DISCOVERING THE PADMASAMBHAVA STUPA WHERE THE “TWO RIVERS MEET”: Visiting Chatral Rinpoche’s Guru Padmasambhava stupa ground, Borobudur, Java (Oddiyana) (Indonesian Pilgrimage VI)

“Eating meat in one’s diet is very different than eating flesh to liberate a being through super natural powers. I am just an ordinary monk who really doesn’t have these qualities. So, if I ate meat it would be the same if you or any other lay person ate meat. I would be committing sin… Continue reading DISCOVERING THE PADMASAMBHAVA STUPA WHERE THE “TWO RIVERS MEET”: Visiting Chatral Rinpoche’s Guru Padmasambhava stupa ground, Borobudur, Java (Oddiyana) (Indonesian Pilgrimage VI)

VISITING A “WONDER OF THE WORLD”: BOROBUDUR BLESSINGS. The Ancient Borobodur temple, Kagyu Monlam, the 16 Arhats empowerment by 12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche and the ‘brilliant white’ temple for the Marme Monlam (Indonesian Pilgrimage III)

'Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, she became a butterfly.' --Ladies of the Borobudur After attending HE 12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche's empowerment and activities in Batam Island and visiting some other Buddhist temples there, I traveled to the sacred land of Java, Indonesia, first to the city of Yogyakarta. This whole region is… Continue reading VISITING A “WONDER OF THE WORLD”: BOROBUDUR BLESSINGS. The Ancient Borobodur temple, Kagyu Monlam, the 16 Arhats empowerment by 12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche and the ‘brilliant white’ temple for the Marme Monlam (Indonesian Pilgrimage III)