His Eminence Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche Presided over the Longevity Buddha Puja and Performed the Drikung Kagyu Gurupuja Liturgy to Perfect Completion
July 28th, 2025 was His Holiness Drikung Chetsang Kyabgon’s birthday as well as the auspicious day on which His Holiness enters a three-year retreat in Bhutan. Out of gratitude towards his guru, Founding Abbot Guru of the Glorious Jewel Buddhist Monastery, His Eminence Vajra Guru Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche held a special puja as an offering to His Holiness. In the morning Rinpoche presided over the Longevity Buddha Puja, and in the afternoon he presided over the Guru Puja in prayer for His Holiness’s good health and longevity, and an auspicious retreat, also, to enable sentient beings to create deep Dharma fate with His Holiness.
Since taking refuge under His Holiness Drikung Chetsan Kyabgon in 1988， Rinpoche has been devoted and loyal to His Holiness, and on the great path Buddhism, master and disciple have been united at heart, dedicating themselves to the great compassionate vow of benefiting sentient beings. The evening before entering his retreat, His Holiness phoned Rinpoche especially to remind him to get some more rest. With cherishing and devoted thoughts towards the guru, Rinpoche took the initiative to make an offering to His Holiness through practicing Dharma on the day His Holiness began his retreat, in prayer that His Holiness’ retreat will go smoothly and reach perfect completion. The kinship between guru and disciple is deep and moving.
In the middle of last night, there was lightning, thunder and heavy showers over the Miao Li region. In order to let all sentient beings attend the puja safely and efficiently, Rinpoche ascended the Vajra (secret) Hall to perform the Dharma in prayer to Dharma protector Achi for her blessings and protection. And indeed, today the skies were clear; there was sunshine, blue skies and white clouds above the monastery all throughout the following day, only a few dark clouds lingered over the distant mountain tops. After the puja in the afternoon, auspicious five-colored clouds and a rainbow appeared in the sky, the colors were stunning, and the scene was incomparably wondrous and incredible. When night fell, it began to rain heavily again in Miao Li, and the village head of Long Shen Village sent a message thanking Rinpoche for his compassionate blessings for such a successful and perfectly complete puja. The weather on the day of the puja was so incomparably wondrous and miraculous, which goes to show that Rinpoche’s Buddhist activities of benefiting sentient beings have received praise and support from the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.
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Updated on August 4, 2025