Terma Empowerment of 8 Major Herukas in Qinghai, 2005
In May, 2005, in order to receive the extraordinary terma empowerment of 8 major Herukas, Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche led 80 disciples of the Glorious Jewel Buddhist Center to Qinghai. Moreover, they paid homage to Venerable Khacho Wangmo Rinpoche, a 115-year-old nun, and visited several dharma project sites. Many auspicious signs showed along the trip, indicating that Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche possessed perfect ethics and virtues, as well as great accomplishment in practice.
Video recordings of the trip to Qinghai has been published by the A/V Production Department of Glorious Jewel Group, now available on DVD, titled “Return“.
Upon Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche’s arrival, the nuns had walked over 100 meters from the monastery in order to receive Rinpoche with utmost respects.
H.E. Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche, along with the disciples, were travelling from Xining to Yushu when a snowstorm hit the area, leaving a meter of snow. This auspicious snowstorm actually ended years of drought in Qinghai and would bring abundant harvests for several consecutive years thereafter.
Venerable Khacho Wangmo Rinpoche (left), a 115-year-old nun, blessed Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche with a Buddhist sutra.
Venerable Khacho Wangmo Rinpoche, a 115-year-old nun, forsaw Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche‘s Dharma activities to thrive and to accord with his wishes in the future.
Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche asked Venerable Khacho Wangmo Rinpoche to give her blessing on the raisins.
Venerable Khacho Wangmo (left) giving a forehead-to-forehead blessing to Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche.
Venerable Khacho Wangmo accepting the offerings from Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche.
Venerable Khacho Wangmo bestowed a statue of Buddha upon Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche.
Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche and Lhochen Rinpoche prayed for blessings on the stones.
The engraving of Taisho Tripitaka on the stones was another project sponsored by Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche.
The disciples visited a project site, where a great thangka of Buddha Sakyamuni was being made. It was one of the projects sponsored by Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche for the sake of sentient beings.
An unusual solar flare occurred on the way to the puja. It was the backlight of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, according to Lhochen Rinpoche, and whoever got the chance to witness the scene would be blessed.
Vultures hovering in mid-air. Some of them even walked in procession beside the jeeps. These transformed dakinis appeared to welcome Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche.
The welcome banner hung in between the mountain crags said "Heartily welcome the great Treasure Finder (Terton) Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche to the secret pureland. The empowerment of 8 major Herukas."
Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche accepting mandala from the monks of the monastery.
In the monastery, H.E.Garchen Rinpoche had Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche take the center dharma seat.
H.E. Garchen Rinpoche gave Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche a forehead-to-forehead greeting.
Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche sat on the dharma seat when attending the terma empowerment of 8 major Herukas, conducted by Garchen Rinpoche. The empowerment took place in a tent beside the Loh Mai Yeh Monastery and many auspicious signs appeared: quakes, showers of hailstones, lightning and roaring thunder, all of which were evidences of the presence of the vajra protectors during this extraordinary puja.
Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche (right) receiving the empowerment from Garchen Rinpoche (left).
Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche (right) and Lhochen Rinpoche, on behalf of lay people as well as the monks and nuns, received the empowerment from H. E. Garchen Rinpoche (left). It qualified Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche for being the official holder of the practice of the 8 major Herukas for lay people.
Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche (center) blessing Tibetans.
Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche (center) giving the empowerment to the lamas.
Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche giving his blessings to Tibetans outside the puja venue.
Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche (center), H.E. Garchen Rinpoche (center right), Lhochen Rinpoche (middle row, far right) and the disciples in front of the copper statue of Yamataka, sponsored exclusively by Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche.
Updated on July 24, 2008