February 5th, 2019: The Lunar New Year Blessing Pujas Come to a Perfect Completion
On this auspicious first day of the 2019 Lunar New Year (Year of Pig), the Glorious Jewel Buddhist Center in Taipei held its first pujas celebrating the beginning of spring. Thanks be unto His Eminence Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche for tirelessly performing four pujas in a row: The Thirty-five Buddhas Repentance, the Black Water Jambhala, the Amitayus, and the Elephant Jambhala Pujas, thereby alleviating the effects of the attendees’ karma, adding to their good fortune and longevity and increasing their resources for practicing Buddhism.
The Thirty-five Buddhas Repentance Ritual was especially auspicious. As the attendees made earnest prostrations, Rinpoche led them in chanting the Buddhas’ names one at a time, deeply moving everyone present with his compassion and all-embracing power.
During the two Jambhala pujas, the guru allowed participants to make wishes so that they could have sufficient mundane and supramundane wealth.
While performing the Amitayus, Rinpoche waved a five-color flag, selflessly bestowing his good fortune and longevity upon each attendee!
Year after year, as winter turns to spring, the disciples receive the guru’s benevolent blessings and compassionate teachings, for which they are deeply grateful. In honor of this new spring in the Year of the Pig, they wish H. E. Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche good health, that he keep turning the Dharma wheel, and that his Dharma lineage spread far and wide!
In the morning puja, all the attendees reverently welcoming Rinpoche as he ascended the Dharma throne.
Rinpoche paying homage to the Dharma photo of His Holiness the Drikung Kyabgon Chetsang.
Rinpoche lighting lamps as an offering to the Buddhas.
The solemn mandala.
Rinpoche bestowing precious Dharma teachings.
Rinpoche performing rituals.
Rinpoche instructing the attendees to recite along with him, and to make reverent prostrations to the Buddhas after every line.
Embraced by H.E. Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche’s compassion, everyone, without exception, felt deeply ashamed and repentant.
Black Water Jambhala’s image was enshrined on the Dharma table.
Rinpoche making an offering to the Black water Jambhala.
Rinpoche granting everyone an opportunity to pray to the Black Water Jambhala.
Rinpoche performing the Black Water Jambhala Rituals.
Rinpoche performing the Balck Water Jambhala Rituals to a perfect completion.
In the afternoon puja, all attendees reverently welcoming Rinpoche as he ascended the Dharma throne.
Rinpoche performing the Amitayus Rituals.
The monastics reverently offering mandala to H.E. Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche on behalf of sentient beings.
Rinpoche waving a five-color flag, selflessly bestowing his good fortune and longevity upon each attendee!
Believers and disciples lining up and approaching the mandala one by one with palms joined to pay homage and receive blessings.
All the attendees lining up and receiving blessings.
The Amitayus treasure vase.
Rinpoche bestowing precious longevity pills on everyone.
Rinpoche instructing monastics to give out precious longevity pills to everyone.
All attendees respectfully receiving precious nectar water.
The Amitayus Buddha was enshrined on the solemn mandala.
Rinpoche bestowing precious Dharma teachings.
Rinpoche lighting agarwood incense as an offering to the Elephant Jambhala.
The Elephant Jambhala’s thangka was enshrined on the mandala.
Upon the perfect completion of the puja, the attendees expressed their gratitude for Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche’s tireless performance of the four rituals and teachings. They paid reverent homage as H.E. Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche descended the Dharma throne.
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Updated on May 13, 2019