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BENEFITS OF VAJRA GURU MANTRA  ཨོཾ་ཨཱཿཧཱུྃ་བཛྲ་གུ་རུ་པདྨ་སིདྡྷི་ཧཱུྃ༔ (Tibetan) Oṃ āḥ hūṃ Vajra Guru Padma Siddhi Hūṃ (Sanskrit) "It is said that the twelve syllables of the Vajra Guru Mantra carry the entire blessing of the twelve types of teaching taught by Buddha, which are the essence of His Eighty-four Thousand Dharmas. Therefore to recite the Vajra guru mantra once is the equivalent to the blessing of reciting or practicing the whole teaching of the Buddha. The wisdom mind of Padmasambhava is manifested in the form of the mantra; these twelve syllables are actually the emanation of His wisdom mind, and they are endowed with His entire blessing. The vajra guru mantra is Padmasambhava in the form of sound. So when you invoke Him with the recitation of the twelve syllables, the blessing and merit you obtain is tremendous. In these difficult times, it is appropriate to take refuge in the Vajra Guru Mantra." Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Trulshik Rinpoche says: ...

Lha Bab Düchen ལྷ་བབས་དུས་ཆེན། Wyl. Lha Babs Dus Chen), The 'Festival of the Descent from Heaven' Lhabab Duchen is a Buddhist  festival celebrated to observe the Buddha's descent from the Trāyastriṃśa heaven down to earth. According to legend, the Buddha ascended the Trāyastriṃśa heaven temporarily at the age of 41, in order to give teachings to benefit the gods in that desire realm, and to repay the kindness of his mother by liberating her from Samara. He was exhorted by his disciple and representative Maudgalyayana to return, and after a long debate and under a Full Moon agreed to return. He returned to earth a week later by a special triple ladder prepared by Viswakarma Dev. the god of machines. This event is considered to be one of the eight great deeds of the Buddha. On Lhabab Duchen, the effects of positive or negative actions are multiplied ten million times. It is part of Buddhist tradition to engage in virtuous activities and prayer on this day. Om Muni Mun...

The Do-Drul Chorten or Stupa is o ne of the most important Stupa in Sikkim , Chorten was built by the H.H. Trulshik Rimpoche, head of the Nyingma order of Tibetan Buddhism in 1945. Inside this stupa, there are complete mandala sets of Dorjee Phurba (Vajra Kilaya), a set of Kan-gyur (Holy Books), Relics,   complete 'Zung'(mantras) and other religious objects.   Around the stupa are 108 Mani Lhakor or prayer wheels. This Chorten   is one of the most important stupas in Sikkim, The Chorten is surrounded by   Lakhang.

In the Tibetan language prayer flags are called lung tawhich is translated as Windhorse. In the middle of such flags is a horse with three jewels on its back symbolising Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. The Windhorse represents great power, defeating evil and following the path to liberation. It frees from fears and removes all kinds of obstacles. It rides on the wind spreading prayers and wishes for the benefit of all beings all over the world. The flags are of five colours: blue, white, red, green and yellow which symbolise the Five Buddha Families, the blessing of Buddha’s Body, Speech, Mind, Qualities and Activities as well as the five elements.

TsomgoLake Tsomgo Lake, also known as Tsongmo Lake is a glacial lake in the East Sikkim district of the Indian state of Sikkim, some 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the capital Gangtok. Located at an elevation of 3,753 m (12,313 ft), the lake remains frozen during the winter season. The lake surface reflects different colours with change of seasons and is held in great reverence by the local Sikkimese people. Buddhist monks prognosticated after studying the changing colours of the lake. In Tibetan/Bhutia/Sherpa language the name མཚོ་མགོ་ Tsomgo is made of two words 'Tso' meaning "lake" and 'Mgo' meaning "head" which gives the literal meaning as "source of the lake",  the lake is surrounded by steep mountains which are covered with snow during winter.

The earth is perfumed with scented water and strewn with flowers, Adorned with Mount Meru, the four continents, the sun, and the moon. Imagining this as the buddha realm, I offer it so that all beings may enjoy that pure realm.

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