Dharma Chakra Centre
P.O. Rumtek Monastery
East Sikkim, India 737-135

[From May 28-June 7, 2006, the distinguished sangha of Dharma Chakra Centre will perform the Vajrakila puja. This year, the practice will also include a Mendrup puja. The significance and origin of these profound practices are briefly explained in this announcement. (A programme of the events follows the announcement.)]

May 2006

The Great Accomplishment Assembly of Profound Seven Vajrakila
Accompanied by the Accomplishment of Amrita
At Rumtek Shedrup Chökorling, the Seat of the Glorious Karmapa

For the continued well-being of our great guide, His Holiness Tendzin Gyatso, the crown ornament of all beings in existence and peace, the lord of refuge, the supreme victor, Avalokiteshvara, the fourteenth Dalai Lama; and of all beings and the doctrine; in particular to remove obstacles to the three secrets and activity of the crown jewel of the Dakpo Kagyü, His Holiness the glorious seventeenth Gyalwa Karmapa, the supreme Ogyen Drodül Trinley Dorje; and especially to enable him to soon place the auspicious shape of his feet at Rumtek Shedrup Chökorling, his great seat in Sikkim, India, and set forth the perfect feast of his four-fold activity like an ocean in summer for all beings and the doctrine, there will be convened this year at Rumtek, in the great temple which is an ornament of Jambudvipa, the Great Accomplishment Assembly of Profound Seven Vajrakila, accompanied by the Accomplishment of Amrita. It will be performed by the lords of refuge, the victorious fathers and sons; and a noble sangha of tulkus, khenpos, drupöns, and lamas who have completed the requisite practices. It will take place from the first to the eleventh days of the fourth Tibetan month, May 28 to June 7of the international calendar.

The Karmapa, whose name is as famous as those of the sun and moon, was the first tulku ever to be recognized in Tibet. He was the buddha of the past called 'Lion of Fragrant Light'. He is the bodhisattva Avalokita. He will be the future buddha, the sixth of this kalpa, called 'Lion'. He embodies the activity of all victors and their children, and therefore wears the black crown. From the time of the first Gyalwa Karmapa, Dusum Khyenpa, he has, life after life, displayed inconceivable virtuous activity. In particular, through the great black pills that bestow six-fold liberation and the amrita that brings liberation through taste, he has bestowed both Dharma and protection on many beings, ripening and freeing them. This aspect of his activity continues at Rumtek, to the great benefit of beings here. This ceremony, performed according to the instructions of the accomplished Kagyü vidyadharas, is based on a treasure concealed by the Lake-born Mahaguru for the benefit of beings in the future. It contains the essence of his yidam practice. From the treasure text:

Especially the seven profound cycles and their branches
Are the essence of my heart, concealed for future benefit.

And elsewhere in the same text:

The condensed essence of the Vidyottama
Of a hundred thousand stanzas, formatted for activity.

This Very Secret Single Kila of Mind, the essence of all practices of Vajrakila, the deity of activity, was discovered as a profound treasure by the great treasure revealer Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa and has spread throughout many traditions. The fourteenth Gyalwa Karmapa, Tekchok Dorje, instituted its yearly observance during the first phase of the month Saga, the fourth month. In particular, it will be accompanied this year by the Accomplishment of Amrita. From The Tantra of Amrita Qualities:

Combine the eight roots and the thousand branches
As a samaya substance of herbal medicine.

And elsewhere in the same text:

Those who have achieved the warm samadhis of the two stages
Should engage in the accomplishment of amrita
In order to quickly attain the supreme and common siddhis.

That states both the ground and the manner of accomplishment. From The Wish-fulfilling Jewel: The Heart-inscription of Instructions:

Such a practice is the means
Through which all siddhis are accomplished.
Wherever it is convened,
The environment will become the realm of Great Splendor.

That states the results and benefits. In the vajra words of the ritual text:

The wondrous activity of buddhas
Is accomplished through amrita.
I will explain here the essence of ceremonies,
The activity that empties samsara to its depths.

The fifteenth Gyalwa Karmapa, Kakhyap Dewe Dorje, having achieved the omniscient wisdom of the primordial buddha Samantabhadra, composed An Excellent Vase of Wish-fulfilling Jewels, which explains how to perform the Accomplishment of Amrita. He thereby opened wide the door of activity.

This account of the Great Accomplishment Assembly of Vajrakila and the Amrita Accomplishment which provides a feast for the fortunate was written by the Central Office of the Tsurgar Labrang at Rumtek, Sikkim, India on a good day in May of the year 2006.

Translation by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso. Copyright ©2006 Dharma Chakra Centre and Karma Triyana Dharmachakra. All rights reserved.
 

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Programme of the 2006 Dorje Phurba Chams and Special Mendrup Puja

Sunday, 28 May (Saga Dawa), morning
The annual Dorje Phurba (Vajrakila) Puja will begin with a Sa-Chog Puja (Earth Consecration Puja) and Tsa Chham Trak Thung Rolpa.

Wednesday, 31 May - Sunday, 4 June, approximately 6 p.m.
For one-and-one-half hour every evening, there will be a Nyu-Ley Trel chham (sacred ritual lama dances) with full costumes inside the Main Prayer Hall of the monastery to pacify obstacles.

Monday, 5 June, 11:00 a.m., and in the evening
The Kya Chham, with full costumes (but without masks) will be performed in the courtyard of the monastery. In the evening (also in the courtyard), the Nyu-Ley Trel Chham, with costumes and masks, will be performed to chase away obstacles of the Dharma.

Tuesday, 6 June, 3:00 a.m.
After the completion of the Dojre Phurba sadhana Puja and the branch puja to get the blessings of its siddhi, an Initiation and blessing of the precious religious objects of body, speech, and mind of Dorje Phurba will be given and and Dutse Choe-min (mendrup) will be distributed.

Tuesday, 6 June, 6.00 a.m.
The Dorje Phurba Chhams will begin with a Sadul Chham (Earth Consecration Puja).

Wednesday, 7 June
The Dorje Phurba puja concludes. The day also includes a religious procession to deposit sand from the dismantled sand mandala into the nearby river, and auspicious butter lamps prayers.

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