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| Lama Dondup and Chung Rinpoche |
A week long Baza Guru dungdrup recitation
is underway here at Zangtopelri in Samdrup Jongkhar. Presided over by the renowned
Trulku Chung Rinpoche from Tharpaling in Bumthang, the baza guru dungdrup is organized
by the ATI foundation – a non-profit Buddhist foundation for the wellbeing of
the kingdom and the world. It began on 29th October.
I decided to take part in the
recitation for a day (1st November) since I couldn’t join when it
started. Though I ain’t overtly
religious, I felt I needed to attend it. So at the break of dawn I got up and
finished my household chores before my family was up and I moved towards the
venue at 8.00am. There were a few hundred gathered when I reached there. My friend
was already there when I got there with my son. A few hundreds more joined
after my arrival and the courtyard was filled by 9.30. The organizers were
quite happy with the number of devotees that turned up because the previous
days saw very few devotees.
I joined the crowd and began chanting
Baza Guru. My goal was to reach the count of 10,000 before the end of the day. I
am very glad that I was able to achieve my goal and I am planning to join
the recitation tomorrow after the school hours as well.
It is indeed a very rare opportunity
for us here because unlike the place in the west, this place hardly receives any
renowned Rimpoches and Lamas. So I aint going to miss the opportunity as the dungdrup will end on Thursday (3rd Nov.)
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