The most venerated Geshe la, Thupten Thinley Rinpoche, who turned the wheel of dharma with great dedication and love for nearly one and half months at Shar Gaden Monastery is making prayers here at the five-day-long Great Prayer Festival. Many participants, who were endowed with good karma, were fortunate enough to receive wisdom from Rinpoche.
Source: Shar Gaden Facebook
derek
May 20, 2012
Is great to know that there are great prayers being done in the monastery. Alto there were much difficulty but it didn’t stop these monks to continue what they belief in.
Tammy
July 4, 2012
oBeing the marginalized community, the ife of a monk in Sera must be less then comfortable. Yet he most venerated Geshe la, Thupten Thinley Rinpoche, and the rest of the sangha members in Shar ganden monastery still carry on with the ritual and daily prayer. They are not afraid of being ‘punished’. We should support them.
Rinchen
August 8, 2013
It is just great to see such images of lamas doing pujas blessing the people, land and beings that reside at that area.
Through the prayer festival, it also reassures people that by doing prayers it does give us blessings. Through the blessings we will be able to do greater things. I believe it is also because of the merits gained from the prayers that allows us to grow materialistically and spiritually.
It is so different in monasteries, the elder monks would do things on their own, leading and still working, keeping themselves occupied. But when compared to the laymen, it is so different. The elders would say things like they are too old to be doing something then asking the younger generation to help them with it. From this example, we can see how samsara has dragged us further down into our negative side of things.