Placement ceremony of the Sacred Body of Drubwang Gangchen Rinpoche and consecration of the stupa According to the Buddhist tradition, for more than two millennia, a stupa has been built to
Placement ceremony of the Sacred Body of Drubwang Gangchen Rinpoche and consecration of the stupa
According to the Buddhist tradition, for more than two millennia, a stupa has been built to house the body and the relics of a great master. Following this tradition in all its aspects, a stupa was built in the garden of the Albagnano Centre, as indicated by Lama Gangchen Rinpoche himself.
On February 18th, 2021, the seventh day of the first month of the Tibetan calendar, an auspicious date, the placement of the Sacred Body of Drubwang Gangchen Rinpoche and the consecration of the stupa will take place. On this occasion we will have the opportunity to pay homage to our Guru with prostrations, circumambulations, offerings, prayers and dedications.
Programme Thursday 18th February
10:00 Preparation for the reception of the Sacred Body of Drubwang Gangchen Rinpoche.
10:30 Reception of the Sacred Body of Drubwang Gangchen Rinpoche.
11:00 Guru Puja with offerings of flowers, water, incense and lights.
13.00 Lunch offered
15:30: Guru Yoga Practice
The activities will take place mainly outdoors, following all the current regulations on the containment of the pandemic.
Below is the link to the procedures for participation:
Geshe Lobsang Phuntsok, was born in 1969 in Darjeeling, India from tibetan parents. Following the direct advice of H.H Trijang Dorje Chan he was sent to the monastery in 1979. From 1982 to 1995 he studied the five major topics of Buddhist philosophy and he competed all the Buddhist studies getting the Geshe degree in the 2001.
In 2002 Ven. Gonsar Rinpoche invited him to help the young Yangzie Trijang Rinpoche and other students in Tashi Rabten, Austria.
He followed Kyabe Trijang Chocktrul Rinponche to USA and supported him from 2004 to 2016 in his own center the Trijang Buddhist Institute in Vermont,USA, where he has been also giving teachings to other students.
In 2020, he completed a 4 years meditation retreat in Italy and since then, he is a resident Geshe at Albagnano Healing Meditation Center.
February 18, 2021 10:00 - 19:10