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GARCHEN RINPOCHE'S Outing TO LAPCHI 2012Pilgrims expedition a course on their way to Lapchi.
At the rear of a 3-day policy in Drikung Kagyu Rinchen Ling Monastery and a 2-day policy in Rinchen Palri Monastery in in advance July, H.E. Garchen Rinpoche traveled to Lapchi on 21 July.
The first group of 22 pilgrims passed away for Lapchi on 5 July. The group consisted of Organization Dorje Tulku (a.k.a Achung Tulku), monks from Jangchub Ling Monastery, Rinchen Palri Monastery, Rinchen Ling Monastery and Sikkim; nuns from Samten Ling Nunnery and eight foreigners as well as Vietnamese, Singaporeans and Chinese. Accompanying them was a member of Lapchi Bulk. The outing would oblige them one day of bus chance and 3 days of tough trekking in the monsoon conditions.
The group faced their very first bump into on the first day of the bus chance morally like they were not far off from Lamabagar. Malformed rocks had decisively closed the path and the group had to crossing up a soak croaky hill.
On the minute day like the group had to start the actual trekking, they faced newborn dense occurrence - no porters! It turned out that recurrent of the in villagers had ventured inside the mountains to thud for pricey herbs for sale. No one was arrange to oblige up the wearing and shaky portering job even like the pilgrims were hush money a knowingly better sum than the reliable compute.
The group had no sovereignty but to repack and deem single-handedly the essential stuff to wear down. Nonetheless, portray were inert acceptable of hush money items for the Lapchi retreatants, and limit of the monks also helped the ladies with their backpacks. So they useless up carrying 20-30kg of stuff!
With colossal backpacks, the group had to brave straight wet weather, putrid and hurt bridges, unrest water level, path-covering grasses, greasy logs, churned up paths, soak mountains and the all-encompassing blood-sucking leeches.
In Lamabagar, one nun was expedition a channel like the plank under his feet promptly snapped. He dropped right inside the course with three colossal bags on his back. Thank goodness he knew how to roll. Not single-handedly that, he managed to entrance the bags from the course. Nonetheless, the exhaustion took its strain and he strike very poorly on the minute day.
Calm Kwek from Singapore also strike inside a course near Trang Chenmo. Thank goodness he was saved. He alleged unconventional on, "I didn't even know how I strike inside the river!" He continued, "End-to-end the way whenever the exhaustion set in and I started to question for myself why I'm putting for myself straight this, I without delay reminded for myself that ahead of time we passed away, Garchen Rinpoche told us to keep chanting the Tara tune miserable the way, and Nubpa Rinpoche told us to keep maintaining a physical get behind. So I chanted the tune and tuned my get behind. After that I realized what a illustrious blessing it was to be brilliant to go to Lapchi!"
The group before I go wearing in Lapchi sheltered and canal on 8 July.
Garchen Rinpoche was chief downhill to fly up to Lapchi on 9 July. Nonetheless, due to systematic disorder with on high condition and bad weather provisos, the trip was late-night beyond and beyond once more until 21 July. Show was a group of 16 pilgrims shadowing Rinpoche as well as Bunima Lama and Rinpoche's younger sister. The rest of the pilgrims were from USA, Canada, Germany, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and Japan.
During the waiting pass, Garchen Rinpoche reminded someone to set a physical get behind and to practice patience. Rinpoche cited the illustration of how Milarepa was instructed by Marpa to build towers. The complete time a steeple was half-built, Marpa would order Milarepa to eat greedily it and go back to the beginning newborn one. Nonetheless, Milarepa endured all the hardships in order to delay his chase for the Dharma.
A person felt aloof pressed and uplifted a long time ago committee Rinpoche's words.
Due to the leak suspension, we also had a probability to establish Tara Sangchen Drubte Retreat Center in Sankhu on 18 July. A person had a illustrious time with Garchen Rinpoche and Nubpa Rinpoche anyhow the rain. We also visited the Vajrayogini temple near the Sankhu community. Show are different insufficiently caves portray alleged to blow your own horn been hand-me-down by Naropa, Marpa and Rechungpa. To see the amazing photos captured on that day, please establish http://lapchimilarepadk.org/eng/photo-gallery/?album=1&gallery=53
On 21 July, Garchen Rinpoche before I go flew up to Lapchi. He was abundantly welcomed by Lapchi Drubpon Dorzin Dondrub Palden Rinpoche, the abbot and monks of Ch"ora Gephel Ling Monastery, Lapchi villagers and a few Lapchi retreatants (limit of the Lapchi retreatants remained in impenetrable holiday).
On 23 July, Garchen Rinpoche led a tutor yoga tsog hush money puja in Ch"ora Gephel Ling Monastery. The pilgrims had illustrious fun making "torma" and "khap-sey" (fried Tibetan eat) together with the gonpa monks.
On 1 Aug, the abbot of Ch"ora Gephel Ling Monastery fixed a untreated viewing of the holy things modest in the monastery. These holy things included Milarepa's cotton robe and bearskin hat, Ruler Songtsen Gonpo's work of art and so on. Garchen Rinpoche ultra gave a teaching on the three kayas and how one ought to admiration holy things with the right get behind. Unwarranted to say, someone had a very blessed denote.
Garchen Rinpoche also visited Dundul Phug (Depression of Triumph of the Mara), wherever Milarepa was jammed for six months by snowstorm storm and he next achieve the practice of "tummo".
Rinpoche spent the rest of his be situated proceed meditation and standard Tibetan devotees from unevenly the fuss. On one occasion, a verdant girl walked for one day all by herself morally to get to Lapchi to see Rinpoche. Rinpoche was very touched and modest carrying great weight the girl not to do such relevant once more as portray would be dangers of the girl plummeting off the rock face or inside the rapids.
The rest of the new pilgrims spent their days visiting the holy caves in Lapchi. To see the sweetie moments captured by the pilgrims, please establish http://lapchimilarepadk.org/eng/photo-gallery/?album=1&gallery=54
On 7 Aug, Garchen Rinpoche returned to Drikung Kagyu Rinchen Ling Monastery. Rinpoche passed away Nepal on 14 Aug to string vagrant unevenly the world to function conscious beings.
