Acho Rinpoche expressed his appreciation
to 21 Singaporean students who rose early at 3am this morning, in order to
catch a morning flight from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur and take part in this prayer;
they clearly demonstrated their commitment to the practice and how much they
cherished the Buddhadharma . There was a total of 37 Singaporean taking part in
this public prayer, with some of us reaching Kuala Lumpur one day earlier. He
also shared with the audience that there were simply too many spiritual beings
attending this prayer too, which made him feel drowsy at the beginning of the
prayer. But after the prayer started, there were numerous deities descending to
the prayer hall and helped deliver the soul of the spiritual beings; by then, his
feeling of drowsiness was swiftly swept away.
Konde Rinpoche told us that the
Green Tara practice is a very superior practice because when one finishes
reading the Prayer of 21 Taras, he has in fact, finished reading all the
sutras. When one makes offering to Green Tara, he has made offering to all the
deities. When one chants the heart mantra of Green Tara, he has chanted all the
heart mantras of all the deities. In Tibet, Green Tara Puja is part of the
morning prayer in all the monasteries.
After lunch, we went to Port Klang and took a boat ride to
the sea. We offered the Naga Vases to the sea beings by dropping them into the
sea. By this time, a sun halo appeared in the sky. This was an auspicious sign telling
us that the prayer was perfect and it had indeed helped the numerous sentient
beings tremendously; the deities were greatly delighted by this meritorious
act. Next, we went to a new Dzogchen Centre set up along Jalan Ipoh, for an
inauguration ceremony. Acho Rinpoche and Konde Rinpoche jointly inaugurated the
opening of this centre which was sponsored by one of the local practitioners. The
centre will be an important place for the propagation of the Nyingma Dzogchen
teachings which had been prophesized by Guru Rinpoche to flourish in this era
(when iron bird flies in the sky). After the inauguration ceremony, Konde
Rinpoche invited Acho Rinpoche to ascend the throne set up in the prayer hall.
Konde Rinpoche prostrated to Acho Rinpoche and presented a few important
religious objects to the latter including a mandala, a Buddha statue, a sutra
and a stupa. This is a common practice in Vajrayana Buddhism for an abbot to
show his utmost reverence to a precious master who graced the occasion. The
offering of these religious objects signifies the prayer for the longevity of
the precious master, and a request to him to transmit the teachings of the
Buddha for the benefit of the sentient beings. Konde Rinpoche told us that the
visit of a precious master to a spiritual centre can only happen when the
audience has accumulated tremendous merits in their practice. Acho Rinpoche told the audience that Konde
Rinpoche is a great Vajra Master who are very humble in nature. He advised the local
students to cherish the presence of Konde Rinpoche and learn from him
seriously, and they will certainly accomplish their practice in future.
Acho Rinpoche shared with the audience his personal
experience in spiritual cultivation, and his connections with Buddhism, Taoism
and Christianity. In the past, he often dreamed of himself wearing monk robes
which might mean that he would become an ordained person one day. Finally, he realized
that those dreams actually hinted that he would become a Vajra Master one day,
while remaining as a layman Buddhist. He has been practising for 40 years by
now and he noticed that anyone who came to seek help from him, as long as he
agreed to help (without doing anything), the requestor will naturally have his
wish fulfilled. Such is the amazing ability of an accomplished spiritual
master. Sadhu! Sadhu!
Reported by Sun-Moon KFS from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 13
May 2017
