Offering prayers to the embodiment of Rigsum Gonpo on His 65th birth annivesary.

- His Majesty the King, 17th November 2014

Offering prayers to the embodiment of Rigsum Gonpo on His 65th birth annivesary.

NGA CHUDRUGMA-NGAWANG NAMGYEL

His Majesty The Fourth Druk Gyalpo brought the nation out of darkness to light. For the remarkable transformation His Majesty brought to the nation, the people consider His Majesty to be the embodiment of Rigsum Gonpo. When the nation’s security was threatened, his form was like Vajrapani (Chana Dorji) defending bravely the country without fear for his life. His Majesty took the cause of wellbeing and happiness of his beloved people like a manifestation of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Avalokitesharva (Chenrizig). The clarity of His Majesty’s visionary policies that still shine and guide us in our path of good development was similar to that emanating from Manjushri (Jambayang).

 Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel, (The founding father)

IMPORTANT NOTES:

 Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel, (The founding father) is revered more as a Bodhisattva than anything else. Still, the Zhabdrung was much more than that. He was an extraordinary administrator, an accomplished monk, talented in all the thirteen arts and crafts and a strict vegan whose daily diet composed of milk and fruits.

Modern Bhutan will do well to go beyond reverance and learn from his administration style instead of only reading text books from the West. For example, Zhabdrung travelled extensively so that people need not take the trouble to come to see him. He believed in not taxing the people and maintained that the government should so good that the people will pay tributaries to run the administration.

Here in this piece, though, I would like to dwell on his great military strategies.

Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel was confronted with a series of invasions from Tibet during his reign. However, he did everything to minimize the casualties and just repel the invaders. Besides, he never set off on any conquest of a foreign land. He never wielded a sword. More often that not, he won without fighting. And thus, as contemporary historian Tshering Tashi puts it, he was a true Buddhist warrior. 

His biggest feat was in 1648-49, when a joint Tibetan-Mongol forces launched, what was perhaps the largest military campaign then. Gushri Khan, the Mongol warlord in Tibet and a direct descendent of Genghis Khan, felt the need to vindicate the loss of 1644 and despatched his troops under the command of Depa Norbu – the nephew of Tibetan Regent Sonam Chophel. Interestingly, the Mongols had not lost a single war ever since the Great Genghis set out to bring under his domain, of what could be the largest land mass in the history of the World under a single empire. From the coastal lines of Sea of Japan to the gates of Vienna, the Mongols have seen nothing but victories.

The joint Tibetan-Mongol invasion of 1648 was not just to reclaim the sacred relic, Rangjung Kharsapani, but also to capture the Zhabdrung and occupy the whole country. Tibet under the fifth Dalai Lama, Lobzang Gyatsho, was going through its golden period. Drukyul was invaded from two directions – Paro and and Punakha. A small contingent was also despatched to Thimphu where they managed to occupy Kawang Dzong*. It was the winter of 1648. 

The Bhutanese were also prepared by then. The central administration in Punakha was well established and two third of modern-day Bhutan was under its domain. Pazaps from Sha (Wangdue), Wang (Thimphu) and Paro valley made a formidable strength but was still far incomparable to the massive invading forces. Besides, unlike the professional war machines, the Bhutanese were mostly peasants and farmers who came forward in times of need. Still, the Bhutanese commanders were ready to face the enemies immediately – perhaps frustrated by the frequent intrusions from the North. They sought the permission to attack but Zhabdrung refused – ordering to prolong the war and not engage the intruders.

In Punakha the invaders were camped at Jiligang overlooking Punakha Dzong. At one point, to deceive them, Zhabdrung ordered the pazaps to file out from one gate and enter from the other – once in the morning and once in the evening. The invaders were made to believe that a large number of soldiers were stationed inside the Dzong and were going on daily rounds.

In another deception, a full ceremony of the immersion of Rangjung Kharsapani into Mochu was staged to fool the onlooking invaders into assuming that the Bhutanese really threw the sacred relic into the river.

Months passed, spring came and still Zhabdrung held the orders to attack. The Tibetans thought the Bhutanese had given up. Then, on one moonless night, the order was passed and the Bhutanese, in Paro, led by Paro Penlop Tenzin Drukdra launched a massive raid of the enemy camps – taking them by surprise. The captive Tibetan and Mongol soldiers, on the orders of Zhabdrung, were treated like guests, disarmed and freed back to Tibet. Depa Norbu managed to flee – facing wide criticism back home. 

When the news of the defeat in Paro reached Punakha, the invaders went into a total disarray, at which point the Bhutanese attacked. This time in broad daylight – energized by the victory in Paro. The warmer climate had also brought hot weather, sand flies and bees that the invaders had no immunity to. Religious historians and oral sources attribute this to the works of Guardian deities, while western-trained historians maintain that the Zhabdrung waited for the hot summer to engage with the Tibetan who were used to only to cold weather. Some scholars assume that many Tibetan soldiers could have fallen sick by then. 

Following the victory, though, Zhadrung Ngawang Namgyel did not celebrate. He was deeply saddened by the deaths. He commanded rituals and moelams to be conducted in all the temple across the country – in the memory of the dead from both camps. Later that year, he was 56 years old then, he commissioned a massive religious project to make over 11 million miniature statues of Buddha in memory of all the war victims in the all the invasions that took place. He worked together with the artisans, ensuring each and every statue, and late into the night for months. This apparently took a heavy toll on his health. Then came the news of the death of his only granddaughter. Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel was further distressed and went through some serious health problems. He made frequent trips to Chuphu Tshachu in hope of gaining back his health. 

Then when he saw his end was nearing, he retreated into the Machen Lhakhang of Punakha Dzong – issuing instructions that no one should disturb him. The year was 1651. It is believed that he passed away on this day as per the Bhutanese calendar – the 10th Day of the 3rd Month.

AMAZANG PUNAKHA DZONG.

RANGSHEKHAR GONPA, EAST:BHUTAN.

Zangthopelri Rangshekar Gonpa is located at a serene place above the village of Rangshekar, (11km from Trashigang Town) Eastern Bhutan. Gonpa was founded by His Holiness Jigme Chogyal Rinpoche. His Holiness was born in the year 1936. He received all the Nyingma transmissions from His father The Great Drupthop Dekiling Yeshi Lhuendrup from early age. 

 ༄༅། །ཟངས་མདོག་དཔལ་རི་རང་གཞི་མཁར་དགོན་པ། བཀྲིས་སྒང་།

His Holiness practice meditation for many many years including TSA LUNG meditation (Tsa Lung works with both the body and the breath. Also, this technique combines movements of the body (subtle body channels – nadi) while holding the breath and visualizations, to open channels, release blockages and restore the healthy flow of prana (energy). 

Jigme Chogyal Rinpoche also studied with several Masters such as Lama Sonam Zangpo (1888-1982) being the direct disciple of Togden Shakya Shri  aka Drubwang Shakya Shri (1853-1919) and accomplished a serious of tantric practices. He is venerated for displaying various miracles as well as for his healing powers. 

ZANGTHOPELRI, RANGSHEKHAR GONPA.

Rinpoche is very humble human being  and great meditation master. He has many followers and devotees all over Bhutan and especially in eastern regions. Many followers get initiations and empowerment from rinpoche as and when they request. Rinpoche has constructed a huge Buddha Shakyamuni together with smaller statues telling his Buddha’s life. During consecration ceremony, a holy water (drupchu) started  flow from the alleviated Lord Buddha Statues head with triple rainbow sign in the sky. Simply amazing... breath taking, elevating us beyond the beyond in a feeling of a happiness explosion, every one must visit.

GHABU RINPOCHE

ABOUT HIS HOLINESS GHABU RINPOCHE:

His Holiness Ghabu Rinpoche was recognized as The emanation of Great Mahasidha. His Holiness Ghabu Rinpoche studied traditional subjects from several masters, including from his father. His Holiness meditated for many years which includes TSA LUNG meditation and also received the major teachings of Tibetan Buddhist schools. Moreover, there are several incidents of miracles performed by His Holiness.  The Great Drupthop Dekiling Memey Yeshi Lhuendrup is the Grandfather of Rinpoche. 

TEACHING:

Rinpoche is a regular speaker in social media group especially in WeChat and addresses teaching on the topics Buddhism in the modern world, death and dying, and meditation and happiness. The goal of addresses is to examine both the capacity and the resilience of Buddhism to engage with the pressing concerns of the modern world such as violence, social and economic disparity, environmental degradation, discord between and within communities and nations, and to contribute towards cultivating and fostering peace, harmony, co-existence and a shared responsibility amidst the diversity of cultures, communities and nations. 

Rinpoche teaches regularly in Zangthopelri Rangshekhar Gonpa and had taught in some of the schools in the east and also teaches upon the request from people. Rinpoche also teaches in the school as priority since it is the only remaining independent Vajrayana in Buddhist country. He too believe that today’s younger generation need to understand the Dharma in a practical way.   

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The Gomchen Sponsorship program is one way that we strive to ensure the very basis of Buddhist Philosophy. It is a very powerful way for anyone particularly for Buddhist students who want to demonstrate their gratitude to the Buddha, Bodhisattvas and who are continuously working for our benefit of sentient beings. Supporting the Gomchen Sangha would receive tremendous blessings and will help to accumulate good deeds which are very vital for the enlightenment. 

The purpose of this sponsorship program aims to cover all basic necessities like fooding, lodging, clothing and basic needs for studying for all Gomchens during their stay at the Gonpa. 

We currently have sponsorship for one-third of our Gomchens and still more need be supported. Support is very crucial for every Gomchen to pursue their practice, study and to dedicate to serve the sentient beings. Without this, there are big chances that every one of our Gomchen will not be able to be able to practice the Buddha Dharma effectively. Therefore a small support is very much necessary to support the livelihood of Gomchen. Such a sanctuary radiates positive energy and promotes peace, harmony, happiness and liberty throughout the entire universe. 

BENEFITS OF SPONSORSHIP TO THE SPONSOR: 

Your support will immensely benefit our Gomchen and help every one of them to pursue Dharma. The ripple effect for your support will be exponential and through your generosity support, our Gomchen will be able to practice without gist of worrisome and peacefully in the monastery. 

CURRENT SITUATION:

Happy to inform that we have approximately 40 GOMCHENS including those in the meditation. We also have countless elderly parents from Trashi Gang provence who are permanently reside in our Gonpa.

༉ ཇི་ལྟར་ཆུ་ཐིགས་རྒྱ་མཚོ་ཆེ་ནང་ལྷུང་།། རྒྱ་མཚོ་མ་ཟད་བར་དུ་དེ་མི་འཛད།།

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Land of Tea Herbs || Darjeeling || Himalayas Mountain || Heritage Railway || Kangchenjunga Peak.

Darjeeling is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located in the Lesser Himalayas at an elevation of 2,000 metres (6,700 ft). It is noted for its tea industry, its views of Kangchenjunga, the world's third-highest mountain, and the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Darjeeling is the headquarters of the Darjeeling district which has a partially autonomous status called Gorkhaland Territorial Administration within the state of West Bengal. It is also a popular tourist destination in India.

The recorded history of the town starts from the early 19th century when the colonial administration under the British Raj set up a sanatorium and a military depot in the region. Subsequently, extensive tea plantations were established in the region and tea growers developed hybrids of black tea and created new fermentation techniques. The resultant distinctive Darjeeling tea is internationally recognized and ranks among the most popular black teas in the world. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway connects the town with the plains and has some of the few steam locomotives still in service in India.

Darjeeling has several British-style private schools, which attract pupils from all over India and a few neighbouring countries. The varied culture of the town reflects its diverse demographic milieu comprising Lepcha, Khampa, Gorkha, Newar, Sherpa, Bhutia, Bengali and other mainland Indian ethno-linguistic groups. Darjeeling, alongside its neighbouring town of Kalimpong, was the centre of the Gorkhaland social movement in the 1980s and summer 2017.

DARJEELING.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

Camellia sinensis was first planted in the Darjeeling area in 1841 by Archibald Campbell who was working for the East India Company in this jungle-covered, sparsely-populated area to develop a hill station for use by the British stationed in Kolkata. At the time, the British were seeking a source of tea outside of China and had both recently discovered a second variety of the plant growing in the wilderness of Assam and smuggled seeds and plantings out of China. The Chinese variety (sinensis) was planted in Saharanpur Botanical Gardens and propagated in other Himalayan gardens where Campbell had acquired seeds from Kumaun via Nathaniel Wallich. While the original plantings succeeded, Campbell moved to Lebong where he and several other residents planted a new batch, in 1846, of both varieties (sinensis and assamica).A year after planting the first three Company experimental tea gardens in 1852, at Tukvar, Steinthal and Alubari, they reported having 2,000 tea plants and Robert Fortunewas sent to provide an expert opinion on the "suitableness of the climate and soil of the Hills for the cultivation and manufacture of Tea". While both varieties grew, the sinensis variety was flourishing, as it was found assamica preferred warmer and wetter growing conditions while sinensis had been selectively cultivated for higher elevations. The first commercial tea gardens were established in 1856 and by 1866 there were 39 tea gardens in Darjeeling, including the Makaibari Tea Estate which had established the region's first processing factory for withering and oxidation, necessary for the product to survive the months long journey down to Kolkata and over to Britain. Success of assamica at the nearby Dooars-Terai tea gardens led to infrastructure investments that would be extend up the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region, allowing more machinery and supplies to reach the tea gardens.Darjeeling's population had grown from less than a 100 in the 1830s to 95,000 people with 100 tea gardens in 1885, predominately Indian Gorkha and Lepcha migrants from Nepal, Bhutanese and Sikkim, as the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, the use of steamships and the Suez Canal reduced shipping times.

Darjeeling tea workers, 1890

After the British nationalized the East India Company it only ever leased the lands to tea garden owners on 30 year basis and maintained the practice of only permitting 40% to be used for tea crops with 40% being left natural and 20% for housing and facilities. Following Indian independence in 1947, practices shifted as British began to sell their stakes in the gardens to Indians and the 1953 Tea Act put the tea industry under the regulatory jurisdiction of the Tea Board of India. With more area being opened for tea crops at the expense of natural area and the introduction of pesticides and fertilizers, yields increased from 7.8 to 10 million kilograms between 1950 and 1960, though this came at the cost of increased soil instability. Despite a limited exemption for the tea industry the 1973 Foreign Exchange Regulations Act the new foreign ownership limitations resulted in Indian nationals becoming majority owners of the Darjeeling tea industry. As the Soviet Union replaced the United Kingdom as India's largest tea customers, Darjeeling gardens were supplemented with assamica plantings to accommodate their preference for that variety.

Production methods again shifted in the 1990s as Western Europe and Japan replaced the collapsed Soviet Union as Darjeeling's principal customers and new garden managers were bringing the principles of biodynamic agriculture to their practices. In 1988, Makaibari became the first tea estate in India to attain organic certification, followed by Tumsong, and the first to gain biodynamic certification, in 1993, followed by Ambootia. Darjeeling could not compete with other tea regions in terms of quantity or price (due to its geographic limitations, remoteness, slower plant growth, inability to mechanize, among other factors) or so it focused on quality. While the certifications provided an indication of a superior product, its practices also helped the gardens cope with erosion, slope instability and soil depletion that had become prevalent with pesticide and artificial fertilizer applications on the rainy hillsides. Yields had reached 14 million kilograms in 1994 but, with organic practices over much of the tea gardens, yields fell to an average of 9 million kilograms in the late-2010s. In pursuit of differentiating Darjeeling tea, the Darjeeling Planter's Association had been established, in 1983, to promote the product in other countries and a logo was copyrighted, consisting of the side profile of a woman holding two leaves and a bud and registered it in various countries and then, once it was eligible, internationally in the Madrid system. In 2000, the Tea Board created new licensing requirements for Darjeeling tea exporters, including product authentication and a prohibition on blending, which allowed them to issue certificates of origin. In 2004, Darjeeling tea became India's first product to receive legal geographical indication protection under the World Trade Organization's TRIPS Agreement and in 2011 it was given Protected Geographical Indication status in the European Union.

His Holiness Khyentse Norbu studied filmmaking (NYFA/USA) with Bernardo Bertolucci, after serving as consultant on the Italian director's 1993 film Little Buddha.

His Holiness Khyentse Norbu wrote and directed four award-winning films, The Cup (1999), Travellers and Magicians (2003), Vara: A Blessing (2013), and Hema Hema: Sing Me A Song While I Wait (2016).

Travellers and Magicians was the first feature film to be produced in Bhutan. He studied filmmaking with Bernardo Bertolucci, after serving as consultant on the Italian director's 1993 film Little Buddha. Khyentse Norbu also appears in the 2009 documentary Tulku, where he discusses Buddhism and his views on the tulku phenomenon.

Vara: The Blessing (2013) opened South Korea's famed Busan International Film Festival. 

His film Hema Hema: Sing Me a Song While I Wait, premiered at the Locarno Festival in 2016. It also screened at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received an honourable mention from the Platform Prize jury. The movie, which tells its story by following a mysterious ritual in the forest where all participants are masked, was praised by critics for "its portrayal of complex Buddhist themes like transgression, by juxtaposing them on to modern topics like anonymity on the Internet.

^{IMPORTANT NOTE:} 

His Holiness Khyentse Norbu Rinpoche was born in eastern Bhutan in 1961 at a place called Khenpajong. At the age of seven he was recognized, by His Holiness Sakya Trizin, as the third incarnation of the founder of Khyentse lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine is 94.5% Effective-Start Rolling Out in December2020.

Let's just hope that everything goes back to normal. The world cannot keep on going like this. Living becomes a struggle  everywhere.This year we have to pretend that we're all distraught about not getting to spend time with extended family, instead of having to pretend that we're happy to spend time with them.

Moderna’s new corona vaccine proves 94.5% effective.

Moderna's vaccine was created just days after covid was sequenced, back in January. The next virus could be sequenced, analyzed, and emailed to thousands of hospitals around the world within a month. No longer will we need to wait for the old chicken-egg method taking 6+ months.

LATEST UPDATE:

Moderna said it’s “actively preparing” for the launch of its vaccine, which is one of four going through Phase 3 clinical trials in the US. The company has enrolled 30,000 people in the study and has said it could have enough data to seek emergency approval for the shot by the end of November.

Moderna's vaccine will last 30 days in the refrigerator, while Pfizer's only lasts five days, according to CNN. Moderna added that their vaccine will last 12 hours at room temperature. In the New York Times article, Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University, said the relative ease of handling the Moderna vaccine would give it a big advantage over Pfizer's.

Both Pfizer and Moderna said they expected to apply within weeks to the FDA for emergency authorization to begin vaccinating the public. Moderna said it would have 20 million doses ready by the end of 2020 and Pfizer said it would have about 50 million by then. Both vaccines require two shots, so 20 million doses would be enough for 10 million people. This news is certainly hopeful, but as Dr. Fauci recommended, we should continue to do what we can to prevent the spread of the disease until these vaccines actually become available to everyone.

In this Dragon country, the Land of Medicinal Herbs, Maintained by the four activities of the glorious Drukpa, May the rule of glorious Drukpa rise to the zenith And the melodies of its fame resound like thunder.

 The following is a Zhabten composed by the current 70th Je Khenpo Tulku Jigme Chhoeda (He is believed to be the reincarnation of Maitreya) for the long life of His Majesty, the 4th Druk Gyalpo.

  ༄༅། །འབྲུག་གི་ཆོས་རྒྱལ་དཔལ་འཇིགས་མེད་སེངྒེ་དབང་ཕྱུག་མཆོག་གི་བརྟན་བཞུགས།

A Prayer for Long Life of His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Excellent Dharma King of Bhutan.

ཨོཾ་སྭསྟི། ངོ་བོ་ཀ་དག་ཆོས་སྐུ་འོད་དཔག་མེད། །རང་བཞིན་ལྷུན་གྲུབ་ལོངས་སྐུ་སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས། །

ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཀུན་ཁྱབ་སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་པདྨ་འབྱུང་། །སྐུ་གསུམ་རྒྱལ་བས་དེང་འདིར་ཤིས་པ་སྩོལ། །

May the Virtuous Prevail!

Amitabha, the dharma body which is primordially pure in its essence,

Avalokiteśvara, the enjoyment body which is by nature spontaneously accomplished,

Padmasambhava, the emanation body of all-pervading compassion,

May the Buddhas of the three bodies shower auspiciousness here and now.

ཤམྦྷ་ལ་རུ་རིགས་ལྡན་པད་དཀར་འཛིན། །ཁ་བ་ཅན་དུ་སྲོང་བཙན་སྒམ་པོའི་ཞབས། །

ཞིང་འདིར་དཔལ་ལྡན་འབྲུག་པ་བདུད་འཇོམས་རྗེ། །སྙིང་ནས་དྲན་ནོ་བྱང་ཆུབ་བར་དུ་སྐྱོངས། །

Pekarzin, the noble monarch in Shambala,

Sublime Songtsen Gampo in the Land of Snows,

The glorious Drukpa lord Dudjom (Zhabdrung) in this realm,

We think of you in our hearts; protect us until we reach enlightenment.

གང་གི་གསང་གསུམ་སྒྱུ་འཕྲུལ་བསམ་ཡས་ཀྱང་། །ལྗོངས་འདིའི་འགྲོ་ལ་རྗེས་སུ་ཆགས་པའི་དཔྱིད། །

སླར་ཡང་འོ་མའི་གྲོང་གི་ཤར་རིའི་རྩེར། །གཟུགས་སྐུའི་ཉིན་བྱེད་འཆར་འདི་ཨེ་མ་ཧོ། །

Although the miraculous works of your body, speech and mind are inconceiveable,

How wondrous that, like the sun on the eastern horizon,

The best of your affection for beings of this land

Has again taken a physical form in Womdrong.

དེས་ན་འཇིགས་མེད་བརྟུལ་ཞུགས་རབ་འཆང་ཞིང་། །མི་ཡི་སེངྒེ་རྣམ་རོལ་ས་ཡི་ལྷ། །

དབང་ཕྱུག་ཆེན་པོའི་དཔལ་གྱིས་མཛེས་བཞིན་དུ། །རྡོ་རྗེ་ཁྲི་ལ་བསྐལ་བརྒྱར་ཞབས་བརྟན་ཤོག །

Thus, maintaining a fearless (Jigme) stoical bearing,

May the lion (Senge) of men, the lord of earth,

Decorated by the excellence of great power and wealth (Wangchuck)

Remain firm on the adamantine throne for a hundred aoens.

ལུགས་གཉིས་ཁྲིམས་ཀྱི་སྣང་བ་ཆེས་འབར་བས། །མི་མཐུན་རྒུད་པའི་སྨག་རུམ་ཀུན་བསལ་ནས། །

བདེ་སྐྱིད་རྫོགས་ལྡན་གསར་པའི་དགའ་སྟོན་ལ། །རང་དབང་སྤྱོད་པའི་དུས་ལས་ཡོལ་མེད་ཤོག །

Having the darkness of oppugnant misfortunes cleared

By the blazing light of the laws of the dual system,

May the time in which we freely enjoy the feast

Of complete peace and happiness never pass.

དཔལ་ལྡན་འབྲུག་པའི་འཕྲིན་ལས་རྣམ་བཞི་ཡིས། །བསྐྱངས་པའི་སྨན་ལྗོངས་འབྲུག་གི་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་འདིར། །

དཔལ་ལྡན་འབྲུག་པའི་ཆབ་སྲིད་དགུང་དུ་ཕྱུར། །གྲགས་པའི་དབྱངས་སྙན་འབྲུག་ལྟར་སྒྲོག་པར་ཤོག །

In this Dragon country, the Land of Medicinal Herbs,

Maintained by the four activities of the glorious Drukpa,

May the rule of glorious Drukpa rise to the zenith

And the melodies of its fame resound like thunder.

བདག་སོགས་རྗེ་བློན་འབངས་འཁོར་བཅས་པ་རྣམས། །སྐྱེ་བ་འདི་དང་ཚེ་རབས་གཞན་དག་ཏུ། །

ལས་སྨོན་བཟང་པོས་གཅིག་ཏུ་འབྲེལ་བ་ཡིས། །རྔ་ཡབ་དཔལ་རིའི་ཞིང་དུ་བགྲོད་པར་ཤོག །

Through being connected with noble aspirations and actions

In the current life and in all other lifetimes,

May all including myself, the King, ministers and subjects

Reach the realm of Excellent Mountain in Ngayab.

རྩ་གསུམ་རྒྱལ་བ་རྒྱ་མཚོའི་བྱིན་རླབས་དང་། །ཆོས་ཅན་ཆོས་ཉིད་ཟབ་མོའི་བདེན་པའི་སྟོབས། །

བདག་ཅག་ལྷག་བསམ་རྣམ་པར་དག་པའི་མཐུས། །ཇི་ལྟར་སྨོན་པ་དེ་བཞིན་འགྲུབ་པར་ཤོག །

By the blessings of an ocean of Buddhas and Three Roots

By the power of the profound ultimate and conventional truths

By force of our pure and noble motivation

May my prayers be fulfilled as I wish.

ཅེས་ཚིགས་བཅད་བཀྲ་ཤིས་རྟགས་ཀྱི་གྲངས་ལྡན་འདི་ཡང་མི་དབང་འཇིགས་མེད་སེངྒེ་མཆོག་ལ་སྔར་ནས་སར་གནས་སེམས་དཔའ་ཞིག་གི་སྤྲུལ་པ་ཡིན་པའི་འདུ་ཤེས་ཡོད་པའི་ཁར་ ད་ཆར་རྒྱལ་སྲས་བསྟན་འཛིན་རབ་རྒྱས་ཀྱི་སྤྲུལ་སྐུ་འཇིགས་མེད་བསྟན་འཛིན་དབང་པོས་ དེ་ཉིད་སྔོན་གནས་རྗེས་དྲན་གསུང་གིས་མཐུ་ཆེན་ཆོས་ཀྱི་རྒྱལ་པོའི་རྣམ་རོལ་དུ་གསལ་བར་སྟོན་པ་མ་ཟད། དེ་ལྟར་ངེས་པའི་རྒྱུ་མཚན་གཞན་ཡང་མང་དུ་མཐོང་བའི་རྒྱུ་རྐྱེན་ཚོགས་པ་ལ་བརྟེན་ནས་ལྷོ་ནང་སྐྱེ་འགྲོའི་བདེ་སྐྱིད་གོང་དུ་འཕེལ་བའི་རྟེན་འབྱུང་དུ་དམིགས་ཏེ། གང་གི་ཐུགས་རྗེའི་འོག་ཏུ་འཚོ་བའི་འབྲུག་ཆོས་སྲིད་མངའ་སྡེ་ཡོངས་ཀྱི་མགྲིན་ཚབ་ཏུ་མཁན་རབས་བདུན་ཅུ་པའི་མིང་ཙམ་འཛིན་པ་འཇིགས་མེད་ཆོས་ཀྱི་གྲགས་པས་གནམ་ལོ་ས་ཡོས་ཆོ་འཕྲུལ་ཟླ་བ་དང་པ་ཡར་ཚེས་བཅོ་ལྔའི་ཉིན་སྤུངས་ཐང་བདེ་ཆེན་ཕོ་བྲང་དུ་སྙིང་ནས་སྨོན་པ་དགེ་ལེགས་སུ་གྱུར་ཅིག ། །།

These verses, commensurate to eight auspicious signs, are composed by Jigme Chokyi Dragpa, the one who holds the mere title of the 70th Je Khenpo. Since a long time, I have considered His Majesty Jigme Singye to be an incarnation of an extraordinary being on a spiritual stage. Recently through his recollection of past lifetimes, Jigme Tenzin Wangpo, the reincarnation of Gyalse Tenzin Rabgye has clearly indicated that His Majesty is an emanation of the great magician and dharma king (Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal). There are also many other evidences pointing to this. Thus, as an auspicious token of enhancing the peace and wellbeing of all beings in the southern land (Bhutan), this heartfelt prayer was made at Pungthang Dechen Phodrang on the 15th day of the first month of Earth Hare Year, on behalf of the nation which prospers under his compassionate care.

Important Note:

The Je Khenpo, formerly called the Dharma Raj by orientalists, is the title given to the senior religious hierarch of Bhutan. His primary duty is to lead the Dratshang Lhentshog (Commission for the Monastic Affairs) of Bhutan, which oversees the Central Monastic Body, and to arbitrate on matters of doctrine, assisted by Five Lopen Rinpoches (learned masters).The Je Khenpo is also responsible for many important liturgical and religious duties across the country. The sitting Je Khenpo is also formally the leader of the southern branch of the Drukpa Kagyu sect, which is part of the Kagyu tradition of Himalayan Buddhism. Aside from the King of Bhutan, only the Je Khenpo may don a saffron kabney.