Mirror of Lapiz Lazuli - Torma Making in the Karma Kamtsang Tradition

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MIRROR OF LAPIZ . LA7.Uf.-J
Lin~ drawlrttf.f ,n tlrl! mnlcltrx nf TormaJ according to 1"ht' "'""'~""If Trtulltlnn

l1w coo. m order to re~.ain the olc1 and new Tsurphu T~dltion or' llUIJ,;ins orfmn1 :uiCl rir!QJ prKticn :uul u
per rht reqUilc:mcnt oi such Manual tor the new retrQUnts ol Gy:alw:~~~& Karmapa's Ycwong S;unctn Ung
!Uue:at in Ogrrun Dharn~ Chakr:l-Centre, Rwntck Sikkim..
Ac~rdingly, durUlg the Jrd b:u.:h oi Reunt. the specwty skilled in tllis tr:MliciOII :and ~~ oi dtawtni Ven.
Lama Tc :nun Gywmco. who poss.!s the wealth of Trarumis.sion :md c~liz:JtiOn w~ fti1;0Gt;llcd 011 ~-u requ.:sted
by two Chopons uf the: mo£U$tery ro .:ompose a buolt oi Orawillpof Tormu..
He coo had. in the b~tnnm~ exerted himself aod l~rnc tn 196:! from Chopon-5oCAID C'huqot :ill the myr~:~u
tr~sure or' old md new ut oi ~~ Tormu, its <1e~'Orati'-c ways. colounn1 skill. prqlela110n oi' Doo :and
:-lanWia-<e and so ion h. which pUied down till today without brukin& the tiocalc oi IWPai Carcbtn· Tradition.
He also ~neu :a great pr~ :~nd si&h oi relic~ from HJf. The 16th Cyalwans K.uma .. when he come ow
with bnLiiant success in the E:wn Sl~n to His Kollnua. Thw. on 4lh day oi mU. Tibft.:lft month of Eanb
DJ:sjon ynr he made just a scan of the won: as a sip of :auspiciousness OIAc1 iluer~nC'C. b&IC"d on hls
preYioUS expencnce gamed throUih ltis occ:uional an4 frequent semen in t!w lldd to tbc monastery. wtuk
he wu aSSigned u V:~jra M:a.uer lor his m&J(ery and sometime in lieu of orhen.
U!er. aJrer completmg the rc:trt:ll he draw in iull deta!l. the model of rnakilll Tormu. irs decorariYC ways.
c:olourina sitills and so !onl't based on immaculate uad.ition which he s;aw and wu in conunuous pr:ac:ti~o-c wirl't
"~' deUs-enc:e whenever he lind tunc.
or
After proper and much illSI~tcd request for the cleat:ance doubt :u~d approftl of his work by prud11C111g the
same before the presenC'C or' Kunsig Four Emmenc:n. two ~neral Khcnpos of t.bc IIIUIWIIry, the woric IUW!y
come to irs full shape on 8th day oi Srh monrh of Tibetan Iron Horse year.
By the ment oi the work~ May 3.11 wandering bcinp accompUsb two :~ccumulatiolls ol merit and wisdotn.
thereby anatn Pfecrou.s Vajradhara State of umry for tM iulfilment of two P!JlpGIC IIICi Way it betome a c:ause
r"or ~vaJ of Buddha's Holy teadliq in this Uniwne for :a lutcni ptriuci.
111.is m~tion. preiace. &lid forwanl letter is written by R.crreac mas&er 8okar Tullw !Carma Naydon Cbucttyi
Lodoe in 199011 YewonJ ~rcn Line Rerrea~, Rwutek.
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