhi International airport India, a huge long line of devoted Buddhists , especially the Tibetan folks are so exciting and waiting to offer Karta to His Holiness at the departure hall on March 06, 2015.

I am equally excited too, if you look at the pictures of how many devoted Buddhists had been long waiting in the hall. The New Delhi International airport is usually quiet and you will feel so relax and calm, but not tonight, tonight is the night , we are seeing His Holiness is leaving and He will be arriving at the America by approximately 18 hours long journey flights from India.

I am emotionally excited too, as I had mentioned many times, it is very fortunate to have a good karma or merits to be able to meet, to see or just to have a glimpsed of His presence. Not to mention, if anyone could ever have the opportunity to receive His Holiness teachings, blessings directly. So as I said and will said one more time, America is truly a Blessed nation on earth, She has been visited by the His Holiness not once but this is His thirds Holy visits to a land that fills with many promises, great opportunities, human rights but what most importantly is the freedoms of individual religion right that matter most.

Back to end of December 2008 in Bodhigaya India, it was 6.00am , the temperature was very cold and freezing. There were many devoted Buddhists from all over the world had already lined up at the Monastery. Our group was organized by H.E Sherap Rinpoche and His brother Lama Dorje, after waited almost 5 hours , we were little fortunate, to have a private audience with His Holiness and we had received His Holiness empowerment and short teachings.

That was my first time seeing His Holiness, He was 23 years old then. He is a handsome looking young man and almost 6 feet tall, but you will be amazed by His Holiness energy, His presence will give you some kind of phenomena ,a very positive energy, and it is more than words can describe. Like I had been struck by lightning, struck by His Holiness presence, particularly His big eyes. His Eyes just like the x-ray that can see through your inner self that connected to your past, your present and your coming future. I was completely electrified like being shocked and speechless .

What comes next was, I can't stop myself emotional being touched by His presence, I can't hold on myself and burst into tears. My eyes filled with tears that you simply can't explain with a logical reason. I felt so fortunate and had the good karma and merits that in this life time that i can pay my homage to His Holiness even thought I don't have enough money to pay for this pilgrimage trip and have to borrow money from friends. But then again, with this holy pilgrimage and paying the homage and respects to His Holiness is worth more than any worldly material gains that can benefit through this lif time.

H.E Sherap Rinpoche was one of the monks who helped to build the Stupa for keeping the 16th Karmapa His Holiness relics after His body has been cremated in India.

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