A prosperous new #RatYear to All. Our calendar has not yet ticked the
new year but we will soon be celebrating New Metal Rat Year. The rat
is the first sign of our traditional 12 year cycle in our Buddhist
Astrology and for this reason, 2020 is very special. New beginnings
and renewals and potentially a very prosperous and goal-achieving year
for all of us. 1. Let us all come together at Drukpa Perth Centre (11
Knight Avenune, Yokine) to celebrate this new beginning of the decade
and the 12-Year cycle of the Buddhist calendar. #GyalwaDokhampa
Rinpoche is offering #breakfast & #Tokha to all the attendees. We will
also have some #cultural programmes to celebrate the day. 2. In
conjunction,#GyalwaDokhampa Rinpoche will be presiding over #GuruDakpo
Puja or Guru VajraKilaya from 7 am in the morning, a special Himalayan
Vajrayana tradition practice performed to benefit our physical and
emotional well-being, and to free 2020 from all the harmful spirits
affecting our day to day activities in Australia. We would like to
welcome all individuals, families and devotees to be part of this puja
and let ourselves free from the negative spirits for the rest of 2020.
3. Lastly, Drukpa Perth members & interested volunteers are planning
to #give suitable items (e.g., clothes, shoes, etc.) to one or more
#homeless shelters as a part of our #LosarGoodwillService. Interested
donars are requested to contact our Coordinators (1) Pema Yuden
#0451872829 (2) Namgay Pelden #0452462665 (3) Sonam Rabten #0451896086
(4) Tuyet Nguyen #0420915008 & (5) Sithup Zangmo #0433185323 to
contribute both in kind and money. Thanking you in advance for your
continued support and generosity. Drukpa Perth Coordinators.
-----------------Guru Dakpo Puja explained
------------------------------ Vajra Kilaya also known as Guru Drakpo
Kilaya in is the yidam deity who embodies the enlightened activity of
all the buddhas. The Vajra Kilaya deity is the primary meditational
deity of Guru Padmasambhava associated with the Vajrayana tradition.
The practice of Vajra Kilaya is said to be the most powerful for
removing obstacles, destroying the forces of harmful spirits such as
the Gyalpo and Gongpo among the eight types of spirits. Going back to
the times of Guru Padmasambhava when the Samye monastery in Tibet was
being built, Guru was subduing all the eight forms of negative
spirits. When Guru was in meditation subjugating the negative spirits,
the naga (lue) somehow tricked King Trisong Detsen into asking Guru to
release the nagas from the subjugation and in return promising to give
all the timber that would be required for the construction of the
monastery. Availability of timber becoming a concern for the King, he
immediately agreed to the naga. Not being able to refuse to the
king’s request, Guru had to agree to release the nagas. Guru told
King Trisong Detsen that although he wanted to make sure that future
generations will not have any sort of trouble by negative spirits, the
king’s request leaves him no choice but to release the nagas. So,
Guru Rimpoche slightly opened the drupkong where the subjugation was
being done. And two kinds of black smoke came out of the drupkong
which is said to be the naga and gyalpo. Therefore, it is said that
while the other negative spirits do not have much power, the gyalpo
and the nagas are very powerful. It is said that diseases such as
leprosy are caused by nagas. Similarly, gyalpos cause instability of
the minds of people causing laziness and discomfort during practices
and emotional conflicts between loved ones. Now coming to the Kilaya
practice and its connection to the Drukpa lineage, the practice
started from Kunkhyen Pema Karpo, the fourth Gyalwang Drukpa. One day,
Kunkhyen Pema Karpo saw two rakshas who said to have come from Lhonup
Simpei yul (South West, the place of the Rakshas) and told him that
they were sent by Guru Padmasambhava with the message warning him of
possible obstacles caused by gyalpo and gongpo that year. To overcome
these obstacles, Kunkhyen Pema Karpo was advised to practice Drakpo
Kilaya. It is said that Guru Drakpo himself appeared in the mind of
Kunkhyen Pema Karpo. This is said to be one of the eight miracle signs
manifested by Kunkhyen Pema Karpo. This lineage came to be known as
dhanang, namely the lineage of pure vision. Therefore, this practice
is an important practice for the Drukpa lineage.
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Thanking you all for your participation, in advance. Drukpa Perth
Coordinators.
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