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SUMMARY:Tsem Rinpoche’s Parinirvana Anniversary
DESCRIPTION:September 4\, 2024 marks the 5th parinirvana anniversary of His Eminence the 25th Tsem Rinpoche. To commemorate Rinpoche’s extraordinary life and enlightened deeds\, a special all-day prayer service will be held in Kechara Forest Retreat in accordance with Tibetan Buddhist tradition. \n  \nEvent Details\n\nSep 4\, 2024 (Wed)\n10.00 am – 5.00 pm\nKechara Forest Retreat\nFree. Please RSVP your attendance here.\n\n  \nPROGRAMME\n\n10.00 am 1000-Offering Lama Chopa Tsog\n12.00 pm Break\n3.00 pm Tsem Rinpoche’s Guru Yoga\, Manjushri Namasamgiti and Swift Return Prayers\n5.00 pm Offering ceremony\n\nIf you are attending this puja\, you can offer kuyong (a token monetary offering) to the Sangha who will be conducting the puja.\nLineage lamas and representatives from Shar Gaden\, Serpom\, Phelgyeling and Segyu monasteries offer Lama Chopa Tsog during Tsem Rinpoche’s Parinirvana Anniversary.\n  \nA Day of Auspicious Prayers\nTsem Rinpoche’s parinirvana anniversary begins with an extensive 1000-Offering Lama Chopa Tsog. Known as Je Tongchoe in Tibetan\, this extremely meritorious puja includes the offering of 1000 candles\, 1000 tormas\, 1000 incense\, 1000 water bowls and 1000 flowers so that disciples can accumulate oceans of merits for our lama to return once more to continue turning the Wheel of Dharma. \nIn the afternoon\, there will be auspicious prayers of Tsem Rinpoche’s Guru Yoga and Name Mantra chanting to make special requests for Rinpoche’s blessings\, and recitations of Manjushri Namasamgiti and Tsem Rinpoche’s Swift Return Prayers to create the necessary causes and merits for the successful search\, recognition and enthronement of Rinpoche’s new incarnation. \nWe hope you will join us in prayer on this special day\, and visit the Tsem Rinpoche Relic Temple to make prayers\, offerings\, prostrations\, and circumambulations at Rinpoche’s Relic Stupa — as one of the holiest pilgrimage sites for a sincere practitioner is the lama’s stupa and abode. \nVisit the holy Relic Stupa at the Tsem Rinpoche Relic Temple\, the first of its kind in Malaysia.\nThe 7ft Tsem Rinpoche Statue in the Relic Temple.\n  \nHow to join\nTsem Rinpoche’s Parinirvana Anniversary is an annual prayer festival in Kechara Forest Retreat\, attended by important lamas of our lineage and monastic representatives from Shar Gaden\, Serpom\, Phelgyeling and Segyu. This year’s programme takes place from late August to late September 2024. \nIt is a special time for Rinpoche’s disciples and all spiritual practitioners to gather in prayer and meditation\, generating a tremendous accumulation of merits and positive energy dedicated to the health\, well-being and happiness of all sentient beings\, and most importantly to the swift return of our precious guru His Eminence Tsem Rinpoche. \nAdmission to all pujas is free and everyone is welcome. To ensure we have enough seating for all guests\, please RSVP your attendance here. \nDedicating merits for the swift return of our precious guru His Eminence Tsem Rinpoche\, and that we may find and enthrone his unmistaken incarnation.\n  \nHow to contribute\nWe seek your kind sponsorship to support over 20 pujas and ceremonies that are part of the parinirvana anniversary programme. \n\nOrdinary sponsor: RM50\nSpecial sponsor: RM150\nBronze sponsor: RM300\nSilver sponsor: RM750\nGold sponsor: RM1\,500\nDiamond sponsor: RM3\,000\nGrand sponsor: RM5\,000\n\nYour contribution will help with the cost of: \n\nPuja offerings\nRitual substances\nFood and travel for visiting Sangha\nTemple upkeep and overheads\n\nDonate online to the Tsem Rinpoche Parinirvana Anniversary Fund at VajraSecrets.com or WhatsApp us at wa.me/60103020999. Any amount is welcome and deeply appreciated. \n  \nWhy we celebrate the Guru\nAfter H.E. Tsem Rinpoche entered parinirvana on September 4\, 2019\, we celebrate our lama on his parinirvana day instead of his birthday. In the past\, we requested Rinpoche to live long but now\, we are requesting Rinpoche to swiftly return\, and that we may have the merits to find his unmistaken incarnation. \nSimilarly\, when Rinpoche was physically with us\, we devoted ourselves to our lama through deeds. Serving the lama is considered much more important than making offerings and prayers to him. Now that Rinpoche has entered parinirvana\, offerings and prayers to our lama are of utmost importance in our practice of guru devotion. \nTherefore\, we can maintain our spiritual connection or samaya with our lama through daily practices\, pujas\, following his instructions and advice\, and especially by celebrating his parinirvana day. \nThe lama’s parinirvana day is also a precious opportunity for students to recall his kindness and compassion\, to rejoice in his enlightened deeds\, and to contemplate with gratitude on all that they have received from their lama. \n
URL:https://www.kecharaforestretreat.com/event/parinirvana-anniversary-2024/
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