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Kushinagar the Last Days of the Buddha Remembering Great Melody of Dharma TEACHING ON NGÖNDRO SAKYA CENTRE GOLDEN JUBILEE A Teaching by H.H. the Sakya Trizin INAUGURATION OF THE NEW TSECHEN REMEMBERING GREAT MASTERS THINLEY DARJAY LING, KALIMPONG Ananda A Publication of the Offce of Sakya Dolma Phodrang Dedicated to the Dharma Activities of No.15 His Holiness the Sakya Trizin 2015 •December2015 CONTENTS 1 From the Editors 2 H.H. the Sakya Trizin 2016 Programme 3 Kushinagar 15 The Last Days of the Buddha 19 Remembering Great Masters 21 The Practice of Ngondro – A teaching by His Holiness the Sakya Trizin 31 How to Attain Happiness – A teaching by Khöndung Ratna Vajra Rinpoche 37 The Sutra of Recollecting the Three Jewels – Commentary by the Most Venerable Khenchen Appey Rinpoche 42 Mahamudra – A teaching by Khenchen Sherab Gyaltsen Amipa Rinpoche 46 Dharma Activities 50 t4BLZB$FOUSF(PMEFO+VCJMFF 54 t4BLZB,BCIVN 58 t/FX'VUVSFGPSUIF,IÄO-JOFBHF 62 t$IBNBU4BLZB$FOUSF 64 t))UIF4BLZB5SJ[JOJOUIF64"BOE"TJB 79 t,IÄOEVOH(ZBOB7BKSB3JOQPDIFJO&BTU"TJB 98 t,IÄOEVOH3BUOB7BKSB3JOQPDIFJO*TSBFM 86 t5IF4BLZB&BSUIRVBLF3FMJFG'VOE 86 t4BLZB.POBTUFSZ,BMJNQPOH Patrons: H.E. Gyalyum Chenmo Photos: Dawa Dolma; Cristina Vanza; Ven. Jamyang Zangpo; H.E. Dagmo Kalden Dunkyi Sakya Christina Prieto; Dorzang; Ven. Jamyang Choesang; H.E. Dagmo Sonam Palkyi Sakya Ven. Jamyang Dorje; P. Chaudhury; Ani Jampa; Thor Publisher: The Ofce of Sakya Dolma Phodrang Anderson; Chime Rabten; Oliver Tan; Hum; Carlos Executive Editor: Ani Jamyang Wangmo Quintas; Tenzin; Miao Lin; Tenzin Choejor (OHHDL); Managing Editor: Patricia Donohue and many other generous contributors. Editorial Advisor: Ven. Ngawang Jungney Cover photo: Parinirvana Temple, Kushinagar Art Director/Designer: Chang Ming-Chuan From The Editors Dear Reader, Over a year has gone by since we last went to print, and we very much regret our prolonged si- lence. Much has happened since then, beginning with the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Sakya Centre in November 2014. Our teachers have been, as always, continually engaged in their religious activities both in India and abroad, with His Holiness the Sakya Trizin teaching in the U.S.A. and Asia, Khöndung Ratna Vajra Rinpoche bringing the Sakya Buddhadharma to Israel for the frst time and Khöndung Gyana Vajra Rinpoche conducting a Phurdup tour of Asia. These past months have seen several events of signifcance, among which the announcement by His Holiness the Sakya Trizin of a new directive concerning the future role of the Sakya Throne Holder. There was also the tragic news of the cataclysmic earthquake that shattered Nepal on the 25th of April. In response, His Holiness the Sakya Trizin established the Sakya Earthquake Relief Fund, while a dedicated team of Sakya monks, nuns and lay people joined the hands-on rescue efort that helped to alleviate the sufering brought about by the disaster. And now, we have come full circle, with an extraordinary three-month programme of intensive Dharma activities centering on the inauguration of Tsechen Thinley Darjay Ling, the new Sakya Monastery in Kalimpong, and the bestowal of the Holy Lamdre teachings there by Khöndung Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, which brought together nearly all the high Sakya Lamas as well as over a thousand Sakya monastics from diferent monasteries in India and Nepal. Next year will see our teachers once again pursuing their activities abroad, with His Holiness con- ducting a European programme that will include the conferral of the Holy Lamdre in Frankfurt, Germany. We hope that many of our readers will have the privilege to attend these precious gifts of Dharma. Until then, we wish each and everyone a happy festive holiday and an excellent new year. In the Dharma, The Editing Team sNO. 15 sMelody of Dharma 1 His Holiness the Sakya Trizin Tentative Teaching Tour 2016 VENUE PROGRAMME April 9- Walden/NYC centres, New York (tsechen- Vajrayogini Teachings May 7 - kunchabling.com) May 18 - Sakya Monastery, Seattle Short Kalachakra Jenang (www.sakya.org) May 19 - Madrid/Pedreguer, Spain Vajrayogini Teachings (www.meditacionbudista.org) June 16 – Barcelona, Spain Vajrakilaya Wang (1 day) (https://sakyagephelling.wordpress.com) Teachings June 20 - Lisbon, Portugal Guru Rinpoche Empowerment (http://krfportugal.org/eng/index.php) Teaching on Mind-Training June 24 - Brussels/Antwerp, Belgium Kalachakra ([email protected]) June 28 - Kuttolsheim, France Chogyal Phagpa’s ‘The Jewel Ornament’ (sakyatsechenling.assoc.pagespro-or- (3 days) ange.fr) Bodhisattva Vows (1 day) Avalokiteshvara Wang – 2 arms- (1 day) July 6 - Frankfurt, Germany Lamdre (www.sakya-foundation.de) August 11 - Helsinki/Siikainen, Finland Chenrezig Wang – (1 day) ([email protected]) Teaching on Mind-Training August 16 - Delhi 2 Melody of DharmassNO. 15 KUSHINAGAR Final Resting Place of the Buddha “Ananda, don’t call it a miserable Although there is little sign memorating the Parinirvana of the little town of wattle-and-daub, today of its former splendour the Buddha. Kushinagar continued to right in the jungle in the back of town was, long before the time of thrive as a major pilgrimage site beyond! One upon a time, Ananda, the Buddha, Kushavati, the mag- until the twelfth century, when it King Mahasudassana was a wheel- nificent capital of King Mahasu- was razed to the ground by invad- turning monarch, a rightful and dassana, a previous incarnation of ing Turks. righteous king, who had conquered the Buddha. As the Buddha him- It lay in oblivion until the 19th the land in four directions and en- self so vividly describes to his at- century, when British archeologist sured the security of his realm. And tendant Ananda in the Mahasudas- Alexander Cunningham discov- this King Mahasudassana had this sana Sutra, Kushavati had been in ered its ruins and identified them very Kushinara, under the name of olden times the capital of an idyl- as the remnants of Kushinara. A Kushavati, for his capital… I was lic kingdom, a paragon of beauty, substantial brick mound was rec- King Mahasudassana then.” opulence and righteousness. ognised as the Parinirvana Stupa. Kushinagar – or Kushinara, At the time of the Buddha, Within this mound, excavations as it was named in the days of Kushinara belonged to the Mallas, unearthed a 6 metre-long statue of the Buddha, is a small town in one of the sixteen mahapanjads in the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh ancient India. Shortly afterwards, in Northern India. It is the place it was absorbed into the growing that the Lord Buddha chose for empire of Magadha. By the third his Parinirvana, and it is revered century B.C.E., it had become part by all Buddhists as one of the four of King Ashoka’s vast empire. holiest pilgrimage sites, along with Upon his visit there, the latter Lumbini, Sarnath and Bodh Gaya. erected stupas and pillars com- sNO. 15 sMelody of Dharma 3 teries, stupas, shrines and living quarters, witnesses to the centuries previous to the invasions, when Kushinagar was a major pilgrim- the Buddha lying in the Lion Pos- age site for Buddhists. ture, as described by 7th century A short distance from there Chinese pilgrim Hsüang-tsang. lies Ramabhar Tila, the remains of Sharing the plinth that carries the a stupa that marks the place where Stupa, is the Parinirvana Temple, the body of the Buddha was cre- a modern-day reconstruction of an older temple, and which now serves as repository for the reclin- ing Buddha statue. Surrounding the central struc- tures lie the remains of monas- 4 Melody of DharmassNO. 15 eleventh-century gilded statue of Matha Kuar. Fashioned from blue stone quarried in Bodh Gaya, it stands three metres high and is at the centre of the remains of a mon- astery surrounded by smaller outer buildings and shrines. In recent years, as Kushinagar regained its place as a major pil- grimage site, a museum was built to nest the sacred images found at the site. New temples were erected by Buddhist countries in their re- spective styles, in celebration of mated. Like the Parinirvana stupa, still flows quietly, as it did when the Buddha’s fnal attainment. it is surrounded by smaller shrines the Mallas gave the Buddha’s body Although Kushinagar cannot and stupas, showing that it too was its last cleansing. boast the same infrastructure for a site revered by pilgrims. A short distance away sits a visiting tourists as the three other Nearby, the Hiranyavati River small building that shelters the major pilgrimage sites do, it is slowly developing its facilities and will gradually be able to host the great number of pilgrims who wish to do the Buddha’s bidding and pay devotion at all four sites that commemorate the greatest events of his life on earth. Museum Thai Temple Burmese Temple sNO. 15 sMelody of Dharma 5 MAHASUDASSANA SUTRA Once the Lord was staying at Kusinara in the Mallas’ sal-grove shortly before his fnal Nibbana be- tween the twin sal-trees. The Venerable Ananda came to the Lord, saluted him, sat down to one side and said: “Lord, may the Blessed Lord not pass away in this miserable little town of wattle-and-daub, right in the jungle in the back of beyond! Lord, there are other great cities such as Campa, Rajagaha, Savatthi, Saketa, Kosambi or Varanasi. In those places there are wealthy Khattiyas, Brahmins and householders who are devoted to the Tathagatha and they will provide for the Tathagatha’s funeral in proper style.” “Ananda, don’t call it a miserable little town of wattle-and-daub, right in the jungle in the back of beyond! Once upon a time, Ananda, King Mahasudassana was a wheel-turning monarch, a rightful and righteous king, who had conquered the land in four directions and ensured the security of his realm.
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