Day: September 7, 2022

Offer a prayer for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s long life

“As long as space endures,And as long as sentient beings remain,Until then, may I too remainTo help dispel the misery of the world”              I renew the wish expressed in this verse every day.                             H.H. The Dalai Lama  Thekchen Chöling- This morning five organizations, the Tendhong Cultural Preservation Society (Mön), All Jonangpas, the Domey-Mang-Bha-Ja-Sum Association, the Namgyal Higher Secondary School, Nepal, and the Sydney Tibetan Association came together to offer a prayer for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s long life at the Tsuglagkhang, the Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamsala. His Holiness met their representatives at the gate to his residence and they escorted him as he walked through the temple yard, smiling and waving at well-wishers on the way. He was presented with the traditional Chema Changpu from which he took a pinch. Further on a group of dancers performed for his delight.  There were more than 250 Jonangpas have been participated in that Long Life Prayer, 160 Jongnangpas from Miao, that place is  located in north-east India. The Noa-dihing is the most important river flowing through Miao. The mountain range is called Patkai Bum and is the eastern extension of the Himalayas, About 30 Jonangpas from Shimla including Kyabjee Rinpoche and former Khanpo, about 15 Jonangpas from Nepal including Geshe Lharampa Trimey Owser, 5 Jonangpas from Bhutan and Jonangpas from other parts of India.  Ganden Tri Rinpoché came forward to welcome His Holiness as proceedings began with the recitation of a tribute to the various incarnations of Avalokiteshvara who have appeared in India and Tibet. Jonang Gyaltsab Rinpoché was in the middle of offering emblems of the eight auspicious substances when the Nechung Oracle appeared in spontaneous trance and came forward to pay his respects to His Holiness. Representatives of the patrons of today’s ceremony filed past the throne and received a silk scarf and protection cord from His Holiness. Guru Tulku Rinpoché offered a silver statue of Thangtong Gyalpo.