The annual four-day Vajrakilaya Dogpa Puja
began this year on February 8th. The
Wrathful Heruka Vajrakilaya practice is
performed each year at the end of the
Tibetan lunar year in order to ward off
negativity, obstacles and sickness, as well
as to bring harmony, prosperity,
auspiciousness and good health to all for
the coming year. The Tangrak Day offering to
the three jewels, the deity and dharma
protectors was held on the 4th day of the
annual Gutor Dogpa/Vajrakilaya Practice.
In celebration of the Tibetan New Year, the
Year of the Iron Ox, Lama Sonam Tashi also
distributed a set of new robes to each monk
as is customarily done each year at Losar.
The clothes were generously sponsored by our
Singapore dharma sister Vicky la and her
group.
Photos of the Vajrakilaya and Losar events are
included below, plus the monastery schedule for
2021. Losar Tashi Delek!
Photos commemorating the
successful completion of the annual exams at
Dundul Raptenling. May this auspicious event
bring harmony, joy and happiness to all!
Dundul Raptenling is delighted to announce
that the annual Kyabje Dudjom Jigdrel Dorjee
Rinpoche Parinirvana (gongtsok) was
successfully completed on January 1, 2021.
The gongtsok began on December 27th, and
lasted for six days. The parinirvana puja
was dedicated to the liberation of all
beings, to the repair of broken samaya, and
to the end of the current global pandemic.
Lama Sonam Tashi discusses the Dudjom Parinirvana
Grand Puja of 2020
In
addition to these photos, there are numerous
additional photos on these Facebook pages:
Sonam Tashi
and
Monastery
Upcoming Annual Yeshi Dorjee Rinpoche Parinirvana
Groundbreaking Ceremony for Dundul Raptenling
Retreat Center, Butter Lamp house and
monastery boundary wall
Today, November 3rd, 2020, we are able to
share some very pleasant news. We have performed the
ground breaking puja for our boundary wall, butter
lamp offering house and retreat center project.
The boundary will cover the entire area of our
monastery and the retreat center will facilitate the
future practice of our monks. These projects will
help our monastery's objective of preserving the
Noble Dharma, especially the Tersar tradition. We
are so thankful to the Singaporean devotees and
sponsors whose generous support has made all of this
possible.
Dundul Raptenling Monastery is
very pleased to announce that Lama Sonam Tashi has
created an app called Tersar Zoe. Available only as
an Android app right now, but with IOS coming soon,
the Tersar
Zoe app provides a wealth of information about the
Tersar lineage for those who are interested in
studying and researching the lineage. The TersarZoe app includes LhenZom, Sungbum, Wangtsak,
Mandala, Tor-pe, spiritual books, photos, MP3
teachings, videos and much more.
Click below to download
Dundul Raptenling Monastery junior monks II exams.
Our monks abilities are developing and improving
each day!
Since the inception of the Shenphen Shedrubling
Shedra, this in the first time we have released
our own magazine, comprised of compositions by
our own shedra monks. We hope to release the
magazine annually. The releasing ceremony went
smoothly, with all out monks participating
enthusiastically.
Best wishes for a wonderful Tibetan New Year from
Lama Sonam Tashi’s Singapore students. In 2020, they
offered new robes for the monks, food and a cash
stipend to each of our monks. We are so thankful for
what all of you did! Losar Tashi Delek.
Our annual recitation of the Tibetan Buddhist canon,
consisting of 108 volumes of the words of the Lord
Buddha (the Kangyur) and 225 volumes of Tripitaka (the
Tengyur) was successfully complete today by our monks.
The members of our Camp No. 3 Settlement sponsored this
yearly event.
After the COVID-19 lockdown in India (which prevented
everyone from leaving home and from working), Lama Sonam
Tashi distributed dry goods and food staples to about 1,000
needy local Indian households spanning many nearby villages.
Some poor and needy Tibetans were also included, especially
the elderly who have no family.
We thank all the sponsors for their generous and kind
support.
NEW LIBRARY BUILDING
During the Spring of 2020, our new building housing
a library, conference room, teaching hall and
classrooms, called the Rinzin Jamyang Gaypai Galsal,
was inaugurated by Kyabje Gyalsey Rinpoche. This
building was generously sponsored by Lama Sonam
Tashi’s Singapore students. Other students and
friends kindly donated computers, mattresses, fans,
and other furnishings. We thank everyone for all the
generous donations that made this wonderful
milestone possible for Dundul Raptenling.
JATSON NYINGPO EMPOWERMENT
Kyabje Pekoe Gyalsey Rinpoche
conferred the empowerments for the entire set of Jatsön
Nyingpo’s treasure texts (terma) during February and
March of 2020. The fifteen-day empowerment was attended
by about 1,000 people. Kyabje Dagpo Rinpoche conferred
the To Bhum transmission as well. The empowerment was
requested and sponsored by the Yephel Kyiduk Tsogpa. At
the end of the empowerment, the sponsors offered a grand
Tenshuk (long life) ceremony. Dundul Raptenling provided
a helping hand with the organization, preparations and
ritual related aspects of the empowerment.
Some images of the empowerment
Under the guidance of Dundul Raptenling, the local lay
people have the opportunity to learn the Troma Nakmo (Krodikali)
practice. They have started a Troma Nakmo organization at
the Tibetan settlement of Phuntsokling in Odisha, India.