Re: Murder of Akong Rinpoche & Entourage
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 3:12 pm
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Transliteration of Jamgon Kongtrul’s ‘Calling the Distant Guru From Afar’:Akong Rinpoche's cremation will take place in Dolma Lhakang at 5am local time – approximately 10.30pm UK time. In Samye Ling we’ll chant Jamgon Kongtrul’s ‘Calling the Distant Guru From Afar’ at 10pm in the Temple.
Those of you who can’t be here and people in Samye Dzongs may also like to do this prayer or whatever prayer you prefer.
Yes tonight October 16 10:30pm UK time - 5:30pm EST US East CoastKonchokZoepa wrote:and when is this exactly ? today?
Knotty Veneer wrote:Transliteration of Jamgon Kongtrul’s ‘Calling the Distant Guru From Afar’:
http://sgforums.com/forums/1728/topics/428464
ReasonAndRhyme wrote:Knotty Veneer wrote:Transliteration of Jamgon Kongtrul’s ‘Calling the Distant Guru From Afar’:
http://sgforums.com/forums/1728/topics/428464
Hi Tara,
It's indeed nice to see TTD's offering of condolences for the loss of such great masters, who at least nominally were supporters of his "rival." May we all have the blessing of the non-dual view, and may all beings have the all-seeing eye of wisdom!honestdboy wrote:I was wondering if H.H. Karmapa Thaye Dorje would write a condolence letter for Akong Rinpoche. I'm happy that he wrote one. http://www.karmapa.org/
Yes the letter does seem to confuse the two passings. However, I am sure the condoleances are genuine and will be appreciated by all the students of both Akong Rinpoche and Chagme Rinpoche.Karma Jinpa wrote:
That said, the way the letter is phrased, TTD seems to be under the impression that both Akong Rinpoche & Chagme Rinpoche were killed in Chengdu along with another monk. Perhaps this is simply a bad translation. Not sure how much English he's had training in, or if maybe someone simply misrepresented the facts to him. And of course, if it is a translation, there is no original in Tibetan to compare to...
Agree. I guess he's not exactly on their telephone list.Simon E. wrote:I would guess that H.H. has simply been misinformed Karma Jinpa..his English is excellent.
Could you post it here or PM me Stewart - can't access Facebook here. Thanks.Stewart wrote:The Karmapa has now composed a swift rebirth prayer for Akong Rinpoche, you'll find Tibeten, English and phonetics on Facebook.
Since the word "assassination" was only used by mistake could maybe one of the moderators change the thread's title into "killing" or "homicide"?Knotty Veneer wrote:Also it appears the use of word "assassination" in the original message was a simple slip of the tongue - there is no one at Samye Ling who believes this is anything other than an attempted robbery badly gone wrong.
October 14, 2013
Unfortunately I used the word "assassination" in respect of the killing of my brother Akong Rinpoche. English is not my first language and I did not appreciate that the word means killing with a religious or political motive. I never intended to imply that there was such a motive and I regret the misunderstanding that has been caused.
Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
Abbot of Samye Ling Monastery, Scotland.