The Great Dharma Hall Reconstruction and Padmasambhava Statue Sponsorship * 世界和平法会大经堂 重新装修与供奉莲师像
Goh Yee Chin
Conditions in the whole county and monastery were still very backward then. In order to carry out the compassionate wish of the late Sangye Tenzin Rinpoche, Paljin Rinpoche overcame various obstacles, successfully completing the Great Dharma Hall after eight arduous years.
Since its completion in 2005, besides the scheduled pujas conducted by Gong Ya Monastery, accomplished masters invited by different monasteries and local communities have used the place throughout the year to conduct retreats observing the Eight Precepts, or liberation ceremonies for the deceased, etc. Khenpo also regularly conducts teachings here to impart Dharma to the local population. At the same time, Gong Ya Monastery assigns monastics at its Hall of Dharma Protector to continuously pray for devotees and eliminate their obstacles on a daily basis.
The Great Dharma Hall has a majestic stupa in each of its four corners, surrounded by more than 210 prayer wheels. At its back, there are 13 grand prayer wheels, each consecrated with scriptures of 10 billion six-syllabled mantra, Om Mani Padme Hum. Since the Great Dharma Hall’s completion, it has welcomed daily endless streams of devotees from morning to night, who come to circumambulate its sacred site. Most remarkably, in 2010, His Holiness Achuk Rinpoche of Yachen Monastery lauded the Great Dharma Hall as the scared site for hundreds of peaceful and wrathful yidams, because the aspiration to build it was pristine and unadulterated, anyone who circumambulates it 1550 times will be reborn in a pure land.
Ongoing Reconstruction
In January 2019, the Great Dharma Hall caught fire in the middle of the night while being used by a local community. The walls, murals, Buddhist shrines, religious statues and scriptures were all damaged to varying degrees, but fortunately, no one was hurt in the accident.
Link to photos showing damage to the Great Dharma Hall: https://photos.app.goo.gl/buWCwhwmX63f3uvQ6
Reconstruction of the Great Dharma Hall is presently ongoing. The inner walls, lighting, wiring, etc have been upgraded. The murals are being repainted and the shrines rebuilt. The renovation has been going on for three months now, with more than 20 workers at the peak, or 10-plus workers off-peak, painting or sculpting the interiors.
The exterior of the Great Dharma Hall will be repainted and decorated, while its golden roof will be reconstructed as well. The cement portion that was built many years ago had cracked from long-term exposure to the weather conditions. Hence the plan is to use gold-plated stainless steel to rebuild the golden roof, etc. The prayer wheels along the outside walls where many people frequently circumambulate will also be replaced. The Great Dharma Hall will undergo meticulous and complete renovation both inside and outside. The projected cost for the whole renovation is about S$800,000.
Link to photos showing reconstruction taking place in the Great Dharma Hall: https://photos.app.goo.gl/uwKBBGLAcnEs5Am89
Making A Thousand Padmasambhava Statues
Paljin Rinpoche planned to enshrine 1,000 copper statues of Padmasambhava in the Great Dharma Hall. Padmasambhava is the second Buddha, the embodiment of Amitabha Buddha, Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva (Guanyin) and Shakyamuni Buddha, in other words, the manifestation of all Buddhas from the past, present and future. In this present age of decline, Padmasambhava offers stronger and swifter protection than other Buddhas or Bodhisattvas due to his long-cherished aspirations and the causes he planted.
Link to photos showing the copper statue of Padmasambhava: https://photos.app.goo.gl/DKugPr86Q2jS761F9
The Commentary on the Abhidharmakosa states that of all forms of worldly good deeds, none is more meritorious than building a dharma hall. To build a dharma hall for the monastics, voluntarily supporting its construction according to one’s means, one accumulates merits equivalent to the merits of all those who would enter the dharma hall in the future to hear, reflect or practise the Dharma, as if one has done so personally.
According to the sutra, “One who contributes a brick or a tile to build a monastery accumulates merits that would last until all bricks and tiles disintegrate into dust.”
The merits from making statues of Padmasambhava are likewise immeasurable. As Padmasambhava said, “In the future, those who have not met me can take my image as the bright light illuminating their darkness. Those who create Padmasambhava’s image and stupa can transform into the three bodies, spreading the Buddha Dharma far and wide.”
Making statues of Padmasambhava is advocated by highly-accomplished monastics such as His Holiness Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok etc, as it helps to make auspicious connections and brings lasting benefits to the Buddha Dharma and all sentient beings.
All Buddhist friends are warmly welcomed to arouse altruism and contribute voluntarily to sponsor the reconstruction of the Great Dharma Hall of the World Peace Puja, and the making of Padmasambhava statues.
Any amount is welcomed for the reconstruction project.
The copper statue of Padmasambhava (29.5 cm in height with gold-plated face will be consecrated with precious items and placed into niches on the inner wall of the Great Dharma Hall):
Each statue is S$320. Donor may inscribe the name of one individual or one family or a deceased loved one. Please provide a Chinese name. The name will be pasted at the back of the statue on the lotus seat.
Closing Date: 30 September (2019)
Respectfully wishing that you experience fulfillment in all your endeavours and joy in the Dharma!
Warmest regards,
Goh Yee Chin
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gohye...@gmail.com
长养清净发心，培植殊胜福田
世界和平法会大经堂
重新装修与供奉莲师像
大经堂介绍
公雅寺的世界和平法会大经堂位于中国青海省囊谦县县城。建设大经堂是桑杰丹增老仁波切慈悲利生的宏愿，多年前囊谦县城内一座寺院经堂也没有，老仁波切为利益当地信众，使他们有机会就近参加法会，参加八关斋戒修法、绕匝经堂而发愿在县城内启建世界和平法会大经堂。
那时候整个县城和寺院的各方面条件仍然非常落后，巴金仁波切秉承老仁波切的悲愿，克服重重困难，历尽千辛万苦用八年的时间圆满建成世界和平法会大经堂。
大经堂自2005年落成以来，除了公雅寺自己寺院定期举办的法会，常年不断地有其他寺院和当地信众邀请高僧大德在这里举行八关斋戒，超度修法等法会。堪布在这里不时为当地信众讲经说法。同时公雅寺指定的出家僧众在这里的护法殿每日不间断为信众修法祈福，消灾除障。
大经堂四角耸立着庄严的佛塔，四周为210多个转经轮所围绕，经堂后面有13个100亿六字大明咒的大转经轮。大经堂建好后，每日早晚来绕匝经堂的信众络绎不绝。特别值得一提的是，2010年，亚青寺阿秋法王对大经堂如是授记：此处即是文武百尊的道场，因为建造发心清净殊胜，凡是绕匝大经堂1550圈的信众，决定命终往生净土。
重新装修进行中
大经堂在今年(2019年)1月外借使用过程中，大殿在半夜被供灯的火焰蔓延而意外发生火灾。大殿墙壁，壁画，佛龛，佛像，大藏经都遭到了不同程度的毁损，但是万幸没有造成人员伤亡。
衔接图片 大经堂受到火灾后的情况： https://photos.app.goo.gl/buWCwhwmX63f3uvQ6
大经堂已经开始重新整修装修。大殿内部的墙壁、照明、线路等都已重新翻新。里面的壁画佛龛等已重新精心绘制。现在修复工作已经进行了三个多月，人多的时候二十多人，少的时候也有十多人进行绘画雕刻。
大经堂外面将重新粉刷雕刻和装修金顶。多年前建造的水泥材质的部分，因长期日晒雨淋而裂开毁损，所以现在准备将金顶等用不锈钢包金。外围众人经常绕匝转动的大小经轮等都将重新装置。大经堂将在内外各个方面进行细致完善的整修装修。整个整修装修费用大约S$800,000.
衔接图片 重新装修中的大经堂： https://photos.app.goo.gl/uwKBBGLAcnEs5Am89
供奉莲师像
巴金仁波切计划将在世界和平法会大经堂的大殿内供奉千尊莲花生大士紫铜像。莲花生大士是第二佛陀，是阿弥陀佛、观世音菩萨和释迦牟尼佛的化身，乃三世诸佛总集之化现。当今浊世之时，因夙愿及缘起，莲师比其他诸佛菩萨的加持更为猛厉。
衔接图片 紫铜莲师像： https://photos.app.goo.gl/DKugPr86Q2jS761F9
随喜建寺造像功德
《俱舍论大疏》说：在有漏的善法中，修经堂的功德最大。为僧众修经堂，随力支持随喜者，将来在此经堂内进行的所有闻思修行的善根，皆同等获。
经云： 若人能布施伽蓝一砖一瓦，其功德直至砖瓦化为尘土方才消亡。
为莲花生大士造像，福报功德广大无量。如莲师讲：“未来的，没有见过我的众生，我相可以能作消除黑暗的明灯。若人修建莲师相及塔，能转化为三身，弘扬佛法。”
建造莲花生大士像是法王如意宝等多位高僧大德所提倡的，能够为佛法和众生带来吉祥的缘起和深远的利益。
欢迎各位佛友清净发心，随喜资助世界和平法会大经堂的重新装修或在大经堂内供奉莲师像。
随喜资助大经堂的重新装修：随喜任何数目都可以。
莲花生大士紫铜像 (高29.5公分，面部泥金工艺，珍品圣物装藏，将供奉于大殿墙壁佛龛)： 新币320元/尊。供奉莲师像可以放一个名字或合家，往生者的名字也可以，请提供中文名字。名字将贴在莲师像背后的莲花座。
随喜截止日期：9月30日。
敬祝诸作吉祥，法喜充满！
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