|
Precious Guru It did not take me long to realize my great good fortune in having met Rinpoche under such wonderful circumstances. Shortly after the Bodghaya meeting, Rinpoche came to MALAYSIA to give a series of teachings and to conduct a one week religious retreat in the mountains just outside of KUALA LUMPUR. In those few days I took the most intensive course imaginable in Mahayan Buddhism. It was such an exhilarating & mind-blowing experience... beautiful beyond anything I could ever have imagined. I discovered what a perfectly qualified lama I had inadvertently met. I saw first hand His awesome qualities of humility and compassion. There was an aura of purity around Rinpoche that words cannot describe. I felt very blessed. I devoured His words like a hungry and thirsty man starved of food and water. I know that week changed my life forever. Shortly after the retreat, I took REFUGE with Rinpoche, formally becoming his student and taking him as my Lama. More importantly, He gave me permission to participate in the GREATER CHENRESIG INITIATION which He was granting. The initiation opened a new world for me. In time I would be able to learn the secret teachings of Buddha which would put me on the quick path to Enlightenment. I was to come to understand the Bodhisattva vows and the mind training that would make my Bodhicitta heart arise. All these terms seemed strange then, but over time I was to develop an easy familiarity with them... if you have read this far, let me bring you on my journey of bliss. For me, the root of my path is Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
|
|
AND SO I HAVE HEARD... "Every single part of the Buddhist way depends on the Spiritual Guide. And so the wise who seek the state of Enlightenment with a fierce wish deep inside should smash all pride within them, take themselves to a Spiritual Guide and serve Him single-mindedly." Sutra from PERFECTION OF WISDOM.
|
|
"You will never reach the end of suffering without a Lama. Even if you perfect yourself in every other respect." Secret teachings of SAMBHUTA.
|
|
"There is a single key for finding a perfect start to reach your every wish, both happiness, in the short run and ultimately. And the highest word ever spoken, speak it alwasys the same. It is your Lama. And so you must devote yourself to meditate upon Him. Upon the essence of Guru Triple Gem - the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha." Lama Tsongkapa the Great. |
 |
 |
 |
Journey into Bliss |
|
|
Precious Guru |
|
|
Past Lives |
|
|
Lawado Lama |
|
|
Young Rinpoches |
|
|
Pilgrimage |
|
|
Kopan Monastery |
|
|
On Preliminaries |
|
|
On Karma |
|
|
On Emptiness |
|
|
Practising Dharma |
|
|
Daily Meditations |
|
|
On Holy Objects |
|
|
Making Offering |
|
|
Prostrations |
|
|
Prayer Wheels |
|
|
Prayer Flags |
|
|
Stupas |
|
|
Inspiring |
|
|
Rinpoche's Family |
|
|
Thangkas |
|
|
Photo Album |
|
|
The Buddhas |
|
|
The Sangha |
|
|
FPMT |
|
|
Kopan Monastery |
|
|
Wisdom Books |
|
|
Mandala Mag |
|
|
Maitreya Statue |
|
|
Other Links |
|
|
Sign Guestbook |
|
|
View Guestbook |
