His Eminence Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche Presides over the Incomparably Wondrous ‘The Great Amitabha Puja of Transferring Consciousness’ to Perfect Completion at the Glorious Jewel Buddhist Center in Kyoto, Japan.
On December 20, 2025, His Eminence Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche presided over the incomparably wondrous ‘The Great Amitabha Puja of Transferring Consciousness’to perfect completion at the Glorious Jewel Buddhist Center in Kyoto, Japan. Rinpoche personally practiced Vajra Dharma transmitted by Amitabha— ‘Amitabha’s Dharma of Rapid Attainment of the Pure Land.’ Only the Dharma presider who has attained the most secret ‘Phowa’ is qualified to perform this Dharma. This incomparably wondrous Dharma method has the power to liberate the deceased who have fallen into the Three Evil Realms, freeing them from suffering; beings reborn in the Three Evil Realms can, have the fate to be reborn in the Pure Land at the end of this life. It also purifies the boundless negative karma of those presently living and plants the virtuous fates for rebirth in Amitabha’s Pure Land in future lives.
Rinpoche, with his great compassionate vow power, propagated this incomparably wondrous and precious Dharma over many years, bringing benefit to countless sentient beings. During the puja, the shinobue (Japanese traditional flute) player Mr. Sato Kazuya made offerings with a musical performance; and Tamagaki Souchi, Associate Instructor (Jun-kyōju) of Urasenke, together with her student, Ngan Ting Yu, Host (Teishu) of the Glorious Jewel Tea Hut in Taiwan, made offerings with tea in accordance with the most exalted Japanese tea-offering ceremony (Chado). This marked the first time that offerings of music and the fragrance of tea were made to the Buddha and to the guru within a Tibetan Buddhist Liturgy. It was also the first such convergence in a Tibetan Buddhist puja in Japan, where song, flute music, and tea were united in a shared offering, embodying a rare and harmonious cultural integration.
Rinpoche particularly expounded on the extremely secret merits of the ‘Phowa’ within Vajrayana Tibetan Buddhism. With boundless compassion, he earnestly and repeatedly exhorted the assembly to adopt a vegetarian diet and abstain from killing, and to recognize the unfailing truth of causes, effects, and karmic retribution. At the same time, he cautioned that the coming year would witness intensified worldly conflicts arising from collective karma. Rinpoche sincerely hoped that everyone would take the Buddha Dharma as their refuge, take refuge, and begin learning Buddhism as early as possible; to cease all the evils and cultivate virtues, thereby reducing obstacles in the year ahead.
During the Dharma performance, auspicious signs manifested frequently: the ground shook, miraculous fragrance filled the air, and many attendees felt waves of warmth coursing throughout their bodies. Radiant golden light emanated from Rinpoche’s sacred body and the mandala, while five-colored auspicious clouds and multicolored solar halos appeared in the sky. These myriad inconceivable auspicious signs show the attainment Rinpoche has achieved through his practice and the joyful blessings of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Countless sentient beings were thereby able to be freed from suffering and receive happiness through the guru’s vast and boundless bodhicitta. Attendees in this puja included believers and disciples from Japan, mainland China, Germany, and Taiwan, totaling 163 people.
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Updated on December 26, 2025