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THE GREAT RIVER OF BLESSINGS THE RINCHEN TERDZÖ IN ORISSA, INDIA WALKER BLAINE Dedicated to The Lineage of Sakyongs and the Kingdom of Shambhala Highland Publications Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4H5 © 2011 Walker Blaine All authors, photographers, and artists represented in this work retain their individual copyrights. All au- thors, photographers, and artists in this book donated their work. The PDF edition of this book is offered for free at the Sakyong Foundation website: http://www.sakyongfoundation.org/projects/chandragiri/the-great-river-of-blessings/ A paperbound print edition of this document may be obtained through the above link. If you enjoy this book, please make a small donation to the malaria relief project at: http://www.sakyongfoundation.org/projects/chandragiri/ Version: 1.9, May 2011 The PDF version of this book is formatted with facing pages for double-sided printing. The photographs have a resolution of 72 dpi to reduce the digital size of the document. THE RINCHEN TERDZÖ IN ORISSA, INDIA TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS v! PREFACE xi! INTRODUCTION 1! WHAT IS THE RINCHEN TERDZÖ? 1! CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THEN AND NOW 2! THE RINCHEN TERDZÖ IN ORISSA 4! The Sponsors 5! The Schedule 5! The Recipients 6! The Teachers And Their Gifts 7! THE RINCHEN TERDZÖ IN CONTEXT 9! The Origin And Lineage Of Termas 10! Coming Forward Into Our Time 12! BEFORE STARTING IN 14! New Terms, Titles, And Editorial Changes 15! Symbolism And Deities 15! Cultural Connections And Generosity 15! Supplementary Readings 16! Getting There, Waiting To Begin 17! THE FIRST CHAOS ! NOVEMBER 29TH 17! NOEDUP RONGAE AND THE SHAMBHALA LINEAGE TREE THANGKA ! NOVEMBER 30TH 18! NEW DELHI IN A TUK-TUK ! NOVEMBER 30TH 20! THE FLIGHT TO BHUBANESWAR ! DECEMBER 1ST 21! THE ROAD TO CHANDRAGIRI ! DECEMBER 2ND 22! WAITING TO BEGIN ! DECEMBER 3RD 23! v THE GREAT RIVER OF BLESSINGS A DAY OF MEETINGS ! DECEMBER 4TH 24! The Rinchen Terdzö: The Empowerments Of Mahayoga 25! THE FORMAL OPENING OF THE RINCHEN TERDZÖ ! DECEMBER 5TH 25! PEACEFUL AND WRATHFUL DEITIES! DECEMBER 6TH 27! LOOKING AROUND THE SHRINE ROOM! DECEMBER 6TH 28! THE READING TRANSMISSIONS BEGIN! DECEMBER 7TH 29! THE RINCHEN TERDZÖ AND THE VIDYADHARA ! BY ACHARYA LARRY MERMELSTEIN 30! TEA AT THE RINCHEN TERDZÖ! DECEMBER 7TH 30! WHY NOW IS THE TIME FOR TERMA! REMARKS BY GYETRUL JIGME RINPOCHE 32! THE ACTUAL INSTRUCTIONS ! DECEMBER 8TH 33! PRACTICE DURING THE RINCHEN TERDZÖ ! REMARKS BY SAKYONG MIPHAM RINPOCHE 34! REFLECTIONS! DECEMBER 9TH 35! THE FIRST TERTÖN, THE ESSENTIAL TERMA! DECEMBER 10TH 36! LITTLE MONKS IN BIG SHRINE HALLS! DECEMBER 10TH 37! THE THREE ROOTS! DECEMBER 11TH 38! ECHOES OF TIBET! DECEMBER 11TH 41! A LETTER FROM JIGME RINPOCHE 42! CHOGYUR LINGPA, ONE OF THE GREAT TERTÖNS! DECEMBER 11TH 45! THE SCHEDULE THEN, THE SCHEDULE NOW! DECEMBER 12TH 47! CHANTING! DECEMBER 12TH 47! THREE DAYS IN ONE! DECEMBER 12TH–14TH 48! GOOD CHÖPÖNS! DECEMBER 15TH 50! THE INNER GURU, THE EASTERN AND WESTERN GURU! DECEMBER 16TH 52! NGARI PANCHEN! DECEMBER 17TH 53! SEEING ANOTHER SIDE! DECEMBER 18TH 54! TURNING A CORNER! DECEMBER 18TH 55! DALAI LAMAS AND THE RINCHEN TERDZÖ! DECEMBER 19TH 57! THE RIPAS AND THE TRUNGPAS! AN INTERVIEW WITH GYETRUL JIGME RINPOCHE 58! APPRECIATING THE HEART OF TRANSMISSION! DECEMBER 21ST 62! ANOTHER RINCHEN TERDZÖ! DECEMBER 21ST 63! JAMGÖN KONGTRÜL LODRÖ THAYE 64! THE SHRINE ROOM AND THE QUIET! DECEMBER 22ND 66! 50 UNEXPECTED EMPOWERMENTS! DECEMBER 23RD 68! WINTER SANGHA RETREAT BEGINS! DECEMBER 23RD 68! PADMASAMBHAVA IS EVERYWHERE! DECEMBER 24TH 70! TRANSMISSION! DECEMBER 25TH 72! 34 EMPOWERMENTS IN BRIEF! DECEMBER 25TH 72! vi THE RINCHEN TERDZÖ IN ORISSA, INDIA FOOD AT THE RINCHEN TERDZÖ! DECEMBER 26TH 74! OFFERINGS TO THOSE NEAR AND FAR! DECEMBER 27TH 75! MANIFESTATIONS OF THE GURU! DECEMBER 28TH 77! THE JUNCTURE OF BOREDOM! DECEMBER 29TH 79! HIDDEN ENERGY! DECEMBER 30TH 81! AN EVENTFUL DAY, RELATIVELY SPEAKING ! DECEMBER 31ST 81! A DAY OFF! JANUARY 1ST 82! THE DAY OF SEVEN BAD OMENS! JANUARY 2ND 83! ENTERING THE EIGHT LOGOS! JANUARY 3RD 86! EYE ON THE SHRINE! JANUARY 4TH 90! PEMA LINGPA, NEW COLORS IN THE SHRINE ROOM! JANUARY 5TH 92! NEW YEAR’S LETTER FROM SAKYONG MIPHAM RINPOCHE 94! PHASE ONE OF THE EIGHT LOGOS ENDING, FEAST FOOD ROUND UP! JANUARY 6TH 96! BREAKFAST WITH THEIR MAJESTIES! JANUARY 7TH 98! ENTERING THE WRATHFUL MANDALA! JANUARY 8TH 101! THE EIGHT HERUKAS! INTERVIEW WITH GYETRUL JIGME RINPOCHE 103! IMAGERY AND FAITH! JANUARY 9TH 104! LONG-LIFE PRACTICE! JANUARY 10TH 105! THE SAMBHOGAKAYA! JANUARY 11TH 107! CHÖPÖNS AND TORMAS! JANUARY 12TH 109! THE CYCLE OF GENEROSITY! JANUARY 12TH 111! LONG-LIFE CONCLUSION, JAMGÖN KONGTRÜL PART TWO! JANUARY 13TH 113! AMITABHA AND AVALOKITESHVARA, TARA, AND THEIR SIX CHILDREN! JANUARY 14TH 116! DAY OFF, A THOUSAND PAGE GUIDEBOOK! JANUARY 15TH 118! GETTING IT RIGHT! JANUARY 16TH 119! SEEN FROM ABOVE! JANUARY 17TH 120! TOURISTS AND TEENAGE EXORCISTS! JANUARY 18TH 121! THE CHÖDAK! INTERVIEW WITH JIGME RINPOCHE 122! AT YAK GOMPA! JANUARY 19TH 125! AVALOKITESHVARA IN UNION! JANUARY 20TH 127! FASTING, HAYAGRIVA AND MONKISH ANTICS! JANUARY 21ST 127! THE SAKYONG’S ROLE! JANUARY 22ND 129! THE DAY IN WORDS! JANUARY 23RD 131! TWO NEW SECTIONS, A YOGI, MORE WITH JIGME RINPOCHE! JANUARY 24TH 134! CONTEMPLATIVE EXCITEMENT 136! YAGDAK UNSEEN! JANUARY 25TH 136! ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT! JANUARY 25TH 139! vii THE GREAT RIVER OF BLESSINGS CHANGING SCENES! JANUARY 26TH 141! A KINGLY MASTER AND A MEDICAL CONNECTION! JANUARY 27TH 142! NOTES ON THREE HERUKAS! JANUARY 28TH 144! STARTING VAJRAKILAYA, ANOTHER RINCHEN TERDZÖ WEBSITE! JANUARY 29TH 145! REASONS TO CONNECT! JANUARY 29TH 147! THE PURE REALMS, VAJRAKILAYA AND GOOD CHANTING! JANUARY 30TH 150! MAMO! JANUARY 31ST 152! SHINING NEW DHARMA! FEBRUARY 1ST 153! REMARKS BY HIS EMINENCE NAMKHA DRIMED RINPOCHE! FEBRUARY 1ST 156! WHEN’S THE NEXT ONE? ! FEBRUARY 2ND 158! MANY DAKINIS! FEBRUARY 3RD 159! VAJRAYOGINI AND TARA! FEBRUARY 4TH 161! FEAST AND GOOD FORTUNE! FEBRUARY 5TH 163! LETTER FROM THE SAKYONG WANGMO 164! JAMYANG KHYENTSE WANGPO! FEBRUARY 6TH 165! JAMGÖN KONGTRÜL LODRÖ THAYE 167! CHÖD AND MACHIG LABDRÖN! FEBRUARY 7TH 168! SOUNDS AND SILENCE! FEBRUARY 8TH 172! THE LITTLEST MONK 173! STORIES OF THE KONGTRÜLS FROM CHÖGYAM TRUNGPA RINPOCHE! PART ONE 174! STORIES OF THE KONGTRÜLS FROM CHÖGYAM TRUNGPA RINPOCHE! PART TWO 177! TIME OFF! FEBRUARY 10TH 180! MAGYAL POMRA AND BÖN! FEBRUARY 11TH 181! THE DISTANCE TRAVELLED! FEBRUARY 11TH 183! THE AUXILIARY SADHANAS! FEBRUARY 11TH 183! DORJE LINGPA, THE THIRD KINGLY TERTÖN! FEBRUARY 12TH 186! THE ACTIVITIES OF AN ENLIGHTENED MONARCH! FEBRUARY 12TH 187! MOVING TOWARDS A NEW YEAR! FEBRUARY 13TH 188! FEMININE PRINCIPLE, POWERFUL BLESSINGS ! FEBRUARY 14TH 189! THE IMPORTANCE OF LINEAGE! FEBRUARY 15TH 191! A KINGLY MINISTER! FEBRUARY 16TH 192! TIME TRAVEL WITHOUT ELECTRICITY! FEBRUARY 17TH 194! PROSPERITY AND HAPPINESS! FEBRUARY 18TH 195! LOSAR APPROACHING! FEBRUARY 19TH 197! RIGDZIN TERDAK LINGPA! FEBRUARY 19TH 198! SHAMBHALA AND MAHAYOGA! FEBRUARY 20TH 200! CHILDREN, MOTHER LINEAGE, AND MAGNETIZING! FEBRUARY 21ST 202! viii THE RINCHEN TERDZÖ IN ORISSA, INDIA A TALK BY HIS EMINENCE NAMKHA DRIMED RINPOCHE 204! The Rinchen Terdzö: Anuyoga And The Arrival Of The New Year 209! ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES! FEBRUARY 22ND 209! GUTOR! FEBRUARY 23RD 210! NEUTRAL DAY! FEBRUARY 24TH 212! LOSAR: SHAMBHALA DAY! FEBRUARY 25TH 2009, YEAR OF THE EARTH OX 214! LOSAR: DAY TWO! FEBRUARY 26TH 218! LOSAR: DAY THREE! FEBRUARY 27TH 220! The Rinchen Terdzö: Atiyoga And The Conclusion Of The Ceremonies 221! DZOGCHEN, NGÖNDRO, A FEW DAYS MISSED! FEBRUARY 28TH-MARCH 3RD 221! THE CEREMONIAL CONCLUSION OF THE RINCHEN TERDZÖ! MARCH 4TH 223! THE CONCLUSION AFTER THE CONCLUSION! MARCH 5TH-6TH 227! LETTERS FROM THE SAKYONG AND SAKYONG WANGMO! MARCH 8TH 229! ESSAYS AND REFLECTIONS 235! THE GREAT STUPA OF DHARMAKAYA AND THE RINCHEN TERDZÖ 235! CULTURE, ENLIGHTENED LEADERSHIP, AND THE RINCHEN TERDZÖ 239! THE TERTÖN, THE CHÖDAK, AND THE SHAMBHALA TERMA TRADITION 242! FINAL REFLECTIONS 246! APPENDICES 249! GENERAL OUTLINE OF THE RINCHEN TERDZÖ EMPOWERMENTS 249! EMPOWERMENT LIST 251! Thanks, Gratitude, And Sources 253! THE BIG THANK YOUS 253! FRIENDS TO THE BLOG IN THE WEST 256! FRIENDS IN ASIA (AND SOMETIMES THE WEST) 256! HELPFUL TEXTS USED IN WRITING THIS BOOK 257! AND YOU TOO... 258! ABOUT THE AUTHOR 259! ix THE GREAT RIVER OF BLESSINGS x
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