Khenrinpoche's Visit and Long Life Puja

This year Khenrinpoche’s visit to Malaysia was almost for a month. He managed to visit our brother and sisters’ centers and he has reached out to all the students plus many new comers and he also connected many people to Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Kopan Monastery. As usual Khenrinpoche is always humorous and so filled with laughters. His teachings, consultations, blessings, initiations, house blessings and his loving approached has touched and change the lives of hundreds of people. Although Khenrinpoche’s schedule was very packed but he managed every single movement with great joy which make his visit very beneficial and auspicious and it also pleases his holy mind.

I received a call from Khenrinpoche recently after his return to Nepal expressing that it had been one of the most beneficial trip and he was very touched by the interest, effort and inspiration towards the dharma shown by the many old and new students. He also expressed his appreciation and heartfelt thanks to Lillian, Exco members, sanghas and students of LDC and sister centers, with lots of blessing and prayers.

October 7^th, 2007 was a very auspicious and memorable day for Kopan Abbot Khenrinpoche and all LDC students. Hundreds of Malaysia and Singapore students had the opportunity to offer the most extensive long life puja for Khenrinpoche to live long and be clear of all obstacles for his life, fulfilled all his holy wishes and able to connect him with Buddha dharma in all life time. There were also the performance of the 5 dakinis of the heaven conjoined with extensive sequence of prayers, praises, request, supplications and dedication. It was also very auspicious that Khenrinpoche expressed his acceptance to live long. I can tell that it has pleased his holy mind and his presence here is filled with great happiness especially with the programs, practices, service and devotion and the closeness among the members of LDC, Chokyi Gyaltsen Penang, Rinchen Jangsemling and Kasih Hospice. This was one of the most extensive pujas offered to Khenrinpoche and we constantly pray and hope to have such opportunities in the coming years to do the same and as extensive and traditional as for Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s long life puja this year.

The Happy Khenrinpoche
Dakini Dance

Another picture of the Dakini Dance

Our dakinis
Our beloved Khenrinpoche

All the beautiful offerings

Collyn and Falynn - Busy but happy
I like William's Tibetan costume

Look at Sharlyn's stupas for offering!!

At the puja
Friends from Singapore

Group photo after Khenrinpoche's Thanks giving dinner
At KLIA before Khenrinpoche's departure

His Holiness Shakya Trizin's Visit

With the blessings of the gurus, LDC members had the merits to invite and host His Holiness Shakya Trizin to LDC on Oct 3. It was such an auspicious day not only for the LDC students but many others. We are very honored & proud to gather over 40 Vajrayana sanghas and members from various centers in Malaysia to come together for the great purpose of interaction, understanding and providing help to each other, secure the pure practice of Tibetan Buddhism and to bring great benefit to thousands and thousands of people who has karma connection. With the blessing and presence of His Holiness and Khenrinpoche, this is the first time any Vajrayana centre have hosted for all different traditions to come in unity and practice for the same purpose.

Thousand Offering Event

WOW!!!!! The thousand offering event was gorgeous. It is simply stunning and the arrangement of the event was one of the best I have ever seen. The success was attributed to the tireless effort of LDC members, students and friends who worked day and night around the clock. It’s really inspiring! This is the first year I see the Thousand Offering event especially under the guidance and presence of the precious guru Khenrinpoche of Kopan Monastery. It has made a great imprint for thousands of people in the 3 days, to ripen their good karma to connect with the compassionate Buddha’s teaching especially to connect with the most astonishing Tibetan Buddhism and those who follows strictly 100% under the guidance of His Holiness Dalai Lama and Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche.

This event also benefited a large number of people who passed away by performing very powerful purification prayers and practices and there were prayers also done for different purposes including for world peace. By hosting Buddha’s holy relics and many other holy objects, many were able to accumulate extensive merits by just having a glimpse on the holy objects. All the extensive offerings are so inspiring. There were many holy items for those who were interested to invite into their home and a lot of free dharma materials distribution for different benefits. It has been a great memorable, beneficial, outstanding and wonderful event. It has changed many people’s life in virtue. VERY REJOICING.!

Trip to Kopan (September 2007)

It was a surprise visit to Nepal especially to my beloved guru Khenrinpoche, Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche and many of my other respected teachers such as Geshe Keychog who’s over 90 yrs old and is one of the most senior geshe in Kopan Monastery, my family members, dharma brothers and sisters. It’s was a very tight schedule but I managed to spend some time with everyone.

I also had a surprise companion in the flight with my dharma brother William, Candy and her mother. The flight was full of fun and at arrival we had tea at Hyatt Kathmandu. Due to their merits I also got the opportunity to visit many holy places from my busy schedule and it was a day before their departure to Malaysia when the film director Nati and the photographer Uri, both from Israel arrived in Kopan. That night we all had a wonderful dinner and wonderful chat shared by everyone about their encounters in Buddha dharma.

Nati,Uri and I left for Pokara the next day after William and Candy left for home. We could not get a direct flight from Kathmandu and in Pokara we were delayed for two days because of the heavy rain. However when we arrived in Tsum, we were greeted with bright sunny day which allowed us to have wonderful view of the mountains, rivers and waterfalls. So that made it a fantastic day to land in Tsum in front of Rachen Nunnery. Our tight schedule in filming started that day where we went to Tibet up to Tsolong Kyok (a holy lake). The lake which is located 4,500 meters above sea level posses great challenge for me and the film crew, a total of 15 of us together with many horses. We had to cross the river, high mountains and cliffs. It was dangerous but exciting and we were surrounded by beautiful mountain sceneries. It was great tracking and exploration of a very remote untouched mountain. When we returned some of us fell from the horse including myself. I got thrown from the horse and my hands got scratched. Our manager in Tsum Tenzin Lhundup fell down from the cliff together with the horse. It was a miracle and with the blessing of the Buddhas and the power of the pujas that was performed before the journey, both the horse and Tenzin Lhundup was safe without even a scratch on them. Then on the 15^th I returned to Kopan where we continued our filming till 11 am on the September 17^th. the day I had to rush to the airport and return to LDC, Kuala Lumpur and to receive the arrival of Khenrinpoche the following day.

Lunch With LDC Members

We were blessed with lunch at Dragon-I Restaurant at Sunway Pyramid Shopping Centre and One Utama

Ang Losang's Farewell - July 29th, 2007

Concecration at LDC - July 26th, 2007

Selesa Resort - July 13th - 15th, 2007

Most Recent Encounter With Our Precious Holy Guru Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

June 3^rd this year was truly an amazing day for all of us in Malaysia in particularly LDC as we had the opportunity to offer the most extensive traditional long life puja with Dakinis and 21 Tara Dance performances, the Buddha’s life story and little Tara Dance performance by the Young People Program. One the most pleasing performance was an act of the nine attitudes of guru devotion by our past and present directors, exco members and brothers and sisters from other centers in Malaysia for our most beloved guru showing him our love, devotion and how harmonious and respectful disciples we all are. Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche was overjoyed and praised our members, students and friends for their endless effort. Rinpoche said that this centre is very alive and all the study programs are well organized and whatever we are doing here was expressed by Rinpoche as one of the best that he has seen among other centers and he encourages all members and students to keep up with the good work.

I pray day and night for Rinpoche’s long life and whenever I get the opportunity to speak to Rinpoche on the phone, the only thing I request is for him to live long and may all his holy wishes be fulfilled without any hindrances and without any delay even for one moment. I also request Rinpoche to visit us in Malaysia as many times as possible on a yearly basis and if possible stay with us for a long period of time.

A few days ago I got a call from Rinpoche. It brought a lot of laughter to Rinpoche when I updated him all the auspicious and happy reports on his students in Malaysia who are all practicing sincerely and wholeheartedly in the teachings of Buddha under the guidance of Rinpoche and they are members who serve the centre day and night tirelessly sometimes up to 3 o’clock in the morning. With so much compassion to benefit numberless beings and servicing with a sincere wholehearted devotion to His Holiness Dalai Lama and Rinpoche, making LDC a more efficient centre with all the teachings and dharma activities so that it can benefit thousands of people. I also mentioned to Rinpoche that I learned a lot from his students in Malaysia on how to devote to guru wholeheartedly and tirelessly. This really inspired me and I am certain this centre can actualize the many task of Rinpoche’s wishes especially in Buddha’s teaching. And I also mentioned to Rinpoche that since we are still in ordinary community there are so many things we need to improve until we become Buddha and we will all come together to work very hard to benefit ourselves and the numberless beings and to please our holy gurus mind which is the only source to accumulate merits and extensive purification. With this full understanding we will serve day and night, wholehearted, tirelessly with full conviction and faith and we will never let Rinpoche down. We will surely have small obstacles being in the ordinary samsaric world but we can handle ourselves. What we want from Rinpoche is to keep an eye on us, have his presence, teachings, advice, guidance, blessings, prayers and for him to be in good health and happiness. Rinpoche kept replying that he is very pleased with us and he expressed again and again that his prayer is with us all and he specifically reiterated what I said earlier “My eye is always on all of you every moment”. So I think we are the luckiest disciples, not only in LDC but around the world, who have got the karma to connect with Rinpoche and our organization. Thousands of his students in Malaysia are praying day and night for his visit in 2008.