Zhichen Monastery, situated in Gulok County of Sichuan Province in China, belongs to the Kathog lineage of the Nyingma Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. It is said that in the past,100,000 practitioners of the Kathog lineage have attained liberation through rainbow body. Zhichen Monastery, with over 20 branch monasteries throughout the Sichuan and Qinghai Provinces in China, lies at the foothills of Four-Arm Chenrezig Mountain and Eight Herukas Mountain, locations that are blessed by Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, yidams, dakas, dakinis and dharmapalas.
Zhichen Monastery is the main seat of His Eminence Zhichen Bairo Rinpoche (or Bairo Rinpoche as most people call him), who at the age of eight was recognized by Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodro as the 36th reincarnation of the Lotsawa Vairochana, a renowned enlightened translator. Lotsawa Vairochana was the emination of Buddha Vairochana, and was one of the realised disciples of Guru Padmasambhava known as “the 25 king and subjects”. He made all the Dharma teachings of the three Yanas available in Tibet through his enlightened skills, translating them into Tibetan language. Bairo Rinpoche lived and received education in his main seat in his younger days, and as signs of his spiritual attainment, had left several palm and footprints in rocks. These objects of homage in Zhichen Monastery are still visible today for devout pilgrims. Nowadays, his new seat Bairo-Ling at Kathmandu in Nepal is where he gives regular commentaries on various teachings of the spiritual path for monks, nuns and devotees from different parts of the world.
In the 1960’s, Zhichen Monastery was badly damaged. Bairo Rinpoche made a wish for the re-construction of the Monastery. Under the supervision of the current Abbot, Master Orgyen, the re-construction started vigorously in 2004, with the full support of His Eminence Bairo Rinpoche, his elder brother His Eminence Moktsa Rinpoche, the resident head of the Kathog Monastery, and his son His Holiness the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa, the spiritual head of the Drukpa Kargyu Lineage .
Through your continuous support for the second phase of the reconstruction of a 7-storey multi-functional building which includes a prayer hall, meditation rooms, clinic and school, not to mention fitting out of the principal hall and building of a road, you will make auspicious connections with the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and lineage masters that would lead you to reap the benefit of a swift enlightenment. |
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Zhichen Monastery Fund Raising Programmes
Friday 25th November 2005
Teachings on Yangti by His Holiness the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa
Time: 7:00 – 9:30 p.m.
Place: Communal Hall, Tsimshatsui Kai Fong
Association, 136A Nathan Road, Kowloon
(MTR Tsimshatsui Station, Exit B1)
Saturday 26th November 2005
Life Release Ritual by His Holiness the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa
Time: 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Place: North Point Ferry Pier
Java Road (at Shu Kuk Street), North Point,
Hong Kong (Next to bus terminus at North Point,
MTR North Point Station Exit A1)
Note: Volunteer workers will collect donations in Hong Kong dollars in cash on site. For
absent sponsors, their representatives can hand over the cash donation and list of
dedications (living and/or deceased relatives/friends) to the volunteer workers on site.
Saturday 26th November 2005
Fund Raising Vegetarian Dinner
Time: 6:00 – 10:30 p.m.
Place: Laguna Palace Restaurant, 3/F Fisherman’s Wharf, Hunghom, Kowloon
Ticket: $1,000/ $680/ $380
For the purchase of dinner tickets, please contact the organisers at
telephone no. (852) 9028 2981 / 6148 9089,
fax no. (852) 2523 6833.
Payment Details:
Name of bank: DBS Bank Hong Kong Ltd.
Account no.: 016-978-241791128
Name of account: Amitabha Druk Foundation Ltd.
By crossed cheque pay to the order of “Amitabha Druk Foundation Ltd”
By cash deposit please call and send by fax pay-in slip with name and
telephone number.
Sunday 27th November 2005
Teachings and initiation on Yangti by His Holiness the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa
Time: 2:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Long Life Puja and Yangti Ganachakra by His Holiness the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa
Time: 7:30 – 10:30 p.m.
Place: Communal Hall, Tsimshatsui Kai Fong
Association, 136A Nathan Road, Kowloon
(MTR Tsimshatsui Station, Exit B1)
For those overseas friends who need hotel accommodations, please contact
Ms Veronica Cheng, PC Tours and Travel Hong Kong at
telephone no (852) 2734 3312,
veronica@pctourshk.com.
Note: The address, telephone and fax numbers below are only for the above Fund
Raising Programmes. Please refer to website: www.drukpa-hk.org for contact details
regarding other programmes of Amitabha Druk Foundation.
Mailing address:
Amitabha Druk Foundation Ltd,
P.O. Box No.234, General Post Office, Hong Kong
Telephone no.: (852) 9028 2981/6148 9089
Fax no.: (852) 2523 6833
Zhichen Monastery website: www.zhichen.org |
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