Offering to 10,000 Sangha 2016 * 敬造万支转经轮 礼赠僧宝植福田
Goh Yee Chin
The 15th Grand Prayer Puja for World Peace 2016
with Offering of Mani Prayer Wheel to 10,000 Sangha members
in Generation of Limitless Merits, Good Health and Longevity
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Grand Prayer Puja for World peace 2015
The Grand Prayer Puja for World Peace was initiated by the late Sangye Tenzin Rinpoche in Year 2001. It has since been successfully held annually at Nangchen, Qinghai, China (Except for Year 2008). Each year, the Grand Prayer Puja for World Peace attracts Sangha members from all over to gather together praying for World Peace and Well-being. Last year, the 14th Grand Prayer Puja was attended by 6000 over Sangha members and 100,000 over devotees.
By making an offering to the Sangha members, gathered for such an auspicious event, will help one to generate limitless merits and create good connections with Dharma. Such an act is praised in the sutras as a way to generate limitless merits: The act of offering a sip of water to a Sangha member will enable one to receive more merits than all the water in the oceans.
In 2015, the statues of Four-armed Chenrezig were offered to all the attending Sangha members.
The Grand Prayer Puja for World Peace will be held during 19-26 November 2016. This year, Palchen (Ba Jin) Rinpoche made the aspiration to make 10,000 Mani Prayer Wheel (height 20cm) and to offer it to all the attending Sangha members. According to the sutras, the merit of spinning a prayer wheel is the greatest. Any sentient being who merely see, smell or touch it can directly or indirectly attain liberation. The merits accumulated from making Prayer Wheel are vast and tremendous, the negative karma created from many lifetimes will be eradicated, and the meritorious seed will be planted towards obtaining the fruit of enlightenment. Furthermore, with the Prayer Wheel as an object of reverence and offerings, whenever Sangha members turn the Prayer Wheel, the merit will continuously increase thus the donors to make the Prayer Wheel can skillfully accumulate vast merits. Palchen (Ba Jin) Rinpoche from Gongya Monastery is the organizer of the Grand Prayer Puja for World Peace. With his pure aspiration and collective effort, Statues of Four-armed Chenrezig, White Tara, Guru Rinpoche Padmasambhava, Buddha Shakyamuni, Yellow Ritual Robes, Red Sangha Robes and Dharma texts have successfully been offered to the Sangha members during the previous Grand Prayer Pujas.
During this year’s Puja, similar to the previous years, offerings of meals to Sangha members, lamp offering, obstacle-clearing puja and puja for the deceased will be made. Those who would like to rejoice at this grand Puja with a pure intention, may make offerings, dedicating to those family and friends you wish for obstacles to be cleared or for good rebirth of those who have passed away.
Offering a Prayer Wheel - $40 per piece.
General Donation to support the Event – Any amount
Food Offering - $15 per set (for seven days).
Lamp Offering - $5 per lamp.
Obstacle Clearing - $5 per name.
Prayer for the deceased - $5 per name.
The closing date for the collection of contribution is 15 Nov 2016.
All Dharma Brothers and sisters, you may wish to make these auspicious offerings from your heart, and may all sentient beings benefit from the limitless merits generated, may there be peace and harmony in the world and may Buddha Dharma live long and remain strong.
Prototype sample of the Prayer Wheel to be offered to the Sangha
In 2014, the statues of White Tara were offered to all the attending Sangha members.
Grand Prayer Puja for World Peace 2014
Grand Prayer Puja for World Peace 2014
The statues of Buddha Shakyamuni were offered to Sangha members in 2012.
The statues of Guru Rinpoche were offered to Sangha in 2013
Robe offering in 2007
Robe offering in 2006
Lamp offerings in 2015
Devotees listening to the precious Buddha Dharma in 2015
Devotees receiving blessings on the last day of Grand Prayer Puja
The Great Merits of Spinning Prayer Wheels
(extracted from Khenpo Sodargye’s teachings on Mani Prayer Wheel)
The vast and inconceivable merit of spinning prayer wheels is recorded in the Mahayana Canon. Any sentient being who merely see, smell or touch a prayer wheel can directly or indirectly attain liberation. According to the sutras, the merit of spinning a prayer wheel is the greatest among the worldly virtuous deeds of speech and body.
Guru Rinpoche once said: "In all the Buddhist teachings from India that are being translated into Tibetan, no merit accumulated through virtuous deeds of speech and body is greater than spinning the six syllable mantra prayer wheel. Not only do we accumulate vast merit for ourselves through the spinning of the prayer wheel, any sentient being who is karmically connected to us can also be led to the Buddha’s Pureland directly or indirectly."
Anyone who spins the prayer wheel regularly can accomplish all one’s undertakings, quell hatred, greed and delusion in one’s mindstream, eliminate disasters in the world, eradicate diseases of the wind, bile and saliva, and avoid facing earthquake, flood, fire and typhoon. The person will also avoid the suffering of an untimely death.
The one who spins a prayer wheel in his or her hand can also increase bodhicitta, loving-kindness and obtain the realisation of the generation and completion stages to attain illuminating wisdom. The bodhicitta mind of great compassion will naturally arise, and one’s reputation, wealth, longevity etc will be accomplished. No matter what kind of main practice the person does, if he can practise it after spinning the prayer wheel, due to the blessings of all Buddhas and bodhisattvas, be it the Yidam, Dharma Protector, Dakini or meditation practice will all be successful.
The merit of spinning a Prayer wheel is inconceivable, especially during the time of death. If one can have a prayer wheel at one’s death bed, one will not need to have Phowa done. If the deceased doesn’t have sufficient time to perform a liberation prayer, or doesn’t have someone who can do this prayer on his behalf; or if the deceased is a non-Buddhist, just place a prayer wheel near his head and he will not fall into the lower realms.
The merit of reciting one 6-Syllable mantra is inconceivable, so is spinning such a prayer wheel once. What more to spin it numerous times? The sages of the past said: “If there are 10,000 six-syllable mantras in the prayer wheel, spinning it once will equate to the merit of having recited the mantra for 10,000 times.” It is also stated in the sutras: “ All worlds are pervaded by the seven precious gems. The merit of making such offering can be measured; but the merit of spinning a prayer wheel once out of a mind of great aspiration is immeasurable.”
Guru Rinpoche exclaimed: “A virtuous man or woman who aspires to be born in the Buddha’s Pureland should diligently spin the prayer wheel. If he or she can do that, even the heavy negative karma created due to the five heinous crimes will be purified." Chagme Rinpoche also said: “As long as the person who committed the five heinous crimes and eight downfalls, or who committed sexual misconduct, killing and other heavy negative karma, spins a prayer wheel, all negative karma created will not be able to contaminate his mindstream and he will eventually obtain unsurpassed, complete liberation.”
When the wind passes through a prayer wheel spun by someone on a mountain, and then comes into contact with other living beings, those beings will not fall into the lower realms. If others sees one spinning a prayer wheel, those people will have planted the causes of liberation through sight, and will directly or indirectly attain complete enlightenment. If one spins the prayer wheel while walking, then any being who passes by that path will have planted roots of virtue. Similarly if one spins the wheel while crossing rivers or bridges, all beings in the water will be liberated.
As a Buddhist, one should use the prayer wheel. It is best to share with others the benefits of spinning a prayer wheel, and of doing virtuous deeds to establish good karmic affinity with them. Sharing in this way will not only help the other person greatly in this life, but also in all future lives due to the immeasurable merit created.
The Great Terton Master Pema Lingpa once said: “Anyone who possesses bodhicitta and wisdom, and produces the heart mantra of Lord Chenrezig in a prayer wheel, and who, after consecration, spins it by hand or through the forces of wind and water will put an end to rebirth in cyclic existence. He will also be successful and accomplished due to the inconceivable merit.” Therefore, one should carry out this virtuous practice day and night; spinning the prayer wheel is the best practice amongst all virtuous deeds.
One can do this practice at all times. Chagme Rinpoche mentioned that this virtuous practice is simple and accomplishing any great matter can be easily and effortlessly achieved by one. From a worldly perspective, spinning a prayer wheel can allow one to obtain fame, wealth and power. Many such instances have been recorded.
Spinning the prayer wheel is a mark of Mahayana Buddhism. Uttered Chagme Rinpoche: “ The one who spins a prayer wheel will not be reborn in a family of wrong views; or a family with a blind, deaf, mute or lame member; or a family in poverty, or a family that engages in the livelihood of animal butchery or fishmongering. In all lifetimes, that person will be reborn in a virtuous and noble Buddhist family."
Palchen (Ba Jin) Rinpoche
Palchen (Ba Jin) Rinpoche was recognized by H.E. Tai Situ Rinpoche and the late Sangye Tenzin Rinpoche. Sangye Tenzin Rinpoche had this disciple close at his heart and gave him many empowerments, oral transmissions and precious teachings. He received the Bodhisattva Vow from H.E. Tai Situ Rinpoche. He also received the Tantrayana teachings from Adhi Rinpoche and other great teachers. Palchen (Ba Jin) Rinpoche went into a three year retreat to meditate on the Six Yogas of Naropa. He has also achieved a high deep understanding of Mahamudra after receiving pointing out instruction from Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche.
Sangye Tenzin Rinpoche prophesized that Palchen (Ba Jin) will be his representative and that he will bring tremendous benefit for Dharma teachings. One day when Sangye Tenzin Rinpoche, in his aspiration to locate the reincarnation of his teacher, Sonam Zangpo Rinpoche, asked Jamgon Tai Situ Rinpoche about the whereabouts of his reincarnation. Tai Situ Rinpoche answered that the reincarnation of Sonam Zangpo Rinpoche is none other than his close disciple, Palchen (Ba Jin), who will be able to benefit Buddha Dharma greatly.
Following the words of his teachers close to his heart, with the support of overseas and local devotees, Rinpoche has led the Sanghas of Gongya Monastery to organize the Grand Prayer Puja for World Peace successfully every year. Fulfilling his teacher’s wishes, Rinpoche has completed the construction of the Prayer Hall for the World Peace, rebuilt the retreat centre which has been destroyed by a landslide, established the shrine hall of Dzogchen nunnery, successfully completed the construction of the Guru Rinpoche’s Palace, continued building of the Buddhist Institute and rebuilding the Yang Ling Nunnery. Rinpoche has painstakingly set up a charitable school for the orphans and the children in poverty in 2002. Ten over years since it was set up, the study and living conditions for the children have been improved greatly; currently 150 over students live and study there. Upon the requests of his overseas students, Palchen (Ba Jin) Rinpoche occasionally goes to Southeast Asia to spread the Buddha Dharma and bring benefit to whoever is connected.
Gongya Monastery
Gongya Monastery is located at a very auspicious location in Nangchen County, Qinghai, China between two holy mountains. The great terton, the 1st Chokgyur Lingpa said that the land is the mandala of Lord Avalokiteshvara and the holy land of the Vajravarahi. One day, when he was travelling past the Monastery, he saw Lord Shakyamuni Buddha appearing above the monastery surrounded with a thousand Buddhas and many Bodhisattvas, emanating boundless light. In the space above the monastery, he had the vision of the Buddha activities of all the reincarnations of His Holiness Karmapa, including His Holiness the 17th Karmapa and Tai Situ Rinpoche’s minds are connected.
Gongya Monastery has been one of the ten main monasteries in the area. It is a Karma Kagyu Monastery, upholding both Kagyu and Nyingma traditions. The present Gongya Monastery has several buildings including the Prayer Hall for the World Peace, The old Shrine Hall, a Buddhist Institute, Guru Rinpoche’s Palace, three retreat centres, two nunneries and a charitable school. The monastery has nine teachers including the reincarnation of the late Sangye Tenzin Rinpoche, Palchen (Ba Jin) Rinpoche, Benpa rinpoche, Pema Rinpoche, as well as 300 over lamas, 200 over nuns and 100 over young lamas.
第十五届世界和平祈愿大法会 2016
敬造万支转经轮 礼赠僧宝植福田
中国青海的世界和平祈愿大法会，由尊贵的公雅寺已故桑杰丹增仁波切发起，自2001年起在青海省玉树州囊谦县每年成功举办（除2008年因故延期）。历届世界和平祈愿法会都吸引来自四面八方的广大僧众，同心同德祈愿世界和平，国泰民安。去年的第十四届世界和平祈愿大法会有六千多位出家僧众参加、十多万信众参与。
值此盛会期间，供养诸多僧众，是难得的殊胜良机：既可广植福田，累积功德，又可随喜法会，长养善根。佛陀曾云：诸法因缘生，安住希求意念中，为彼悉作何祈愿，即得如是之成果。 又『赞僧功德经』云：殊胜妙宝大德僧，长养众生功德种， 能与人天胜果者，无过佛法僧宝众。善心僧中施掬水，获福多于大海量， 微尘尚可有算期，僧中施宝无有尽。
今年的世界和平祈愿大法会将于11月19日至26日举行。公雅寺的巴金仁波切，作为历届世界和平祈愿法会的主办者，清净发愿集众善信之力，继在往年世界和平祈愿大法会上圆满供养僧众四臂观音像、白度母像、莲师像、释迦佛像、袈裟法衣、经典法宝后，今年将敬造万支观音心咒转经轮(高20cm)，赠与参加法会的所有僧众。依照了义经典的观点，一切有漏的身语功德中，转经轮的功德最大，见闻忆触的众生，都能直接或间接获得解脱。敬造转经轮，意义深远、功德广大，与之结缘的众生都将消除多生累劫的恶业障碍，累积广大福德，种下成办解脱之因。转经轮赠与僧宝，功德主能够培植福田，同时僧众们转动转经轮，亦令自他功德不断增长，功德主也将方便累积广大资粮。
本届法会，如之前的历届法会，亦将包括供斋、供灯、消灾和超度。在以清净心随喜大法会的同时，您也可借助大法会共修的强大力量根据个人的情况为家人朋友进行消灾祈福和超度含灵的修法。
敬希诸位佛友珍惜此殊胜机缘，随喜发心，共襄善举，同时将功德无余回向世界和平，平息天灾人祸，愿众生安乐，佛陀教法长久昌盛。
敬造礼赠观音心咒转经轮： 每支新币40元
赞助法会：随喜任何数目都可以
供斋: 新币15元 一位（七天）
供灯: 新币5元 一盏
消灾: 新币5元一个名字
超度: 新币5元一个牌位
随喜法会布施截止日期：11月15日
诸作吉祥，菩提增长！
附：转经轮的殊胜功德
观音心咒转经轮，即六字真言转经轮，在大乘经续中明确记载了它不可思议的功德。凡是见闻忆触的众生，都能直接或间接获得解脱。按照了义经典的观点，一切有漏的身语功德中，转经轮的功德最大。
邬金莲花生大士说：“凡是印度译成藏文的佛法中，身语所做的善事里，没有比转六字真言经轮利益功德更大的了。” 若能使用转经轮，不仅自己可积累很多功德，凡是与我们结缘的众生，也能直接间接前往极乐世界。
倘若经常使用转经轮，可任运成就息增怀诛一切事业，平息自相续中的贪嗔烦恼，灭除世间上的灾难，遣除风胆涎疾病，摆脱地水火风的违缘，以及一切非时的横死苦难。
手转经轮者，还可以增长菩提心、善心、生圆次第的境界，获得无迷智慧，大悲菩提心自然增上，名声财富无勤圆满，寿命延长等有诸多功德。无论修任何一法，若使用转经轮后再修持，通过诸佛菩萨的加持，不管修本尊、护法、空行，还是闻思修行，都会圆满成功。
转经轮的功德特别大，尤其人在死亡时，如果身旁有个转经轮，那就不需要破瓦法。如果有人死亡，实在来不及超度，或者没有人超度，或者这个人不信佛教，在他头的方向（放在头的周围即可，不一定是头顶上）放一个转经轮，那他根本不会堕入三恶趣。
念一句观音心咒的功德不可思议，用一次转经轮的功德也不可思议，更何况是多转。古大德说：“如果转经轮里有一万个观音心咒，那么转一次就相当于念了一万遍的功德。” 佛经中云：“一切世间界充满七宝，以此作供养的功德可以衡量，以大发心手转一次经轮的功德却无法衡量；一切世间界大地的微尘可一一数尽，手转一次六字真言经轮的福德却不可胜数；布施给三界每一众生双目的福德可以衡量，为饶益众生而手转一次经轮的福德却不可衡量……” 莲师说：“善男子善女人，凡是欲求往生极乐世界者，应当勤转此经轮，五无间罪也可依此得清净。”乔美仁波切也说：“造五无间罪、八堕罪以及犯淫戒杀生等重罪之人，只要使用转经轮，罪业根本不会染污自相续，且能获得圆满的解脱。”
山上一个人用转经轮，风吹过转经轮，然后又接触其他众生，则此众生不会堕入恶趣；自己用转经轮时，如果被别人看见，他眼识中就种下解脱的善根，直接或间接会获得菩提果位；走路时用转经轮，凡是路过的众生，其相续中都会种下善根；过河、过桥时用转经轮，水里的众生均会得以解脱。
作为一个佛教徒，应当学会用转经轮。与别人结善缘时，最好的就是让他用转经轮、劝他行持善法，这对他的今生来世都有非常大的利益和不可估量的功德。
伏藏大师班玛朗巴所开取的《观音海续》中说：“何者具有菩提心，具足智慧力士夫，制作观音心咒函，生次开光赞颂后，水风抑或手旋转，一定摧毁诸轮回，任运成就四事业，彼之功德不可说。”自己应该日日夜夜行持善法，而行善中最好的，就是用转经轮。
转经轮在行住坐卧都可以使用，乔美仁波切说这种善法简便易行，轻而易举就能成办重大的事业。如果让你布施钱财供养僧众，你不一定有这种能力，多年闭关修行，也有一定的困难。但如果走路吃饭只要有空余的时间，就一直使用转经轮，无勤中就能积累许多资粮。
从世间的角度来讲，转经轮可以让人升官、发财、得名声，在很多文章中，这方面的感应非常多。
转经轮是行持大乘佛教的一种标志。乔美仁波切曾说：“转此经轮之人，生生世世不会转生于邪见之家、有盲聋哑跛者之家、贫穷下贱之家、屠夫渔夫等种姓低劣之家，生生世世转生到种姓高贵、信仰佛教、行持善法之家中。”
摘自堪布索达吉著《转经轮的功德》
巴金仁波切
巴金仁波切由尊贵的泰锡度仁波切和桑杰丹增仁波切共同认证。桑杰丹增仁波切非常欢喜有这样的弟子，传授给他很多灌顶、口传和讲解。泰锡度仁波切传给他菩萨戒。 巴金仁波切还从阿地仁波切等多位仁波切处领受密法。随后他进行了三年的闭关，精进修持甚深那诺六法。并从蒋贡康楚仁波切处领受大手印直指口诀，极大地增长了他对大手印的自然领悟。
桑杰丹增仁波切曾授记： “巴金是我的代表，他会对教法带来极大的利益。” 桑杰丹增仁波切请求泰锡度仁波切认证他的上师索南桑波的转世。泰锡度仁波切回复道索南桑波的转世就是您的侍者巴金，他将会为佛法带来广大的利益。
在海内外善信的共同支持下，巴金仁波切带领公雅寺的僧众每年成功举办世界和平祈愿大法会；经过近八年的努力建设起世界和平祈愿法会大经堂，已重建了阿尼卓钦寺的闭关中心和经堂；圆满落成开光公雅寺莲师宫殿、继续建设公雅寺佛学院、正在重建阿尼央契林寺经堂；创立孤贫慈善小学，建校十多年以来不断改善办学条件，长期助养超过一百五十名的孤贫学生；同时应广大弟子的请求，仁波切不定期地到东南亚和内地随机接引度化有缘善信。
公雅寺
公雅寺位于青海玉树洲囊谦县的两座神山之间，大伏藏师秋吉林巴亦曾指出寺院前后的两座神山，既是观世音的壇城，也是金刚亥母的圣地。在秋吉林巴祖师的传记里专门有写道在公雅寺所见到的净观景象：他看到在公雅寺上空呈现出释迦牟尼佛，为贤劫千佛和八大菩萨等诸多菩萨所围绕，发出无量光芒。他见到此地诸佛菩萨云集眷顾，未来也将有许多成就者对六道有情带来无边的利益。同时在公雅寺的上空，他见到历世大宝法王的佛行事业。其中包括第十七世大宝法王与泰锡度仁波切在一起心连心的预言景象。
公雅寺是当地噶玛噶举传承的重要寺庙，同时拥有噶举和宁玛两大传承的法脉，是当地十大寺庙之一。寺院现有桑杰丹增老仁波切的转世、班巴仁波切、巴金仁波切、白玛仁波切等九位仁波切，涌现出许多成就者。今天的公雅寺包括世界和平祈愿法会大经堂、公雅寺大经堂、佛学院、莲师宫殿、三处闭关中心、两座女尼庵堂以及一所孤贫慈善学校。寺院现有三百多位喇嘛，两百多位阿尼和一百多位小喇嘛。