Buddha Shakyamuni

The Ultimate Goal of the Secret Mantra Vehicle

~ DudjomTersarNgondro
Buddha Shakyamuni Life Story Thangka

When the Buddha Shakyamuni attained the great enlightenment, the support he had was as the Lord of Mankind in our world of Jambudvipa, the excellent support of a body with the freedoms and advantages, and it was therefore called “better than the gods.” The Sutra of Manifest Enlightenment explains:

He did not attain enlightenment in the realms of the gods because gods are proud of their abode and therefore do not clearly realize the truth. Having seen that only the human state has the perfect qualities of the freedoms and advantages, he departed for Kapilavastu.

It has been taught that the ultimate goal of the Secret Mantra Vehicle too is swiftly accomplished through a human support, as we find in a tantra: Humans who are diligent In this marvelous kinglike Secret Mantra Vehicle Will attain its accomplishment in this very life, Not to mention the other powers achieved through the practice.

-~ Dudjom Rinpoche
A Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom
Shambhala Publications

Happy Saga Dawa Duchen !

Join in celebration of the Enlightenment and Parinirvana of Buddha Shakyamuni on Full Moon Day, June 14th for Trochung, the Concise Troma Nagmo Sadhana and Tsok. The practice is scheduled to begin at 3:30 pm (Pacific time) and you may join online for free with this link and  make auspicious connections with offerings for Tsok, Butter Lamps or Smoke Offerings

 

Happy Guru Rinpoche Day

~ DudjomTersarNgondro

“The deluded ministers of Orgyen try to burn Guru Rinpoche and Mandarava, his spiritual consort, alive. He turns the flames of the funeral pyre into a lake, from which they emerge seated on a lotus. The king, ministers and people of Oddiyana are inspired with devotion. He is known as Guru Pema Dorje Tsal.” ~ Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdral Yeshe Dorje

“When we think of the closeness or distance between ourselves and our gurus, it should not be understood in terms of a spatial difference marked by travelling to physically encounter the teacher. It is not about that at all. The closeness of the connection is based on sorrowful disillusionment with samsara, trust, and deep inner confidence in the guru. There will be an experience of closeness or distance according to your inner conviction.”
~ HH Dudjom Rinpoche III Sangye Pema Shepa

Wishing you all a Happy Guru Rinpoche Day from Pema Osel Ling. We also celebrate receiving Siddhis for the Putri Rekphung Vajrakilaya Retreat (June ~ 9) with Tulku Jamyang Rinpoche and Lama Sonam Rinpoche here at Pema Osel Ling, and you can connect and receive blessings by joining livestream. June 9 @ 9:00am ~ 1:00 pm. Visit the Vajrayana Foundation website for more information.

The period from May 31, 2022, to June 29, 2022, is also Saga Dawa month, the month of merits, also called bumgyur Dawa, which means merits multiplied by a hundred thousand times. So it is an exceptionally great time for practice, receiving empowerments, lung, teachings, reading the life stories of the Buddha, all dharma activities including making offerings to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. Check out the Vajrayana Foundation 33rd Annual Summer Retreat schedule to join in by livestream or in person at Pema Osel Ling. You can make auspicious connections with offerings here.

Heads up: The 15th day of this lunar month, the full moon day (June 14) is Saga Dawa Duchen, which commemorates the Enlightenment and Parinirvana of our perfect and most supreme teacher, Buddha Shakyamuni.

The Miraculous Deeds of Buddha Shakyamuni Day 15 Miracle 15

~ DudjomTersarNgondro

The Miraculous Deeds of Buddha Shakyamuni
Chotrul Duchen Buddha’s Great Miracles

 

Day Fifteen ~ Miracle Fifteen

On the fifteenth and final day of the spring celebration, King Bimbisara brought gifts to Buddha. Buddha then told King Bimbisara to bring vessels for food and the vessels were miraculously filled with foods of a hundred different tastes. When the assembly ate them, their bodies and minds were completely satisfied. Buddha asked them, “Why is there such immeasurable misery in the world?”

By his blessing, even the eighteen kinds of demons realized that their misery was caused by deeds they had done themselves. They felt great faith in Buddha. As on all the previous days, those assembled attained great advancement. Some increased their bodhi-mind, some attained arhatship, some attained the stage of nonreturning, many attained the seeds of rebirth as humans or gods and countless others increased their virtue.