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2009 ~ Krodikali Programme, Singapore

This year we have been very fortunate to hold the Grand Krodikali Programme for the 2nd year running. Our purpose of holding this programme is for peace, harmony and prosperity in our country and in the world together in conjunction with H.H.Garab Rinpoche's Annual Grand Krodikali Programme in Bodhigaya, India.

It has been a year since our first programme and we would like to thank all our benefactors, dharma brothers and sisters who have helped us to share the Dudjom lineage activities here in Singapore.

Sharing their time and effort joyfully to help in the set up and the smooth running of the event.
We could not have done it so well without all these generous volunteers who have put in their hard work and literally their sweat in preparing and setting up the place, especially the staff of NSI System Pte.Ltd. who handled much of the heavy work.

With guidance from the Lamas, every part of the preparation details have been done with devotion to the holy dharma.

Most of all we like to thank the participants for joining the event and sharing our aim in praying for a better world where there is peace and prosperity.

Thank you!

Lamp Offerings at Thekchok Kunzang Chodon Nunnery, East Bhutan

Most people know the merits of lamp offerings but sometimes in our busy daily life we tend to take something so simple as the act of lighting a lamp to offer the Buddhas for granted.

At Thekchok Kunzang Chodon Nunnery, East Bhutan where over a hundred nuns reside and practice the holy dharma under the guidance of Dungse Garab Rinpoche...they make prayer offerings of a 100,000 lamps yearly. The Saga Dawa is an important buddhist festival held over a period of 15th days; this year will be from 25th May to 7th June to celebrate Sakyamuni's enlightenment and the significant events in his life; when he was conceived in his mother's womb, his birth, his enlightenment, when he turn the Dharma Wheel and when he passed into parinirvana.

During the 15 days the the nuns will chant the entire Kangyur which is the buddhist sacred texts. A 100,000 lamps offerings will be made throughout the period. The festival closes with the celebration of Tshog Bum.

According to Lama Tashi, the lama who is responsible for running of the nunnery, for many years they have only been able to borrow the lamp holders for their Saga Dawa festival but last year unfortunately they were not able to borrow the complete 100,000 lamp offering holders. The nuns were very sad as they were unable to do the offerings of a 100,000 lamps for the Saga Dawa.

Finally this year in March they have finally managed to acquire 100,000 lamp offering holders due to kind sponsors.

A hall is also at the process of being build to specially hold these daily lamp offerings and also for any buddhist devotees from any part of the world who wishes to offer long term lamp lighting, can be offered there.

Bhutan is the only remaining buddhist country in the world and the goverment has taken strict measures to protect their places of pilgrimage and the buddhist culture. To offer lamps to the Buddhas in such a holy place would certainly bring great merits.

To have more information please do contact us or you can email directly to Lama Tashi at
lama_tashi@rangjunggonpa.net

Dudjom Throemai Tshogbum Chenmo 2008 , Bodhigaya, India.

A little sharing from our vajra brother Mr Neo on his trip to Bodhigaya, India on November 2008 for the Dudjom Throemai Tshogbum Chenmo, an event where thousands of disciples worldwide and likeminded people gather with the guidance of Dungse Garab Rinpoche to promote world peace and awareness....and this was what he experienced there.

"Due to the blessings of Root Guru, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, I am most fortunate to be able to participate in the annual Dudjom Throemai Tshogbum Chenmo 2008. It was indeed an eye-opener for me as this is the very first time I visited the most important place for Buddhists...the place where Siddhartha attained Enlightement and became the Buddha.

On the first day the prayers started off on a very cold morning at 4.30am. As I walked to the Mahabodhi temple, the surrounding sky was still pitch dark and the air filled with the morning mists. When the prayers started the sun had not even risen yet and we had to use torchlights to assist us to read the texts.

The afternoon session started at 2pm with the sun out in full force. I was really in awe and touched by the strong faith of the thousands of Bhutanese people who unflinchingly sat on the hard ground and practised under the hot blazing sun. This is a big contrast when compared to practitioners from Singapore and Malaysia where back home in our country we sit in very comfortable seats and air-conditioned event halls.

How lucky and fortunate we are I realized, when compared to the type of physical comforts of the Bhutanese people.

The evening session concluded with a feast offerings joined in together by everyone and supplication to the Root Guru.

The entire 4 days events are schedule as above but the moments there are totally different. As this is just a blog it's hard for me to describe all that I have seen and experienced in my trip.

It has been a short but enriching time for me and if you have the opportunity please don't miss the chance to participate in this event. Experience it for yourself as nothing can tell you better than your own personal experience being there."

Dana Offerings sponsored by Eric Khoo & associates together with Susana Idaman Insani Trading Pte Ltd.

Just before last winter hit the Land of the Thunder Dragons ~ Bhutan...our fellow dharma brother Mr Eric Khoo together with Susana Idaman Insani Trading Pte. Ltd send a container of winter clothing over there.

Their great compassion and generosity has indeed benefited many people as last winter was a very cold one, where temperatures drop below 0 degree.

It was no easy means to get those clothing over to Bhutan as it is a country not easily accessible. The container was shipped from Indonesia to Singapore and then onwards to Calcutta, India where it has to travel by land cargo over many days to East Bhutan where Garab Rinpoche's main monastery (Rangjung Monastery) is located.

As can be seen from the pictures, the nuns are helping to unload many of the boxes and sorting through them in order to distribute them out.