Propagation of Kagyu Teaching
Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche has been exerting his strength in the propagation of Drikung Kagyu. His Dharma activities and the various projects he sponsored can be seen around the world. He benefits the beings everywhere he goes. Even the Buddhas and Boddhisattvas admire Rinpoche’s merits and virtues.
The largest thangka of Buddha Sakyamuni, exclusively sponsored by Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche, is now being made by the nuns in Qinhai.
The blueprint of the great thangka, 125 m by 85 m, composed of over 200 pieces of cloth.
Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche exclusively sponsored a stone engraving project, in which Taisho Tripitaka, the most important 108 Buddhist sutras, would be engraved on the stones. After the project is completed, the stones, engraved with sutras, will be placed outdoors so that every passer-by may be benefited.
The world largest copper statue of Yamataka, exclusively sponsored by Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche.
Taken in Kyoto, Japan, 2007. Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche held a chod puja on the moving Torokko Train, which was an unprecedented event not only in the history of Tibetan Buddhism, but also in world history.
The gilded roof of Drikung Thil Monastery, whose restoration was exclusively sponsored byRinchen Dorjee Rinpoche. H.H. predicted that Drikung lineage would be thriving henceforward.
Upon request of the believers, Rinpoche traveled to the Netherlands to disseminate the Dharma. Upon arriving at the airport, he gave blessings to a cancer patient who came to receive him, regardless the weariness of a long flight.
Traveling thousands of miles, Rinpoche disseminated the Dharma and held a rare Chod puja in the Netherlands. Those overseas were able to feel Rinpoche’s compassion themselves, to learn about the unique Dharma, and to witness his benefiting of sentient beings.
In May, 2004, H. H. Chetsang traveled all the way from India to Taipei to preside over the inauguration ceremony of the new venue of Glorious Jewel Buddhist Center.
His Holiness inaugurating the Buddha statues at the new venue.
H.H. led a group of rinpoches and lamas to pray for good fortune for the new 1000-square-meter venue, the largest one of the Drikung Kagyu lineage in Taiwan.
In 2003, Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche invited Lhochen Rinpoche to co-conduct the inauguration ceremony of DouLiou City Chapter of Glorious Jewel Buddhist Center.
The practice of lamp offering in the inaugurtion ceremony of Douliou City Chapter.
Great Puja in the Punjab State, India, 2007. It was unprecedented for the Sikh to have the Avalokiteshvara puja of Tibetan Buddhism. Around 500 Sikh came to the event because of word of mouth, not through any media exposure.
Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche was greeted ardently by thousands of locals and a welcome party was held in the grassy field.
In 2004, at invitation of Lhochen Rinpoche, Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche visited an important Drikung monastery, the Loh Mai Yeh Monastery in Qinghai.
Updated on July 24, 2008