On May 22 and May 23, 2010, His Eminence Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche will preside over the 2nd annual inauguration memorial puja of the Glorious Jewel Buddhist Center, Kyoto, Japan in the center. The Lama Chopa of Drikung Kagyu and the auspicious fire puja will be performed on May 22 and 23, repectively.
The Glorious Jewel Buddhist Center, Kyoto, Japan of Drikung Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism is the Buddhist Teachings Center not only of the Drikung Kagyu but also among the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism that is established according to the local religious laws in Japan. Under the guidance of His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche, His Eminence Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche, the Abbott of Glorious Jewel Buddhist Center in Taiwan, founded the center on May 29 2008. On May 29th, His Holiness Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang Rinpoche, invited by His Eminence Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche, inaugurated the newly established Drikung Kagyu’s Glorious Jewel Buddhist Center in Kyoto, Japan. For this grand event, Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche devoutly invited and accompanied His Holiness’s all the way from India to visit Taiwan and then Kyoto, Japan to preside over the inauguration ceremony.
It is going to be the 2nd anniversary for the Glorious Jewel Buddhist Center, Kyoto, Japan since the inauguration. His Eminence Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche has conducted many tantric pujas of Drikung Kagyu tradition, including Chod puja, Buddha Amitayus puja, Black Water Jambhala puja, White Mahakala puja, and Dorje Phurpa puja in the center, not only to benefit sentient beings but also to propagate Drikung Kagyu teachings in Japan as well.
This time Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche will preside over the Lama Chopa during the inauguration puja for the 2nd anniversary of the Glorious Jewel Buddhist Center, Kyoto, Japan in the center. It indicates that Drikung Kagyu lineage lamas are blessing and protecting this Buddhist center as well as all the believers, with a further meaning of that the Drikung Kagyu teachings will be transmitted for long and propagated widely here.
Updated on May 10, 2010