RIGON TASHI CHOELING MONASTERY: TAKSHAM LAMA PHURBU DRUBCHEN

TAKSHAM LAMA PHURBA DRUBCHEN

Guru Rinpoche’s meditation practice of the perfect Manna-Sadhana ( Guru-ThugDrub ), which is one of the subdivisions of the “Profound Eight Commandments to be Accomplished” ( Drubpa-Kagye ) at Yangle-Shod, Pharphing, Nepal. During that, time Guru Rinpoche faced various obstacles from humans, non-humans, gods, demons and other negative forces, in order to pacify these hindrances he meditated on VajraKilkilaya and all evil foces are being bound under oath and realized the perfect attainment of the great seal or Mahamudra. On this auspicious occasion starting from 1^st day till 11^th day of the 9^th month based on Tibetan lunar calendar, the great Sadhana Practice on the union of Taksham Guru and KilKilaya. The union of Taksham Guru and Kilkilaya distinguishes the unique practices from other Sadhanas. It is an essential practice of meditating and visualizing inseparableness of Lama and Phurba. This practice is revealed by Guru Padmasambhava at red rock cave in Samye-Chimphu, Tibet and he revealed nine bundles of Mandala and bestowed empowerment to the eight fortunate sons. Whiile delivering empowerment, the nine heart-like fortunate sons examined Yeshe Tshogyal falls down on the northern bundle of which the Kilkilaya is the meditation deity, the second flower falls down on the south-west bundle of which the Guru/Lama is the meditation deity, then Dakini Yeshe Tshogyal solemnly requested Guru Rinpoche to grant the profound Sadhana practice of inseparableness of Lama and Phurba. This is how; extraordinary pith instructions and immense benefit and blessings. This is also one of the eight profound commandments to be accomplished in the system of Mahayoga-tantra which in turn comprising entire peaceful and wrathful deities.

Drupchen, "Vast Accomplishment" in Tibetan, is an intensive group practice that draws upon all the skilful methods of the Vajrayana teachings to tame or purify our body, speech and mind, in order to become authentic and beneficial beings. Drupchens are also called Peace Prayers in Tibetan. Engaging in them gives us the opportunity to create a cause for future well-being and happiness, for ourselves as well as every one around us and inderectly all beings. A Drubchen is a traditional form of meditation retreat in Tibetan Buddhism that lasts for about ten days. It involves a large number of lay and monastic practitioners and is led by at least one High Lama. It is regarded as a very powerful practice as prayer and mantra are recited 24 hours a day. It is said to act as a remedy to the negative forces at work in the world and to promote inner personal peace, peace within the community, and world peace.

Tibetan Buddhists traditionally regard attendance at a drubchen as producing the same benefit as practising alone for seven years. The practice requires prayers and the drubchen mantra to be recited by practitioners for twenty-four hours a day throughout the period of the retreat.

In addition, the lamas present sometimes also prepare large quantities of a herbal medicine known as dutsi, which is said to promote physical and spiritual wellbeing.

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Phurba in Tibetan & Kila in Sanskrit, amongst its various functions there is one that is constant: to restrain evil and harmful occult forces

Benefits of a Drubchen

Participating in a Drubchen with an altruistic motivation reduces afflictive mental states, restores broken spiritual commitments and allows positive qualities and circumstances to arise unhindered.

The practice of the meditation deity Vajrakilaya provides an unsurpassed method to remove obstacles on the path to enlightenment. Blazing forth in the glorious manifestation of a wrathful male deity, Vajrakilaya embodies the enlightened activity of all the buddhas. Through Vajrakilaya, Guru Padmasambhava gained mastery over the four kinds of meditative accomplishment (siddhis): longevity, enlightened activities, the revelation of hidden treasures, and the sublime accomplishment of mahamudra. Guru Padmasambhava mastered ancient lineages of Vajrakilaya that he received from the Indian master Prabhahasti. Later, he journeyed to Nepal to the Yangleshö Cave to accomplish the deity Yangdag Heruka. However, before he could begin his retreat, three powerful demons inflicted drought and famine on the entire region, whereupon Padmasambhava sent to Prabhahasti for the Vajrakilaya tantras. The mere arrival of these texts counteracted the adverse conditions, Padmasambhava and his consort were able to attain the realization of Mahamudra. Afterwards he commented that Yangdag Heruka confers sublime accomplishment, but like a merchant ship that requires an armed escort, it requires Vajrakilaya to clear obstacles. Guru Padmasambhava and VajraKilaya is often performedextensively at the beginning of a retreat or other dharma activity to overcome obstructions, the forces of delusion (maras) foremost among them. Delusion can be defined and categorized in various ways, but in Vajrakilaya practice it most particularly refers to dualistic grasping at fictitious appearances—the appearances that arise as the outer environment and its beings, and the appearances that arise inwardly as concepts and afflictive emotions. These impermanent and composite appearances arise interdependently as the display of relative reality. As the components of ordinary experience, they have their own validity. However, if inherent existence is mistakenly attributed to them, they lead one astray into ceaseless cycles of desire and aversion. Mind’s absolute nature is obscured and its pure qualities of compassion are impeded. Confusion compounds itself through negative actions, speech, thoughts and emotions. The karmic seeds thus planted ripen as suffering in lifetime after lifetime. In the practice of Vajrakilaya, one summons wrathful, energetic compassion from the very ground of mind. Vowing to vanquish the outer and inner forces of delusion, one invokes the blessings of the Vajrakilaya lineage masters. Then, integrating their blessings into one’s own powers of visualization, mantra recitation, and awareness, one embarks on the stages of practice with fierce determination to find freedom for oneself and all other beings. Guru Padmasambhava transmitted Vajrakilaya to different disciples on various occasions, giving rise to a number of Kilaya lineages. Some of them were held in the oral tradition of kama, but in order to benefit future generations in times of degeneration, most were hidden as terma, treasures to be revealed later. This particular treasure, The Razor that Destroys at a Touch: Vanquishing the Legions of Mara in Battle, was not widely disseminated by Padmasambhava. Rather, he gave the transmission solely to his heart consort, Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal, whose primary meditation deity was Vajrakilaya. Receiving it, she did not impart the teachings to anyone, but hid them by placing the seal of her command in the heart of Padmasambhava’s disciple, Drogban Khye’u Chung.

RIGON TASHI CHOELING MONASTERY

Taksham Lama Phurba Drubchen was mostly performed and held on the 1st day of 9th month based on Tibetan lunar calendar every year but due to twice fall of 8th month this year, the ritual was postponed to 13th day of the second 8th month, which falls on 16th October 2013.

Preparation of Drubchen