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His Eminence Vajra Guru Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche bestowed upon the disciples of chanting the “Great Six-Syllable Mantra” at the Glorious Jewel Buddhist Monastery.
On the morning of August 31, at 9:15 a.m, His Eminence Vajra Guru Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche performed the Dharma in the Vajra (Secret) Hall of the Glorious Jewel Buddhist Monastery, and simultaneously instructed the monastics to lead the disciples in chanting the Great Six-Syllable Mantra in the Mahavira Hall, beginning at 9:30 a.m. At 11:10 a.m., after completing the Dharma in the Vajra (Secret) Hall without taking any rest, Rinpoche immediately proceeded to the Mahavira Hall to check on the disciples’ chanting. Respectfully led by the dhavja, patākā, monastics, Eight Offering Girls, jeweled sitātapatra, musical instruments, and incense, Rinpoche ascended the Dharma throne and chanted the Great Six-Syllable Mantra.
While Rinpoche chanted the Great Six-Syllable Mantra, the ground trembled, and the previously stagnant and murky air became fresh and pure. Rinpoche and the sacred portraits on the mandala radiated great, bright light, and waves of miraculous fragrance arose from the mandala. The Mahavira Hall was filled with unparalleled brightness. All attendees felt as if nectar was being poured upon the crown of their heads, cooling and refreshing them down to the heart. The compassionate Dharma voice settled the previously restless minds of all present. continue reading »
Updated on September 3, 2025
Precious Photo Album of His Eminence Vajra Guru Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche Presided over the Fire Offerings Liturgy of Raudrakarman (Puja Teachings Index 28)
On October 28, His Eminence Vajra Guru Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche presides over the incomparable wondrous Fire Offering Liturgy of Raudrakarman (Puja Teachings Index 28) in the Glorious Jewel Buddhist Monastery in Miaoli. For the sake of the perfect completion of the puja, before the Consecration Ceremony of the Glorious Jewel Buddhist Monastery, Rinpoche had previously conducted the Fire Offering Ｌiturgy of Vasikarana (Puja Teachings Index 26) on October 6, the Fire Offering Liturgy of Paustikakarma (Puja Teachings Index 27) on October 16, the Fire Offering Liturgy of Santikarma (Puja Teachings Index 25) on October 20, and the Fire Offering Liturgy of Raudrakarman (Puja Teachings Index 28). Within one month, Rinpoche completed the Four Fire Offerings Liturgy—Santikarma(Puja Teachings Index 25), Vasikarana(Puja Teachings Index 26), Paustikakarma(Puja Teachings Index 27), and Raudrakarman(Puja Teachings Index 28), praying for auspiciousness for everything about the Monastery and the practitioners in the future. continue reading »
Updated on September 3, 2025
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. continue reading »
Updated on August 4, 2025
Perfect Completion of The Lion’s Roar Avalokiteshvara (Simhanada Avalokiteshvara) Puja Commemorating the 17thAnniversary of the Consecration of the Glorious Jewel Buddhist Center in Kyoto, Japan.
On June 28th, His Eminence Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche presided over the Memorial Puja commemorating the 17thanniversary of the Consecration of the Glorious Jewel Buddhist Center in Kyoto, Japan, bestowing the Lion’s Roar Avalokiteshvara Empowerment for the first time, which benefited countless sentient beings. continue reading »
Updated on July 2, 2025
His Eminence Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche Held the Refuge-Taking Ceremony and Presided over the Guru Puja to Perfect Completion at the Glorious Jewel Buddhist Center in Taipei
June 21st, 2025, was Drikung Kagyu’s Founding Guru, Lord Jigten Sumgong’s (parinirvana) anniversary. The pure Dharma lineage of Drikung Kgyu has spanned over 800 years without interruption, and in order to commemorate and express gratitude for the compassionate blessings and teachings from the lineage gurus, His Eminence Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche presided over the Drikung Kagyu Guru Puja Liturgy on this special and incomparably wondrous day, so as to make offerings to the lineage gurus. Before the puja began, Rinpoche first held the Refuge-Taking ceremony for 20 believers, which was the first ceremony of this kind in two years. Rinpoche urged and encouraged these new disciples to abide by the precepts rigorously and follow the guru resolutely to learn the true Dharma and transcend reincarnation.
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Updated on June 24, 2025
His Eminence Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche Presided Over the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara Puja at the Glorious Jewel Buddhist Monastery to Perfect Completion
On June 8, 2025, the Founding Abbot Guru, His Eminence Vajra Guru Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche, presided over the incomparably wondrous Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara Puja at the Glorious Jewel Buddhist Monastery. With the incomparably wondrous capability of gaining a fruition level through Vajrayana practice’s attainment, Rinpoche expounded the Avalokiteshvara Universal Gate Chapter and the Outer Cultivation of Great Compassionate Avalokitesvara — Cultivation of Maitri Vilualizing, and led the assembly in the practice of the Mani Dedication Prayer of Great Joy on Rapid Enlightenment, helping sentient beings to form a fate with Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, planting good fortune, merits, and the destiny for rebirth in the Pure Land in the future. continue reading »
Updated on June 11, 2025
His Eminence Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche Presided over the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha Puja in the Glorious Jewel Buddhist Monastery to Perfect Completion.
On May 11th, 2025, the Founding Abbot Guru His Eminence Vajra Guru Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche presided over the Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha Puja at the Glorious Jewel Buddhist Monastery, leading the assembly in the recitation of the Ksitigarbha Dhāraṇī Sutra, helping sentient beings form a fate with Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha, cultivate correct Buddhist understanding, and eliminate obstacles to Dharma practice. Rinpoche expounded that the Sutra of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha’s Fundamental Vows is also a sutra on filial piety. By cultivating according to the teachings of the sutra and the instructions of the guru, one can continuously practice so that parents of past, present, and future lifetimes will be liberated from the reincarnation’s sea of suffering. This is the truest form of filial devotion. continue reading »
Updated on May 14, 2025
His Eminence Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche Has Successfully completed a retreat at Glorious Jewel Buddhist Monastery
From March 16 to March 27, 2025, His Eminence Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche entered a retreat for the first time at Glorious Jewel Buddhist Monastery. At the age of seventy-eight, Rinpoche completed his thirty-third retreat, lasting eleven days. March 27 marked the auspicious day of Rinpoche’s coming out from a retreat, when incomparably wondrous auspicious signs appeared in the skies above the monastery, praised by all heavens! continue reading »
Updated on March 28, 2025
His Eminence Vajra Guru Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche Presided over the Incomparable Wondrous Attainment of Vajrapani Demon Subduing Empowerment Puja to Perfect Completion.
On March 16th, 2025, the Founding Abbot Guru of the Glorious Jewel Monastery, His Eminence Vajra Guru Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche, presided over the Incomparable Wondrous Attainment of Vajrapani Demon Subduing Empowerment Puja. Helping sentient beings in the Age of Dharma Decline receive the blessings of the yidam and remove obstacles in their practice. Rinpoche earnestly exhorted everyone to firmly take refuge and rely on the guru, to give rise to the motivation to learn the Dharma, to pray for receiving incomparable wondrous Dharma, and have sufficient time to continue cultivating, and thereby to be liberated from the cycle of birth and death and attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all beings. continue reading »
Updated on March 27, 2025
His Eminence Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche Presided over the Nagaraja Drolma Generous Offering Liturgy—Youth Dragon Heavenly Maiden (Shaohua Long Tiennu) Puja to Perfect Completion.
On February 16th, Founding Abbot Guru, His Eminence Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche presided over the Nagaraja Drolma Generous Offering Liturgy—Young Dragon Heavenly Maiden (Shaohua Long Tiennu) Puja to make offerings to the Nagaraja (Dragon King) on behalf of sentient beings, in prayer that the sentient beings may be forgiven to continue to learn Buddhism diligently.
When performing the Dharma, Rinpoche’s body and the mandala radiated a golden light, and the space was filled with an incomparably miraculous fragrance as the ground shook. There were about 2000 attendees, including believers and disciples, who attended the puja and could feel Rinpoche’s incomparably wondrous, grand compassionate vow power. Many were moved to tears and smelt the miraculous fragrance, while waves of warmth flowed through and heated their bodies, some heard the fine clinks of keyura. Rinpoche performed the Dharma with his grand compassionate heart, and the blessings were incomparably wondrous, which benefited countless, vast sentient beings, and received praise from various Buddhas and Bodhisattvas as numerous incomparably wondrous auspicious signs emerged.
Upon perfect completion of the puja, Rinpoche recited the Six Syllable Mantra for quite some time, and his compassionate Dharma voice resonated throughout, blessing the attendees and benefitting all sentient beings. continue reading »
Updated on February 24, 2025
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