Wesak Celebrations 2011
Led by Ven. Nedo Rinpoche
16 May 2011 - 22 May 2011
Three important events of the life of Buddha, ie. Birth, Enlightenment and Mahaparinirvana, occurred on the full moon day of May of Western calendar (15th of April, Lunar month). Therefore this day, known as 'Wesak Day' or 'Buddha Day' is considered as one of the most sacred days in Buddhism.
Buddhists usually celebrate this day with joy and harmony by carrying out various Dharmic activities of generosity, prayers and others in temples and various Dharma places. It is believed that every act of virtue made on this day, the merit will multiply 100,000 times.
An entourage of Lamas are accompanying Ven. Nedo Rinpoche have been invited to our centre to celebrate Wesak this year.
Biography of Ven. Nedo Rinpoche
Letter from out President - Jason Kok
Dear Dharma brothers & sisters,
Tashi Delek and wishing each and every one of you Happy Wesak on 17th May 2011, Tuesday.
1) Wesak Celebrations Led by Venerable Nedo Rinpoche & Entourage (16.05.2011 to 22.05.2011)
We are pleased to announce that Venerable Nedo Rinpoche and his entourage, together with our Resident Lama, Lama Zotpa and Anila Karma Yeshe Palmo, will be conducting a series of interesting events for this auspicious month. Rinpoche has been here on several occasions and hence he needs no introduction.
Wesak Day is the most holy day for Buddhists all over the world and will be celebrated with great joy, pomp, observance of precepts and performing charitable acts of kindness in terms of visiting handicap homes, old folks homes etc. This day is also known as the thrice blessed day - signifying The Birth, The Enlightenment and The Mahaparinirvana of Lord Buddha more than 2500 years ago.
Please find attached the detailed programme and the sponsorship form for your kind attention and participation. Do bring your family and friends for the empowerments & pujas as listed in the programme and as usual free vegetarian lunch will also be served.
His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Trinley Thaye Dorje has requested everyone in each centre around the world to continue with the chanting recitations of Om Mani Padme Hung collectively and offer our prayers, merits and dedications for a better rebirth to all those who had lost their lives under the recent natural disasters.
2) Updating of particulars and mailing preference.
To serve you better, kindly update us of any changes to your mailing address, e-mail or phone number(s). For those who have email, please advise whether you would like to receive our news via email. We are trying to save the trees by cutting down on papers and also printing costs for the centre. Your invaluable feedback to kkdskl.newsletter@gmail.com will be most appreciated.
3) Kagyu Dharma Volume 3
Free distribution of
4) Wesak Day Procession Float
We will continue to have our centre’s procession float for participation in the Wesak Day procession in Brickfields. You are welcome to take this opportunity to be part of the sponsor for the float and we look forward to you joining us in this procession to generate countless merits.
We look forward to seeing you and thank you for your kind and loyal support to our centre.
HAPPY WESAK 2011 AND MAY YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
BE BLESSED WITH GOOD HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY
Yours sincerely,
Jason Kok Min Chong
President
| Date | Time | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 16 May | 8 pm - 10.30 pm | Amitabha Long Life Puja & Tsog Offering |
| 10.30 - 12 midnight | Auspicious Prayer | |
| Offering of Auspicious Lamps to Lord Buddha & Circumambulation of Temple | ||
| Bathing Buddha Ceremony | ||
| Tue 17 May (Wesak Day) | 8.30 am | Releasing Lives |
| 9 am | Buddha Shakyamuni & 16 Arhats Puja | |
| 11.30 pm - 2 pm | Bathing Buddha Ceremony | |
| Vegetarian Lunch | ||
| 5.30 pm | Joint-Wesak Procession at Buddhist Vihara, Brickfields | |
| Fri 20 May | 2.30 pm - 10 pm | Zambhala Puja |
| Sat 21 May | 2.30 pm - 6 pm | Zambhala Puja |
| 8.00 pm - 10 pm | Zambhala Empowerment | |
| Sun 22 May | 8.30 am | Releasing Lives |
| 2.30 pm - 5.30 pm | Zambhala Fire Puja | |
| 8 am - 10 pm | Karma Pakshi Empowerment |
Information on Pujas and Empowerments
3-Day Zambhala Puja And Blessing of the Five Zambhala Wish-fulfilling Wealth Vases (20.5.11 to 22.5.11)
Ven. Nedo Rinpoche and entourage will conduct a 3-Day Zambhala Puja in KKDS KL from 20 to 22 May 2011. This 3-Day puja also includes the Zambhala Empowerment and the Zambhala Fire Puja.
The Five Zambhala Wish-fulling Wealth vases, which contain many holy substances such as life woods, mantra rolls, holy pills and relics, medicines, precious metals and stones, five colours cloth, etc., will be blessed during this puja. These vases are believed to possess the positive energy to attract luck and fortune. After the puja, sponsors of the wealth vases can take them back to offer on their shrines, shops, factories, offices or any place where money and precious items are kept.
Benefits of the Five Zambhala Wish-fulfilling Wealth Vase :-
The Five Zambhalas, each of a different colour, are enlightened Bodhisattvas manifested as Dharma Protectors. Their aspirations are to help sentient beings overcoming their problems and difficulties, as well as to guide them to ultimate enlightenment. The Five Zambhala Wish-fulfilling WealthVase is considered to be supreme in that it embodies all the virtues and essence of the Five Zambhalas.
White Zambhala: Dispel sufferings of poverty and sickness, purify bad karma and gain favourable circumstances. If one generates compassion and donates without attachment and caring for those who are poor and suffering, good wishes will be granted subsequently
Red Zhambala: Accumulate wealth, earn people's respect and support, gain fame and fortune, which in turn can benefit sentient beings.
Yellow Zambhala: Eliminate the misfortunes of six realms, gain merits, prolong life span, increase wisdom and have all physical and mental enjoyment.
Black Zambhala: Notably effective for people in poverty, lower class and those living in lonely state. If one's mind is constantly with loving kindness, the blessings of Black Zambhala are infinite.
Green Zambhala : Achievement in all undertakings; remove misfortunes and obstacles, fulfill all good wishes and also increase prosperity; can prevent properties from being lost, stolen, swindled and free of bad debts.
Zambhala Fire Puja (Sunday 2.30pm - 5.30pm 22.05.2011)
The main purpose of a fire puja is to use fire as a means of making offerings. Various substances, such as 5 beans, 5 grains, 5 color cloth, food, incense, etc. are given to the fire as offerings to the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and the noble ones. As these offerings are made, our bad karma, sicknesses and obstacles are purified; our wealth and life span will increase, etc. Thus the performance of a fire puja is a powerful way of enabling the participants to accumulate plenty of merits and blessings.
KARMA PAKSHI (The Second Karmapa, 1206 - 1283)
Karma Pakshi (1206 - 1283) was recognized as the reincarnation of the 1st Karmapa, Dusum Khyenpa by Pomdrakpa and became the first tulku (emanation body) to be recognized in Tibet. After receiving the complete series of Kagyu teachings from Pomdrakpa, Karma Pakshi, with his natural ability, was able to accomplish and perfect the teachings quickly.
The second Karmapa spent much of the first half of his life in meditation retreat. He also visited and restored the monasteries established by the first Karmapa and is famous for having introduced to the Tibetan people communal chanting of the "Om Mani Padme Hung" mantra of compassion.
Karma Pakshi was both a profound tantric saint and scholar. His spiritual power and the energy of his teachings inspired many people, not only in Tibet, but also in China and Mongolia to travel the spiritual path. His famous disciples included Urgyenpa, Emperor Mongka Khan and Kublai Khan.
Karma Pakshi is mainly remembered for his activity of conversion and subjugation both of human and non-human forces set against the Dharma, using his abilities to control the elements. Most of the time, he is being depicted in red colour which is an expression of his controlling and overpowering aspects. Receiving the empowerment of Karma Pakshi and practising his guru yoga will enable one to receive the blessings of the lama, mahasiddha, yidam, dakini and protectors. It will also bring one closer not only to the blessings and realisation of the Karmapas in general but also more specifically to the energy of compassionate mastery.
Biography of Ven. Nedo Rinpoche
The Ven. Nedo Kuchung Rinpoche is the sixth Reincarnation in the supreme Nedo Kuchung lineage. The Fifth Nedo, Pema Lhundup, was the foremost disciple of the great scholar and siddha Karma Pema Chagme ( Ragha Akse). He was a great Lama, unequaled in kindness, and he was also an accompolished meditator having realized the highest stage of Mahamudra and Maha Ati, and realizing their view and intentions. Not long after his death, his cousin, the supreme incarnation Dechen Nyingpo who was also from the tribe of Kham Nangchen, built the first Nedo Sanghag Chindu Dhargeling Monastery in lower Gegyel in Kham, Eastern Tibet. There, the Karma kamtsang and the Nedo Kagyu tradition flourished under the supervision of the Monastery's Three Seat-holders: Dechen Nyingpo Rinpoche, Chod La Pema Dondrup Rinpoche, and Nedo Kuchung Rinpoche. The monastery had at one time more than 300 monks.
The present Nedo Kuchung Rinpoche was born on August 2, 1962 in Pema Thang, at the Himalaya. His father was Gandir and his mother was Yangchen. There were many wonderful signs during his birth.
In 1972, at the age of 10, His Holiness, the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorje recognized him without any doubt that he was the incarnation of Shedrub Nyedun Chokyi Sengge, the previous Nedo Rinpoche, and gave him the name Karma Thinley Yongdu Kunchab Palzangpo. The same year, in Tashi Jong in Himachal Pradesh, His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, the Crown Jewel in the Rime (non-sectarian movement), formally recognized him and offered him the robes and his title./p>
When he was 14 years old, he took the novice monk's vows (Gesuln) and was given the name Karma Tenpe Gyaltsen. When he was 18 years old, upon instruction from His Holiness 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, he went to Lhadak Monastery in Thubten Chokhor Ling on His Holiness 16th Gyalwa Karmapa's behalf. There he stayed for three years, taking care of the Monastery and its monks and giving teachings and initiations to the lay people in the area.
During his three years of stay in Lhadak Monastery, he has also received many valuable teachings and initiation from Ven. Tsurpu Dupon Dechen Rinpoche who was taking care of the monks in Lhadak. That was actually the reason that he went to Lhadak Monastery. He took the full ordination vows at the age of 21 also from His Holiness the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa.
Nedo Kuchung Rinpoche's main teachers were His Holiness the 16th Karmapa, His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Ven. Riwa Saljay Rinpoche, and Ven. Urgyen Tulku. He received from them many teachings on both the old and new traditions, reading transmission, empowerment, explanations, etc.
In 1982, at the age of 23, he went back to Rumtek Monastery to join the second batch of three-year retreat. Under the guidance of the Ven. Boukar Rinpoche, the retreat master, he practiced the Tantras of Marpa's traditions, the six yoga^Rs of Naropa, and Mahamudra. He also received the ordinary and extraordinary initiations, oral transmission and Mahamudra, and Maha Ati's quintessential teachings thus gaining not only complete understanding but also realizing these teachings.
At the age of 25, coming out from his successful retreat, the Four Eminence enthroned him as the Vajra Master of Rumtek Monastery - a position he is holding until the present.
Nedo Rinpoche's Monastery in Tibet is presently undergoing repairs and renovations under the supervision of Dechen Nyingpo Rinpoche, and Chod La Rinpoche, the incarnation of the previos Chod Lama
His present residence is Nyolo foundation in Kaiyathang in East Sikkim, founded in 1996.
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