Bardor Rinpoche R.I.P.

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From Kunzang Palchen Ling:

On Thursday, April 1st, 2021 at 4:38 pm EDT, our beloved Barway Dorje entered parinirvana and he is now in tukdam meditation.
1.The problem isn’t ‘ignorance’. The problem is the mind you have right now. (H.H. Karmapa XVII @NYC 2/4/18)
2. I support Mingyur R and HHDL in their positions against lama abuse.
3. Student: Lama, I thought I might die but then I realized that the 3 Jewels would protect me.
Lama: Even If you had died the 3 Jewels would still have protected you. (DW post by Fortyeightvows)
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:o :(
Although many individuals in this age appear to be merely indulging their worldly desires, one does not have the capacity to judge them, so it is best to train in pure vision.
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The world lost a lion among men yesterday.

I spent the day trying to hold back tears. :( Hopefully today is better.
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I got to see him all the time years ago when I lived in Woodstock. These days there is so much I wanted to ask him about. I will miss him. But, he’s a tulku. Hopefully I will be around to see him again.
He had a wonderful sense of humor and optimism. I recall once, during a puja, apparently something happened to cause him and another lama to start laughing, and it was one of those things where you just can’t stop laughing and the more you try to control it and bite your mouth closed, the redder your face gets. That was him, and soon everybody was laughing.
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hung orgyen yul gyi nub jang tsam
pema gesar dongpo la
yatsen chok gi ngödrub nyé
pema jungné shyé su drak
khor du khandro mangpö kor
khyé kyi jesu dak drub kyi
jingyi lab chir shek su sol
guru pema siddhi hung
“Where do atomic bombs come from?”
Zen Master Seung Sahn said, “That’s simple. Atomic bombs come from the mind that likes this and doesn’t like that.”

"Even if you practice only for an hour a day with faith and inspiration, good qualities will steadily increase. Regular practice makes it easy to transform your mind. From seeing only relative truth, you will eventually reach a profound certainty in the meaning of absolute truth."
Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.

"Only you can make your mind beautiful."
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My guru, whose kindness I can never repay. So fortunate to have made this connection in this life. May your dharma lineage continue to flourish and benefit beings.

Rinpoche, I will miss you.

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A Hook Bringing Blessings into My Heart: Calling to the Guru from Afar

AH HO!
From the powerful wisdom of all victors and their children arises
The miraculous goodness of their accomplished aspirations and their true words.
This is the actual activity of Vajradhara's blessing.
Karma Fearless Dharma Lion, hear me!

From the natural pure realm, the five-peaked mountain,
Comes the blessing of Manjughosha, manifestly present throughout the three times.
The qualities of your intellect are an ocean of euphony.
Learned siddha guru, Lion of Utterance, hear me!

Peak of the siddhas of awareness mantra in the Himalayan region,
Guide of beings on the supreme vehicle's inexpressible path to awakening,
Ray of sunlight, hook of compassion,
Great Splendor Blood-Drinker Joyous Wisdom, hear me!

Monarch of the Mahayana's dual doctrine of teaching and accomplishment,
Bearer of the burden of the doctrine's basis, holder of the saffron robes,
Never-lowered victory banner of the doctrine prominent in the ten directions,
Vidyadhara Great Bliss Blazing Vajra, hear me!

From the peak of the Glorious Mountain in Chamaradvipa to the southwest,
Lake-Born Vajra's mind emanation is being's benefactor, lord and protector.
You possess the ability to open a hundred doors to profound treasure.
Heroic Powerful Tamer of Maras, hear me!

From the celestial, terrestrial, and subterranean realms,
Dakinis and deities of the three roots, the three bodies indivisible,
As inconceivably numerous as the particles of thirty-two supreme mountains,
Wisdom, mundane, and samaya dakinis, hear me!

Nature beyond elaboration, clear light, great bliss,
Display of variety without origin, end or abiding,
As pure as space, self-arisen, inconceivable, indescribable,
Self-awareness, sugata, primordial lord, hear me!

Right here, lord, through your blessing and power,
May I enjoy a feast of abundant happiness and well-being,
Afterward, in the highest celestial realm,
Make me inseparable from you, my guide.

By my appealing to my only father in this way,
May beings' three gates reach the stainless state of the three bodies.
Compassionately ensure that this is quickly achieved.
Establish us all, in one life, in the expanse of Vajradhara's heart.


My nephew, the noble Karma Tendar, repeatedly asked for something like this. So as not to disappoint him I, Urgyen Kunzang Chökyi Dorje, the young son of the guru's mind and body, wrote this at the seat of accomplishment, the dharma college, glorious Tashi Surmang Lhundrup Ling. May it bring virtue! Sarva mangalam!
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His Holiness the Karmapa has also just written a prayer for Rinpoche's swift rebirth and it's on KPL's website:

https://www.kunzang.org/wp-content/uplo ... mapa-b.pdf

PRAYER FOR THE SWIFT RETURN OF BARWAY DORJE

Emaho!

From the ground, Samantabhadra’s mind, unchanging from the beginning,
The great effortless natural expanse,
Flows the infinite display of vajra great bliss.
I pray to self-awareness, the ultimate guru!

Padmākara, twenty-five disciples,
Karmapa who overpowers apparent existence,
And all great accomplished vidyādharas: Through your power,
May he come back soon to protect and help beings!

Uncontrollable ruin is everywhere now.
Think with love of desperate degraded beings.
You embody in one the compassion of all victors and their children.
Precious source of refuge, please come back here swiftly!

Guardians of the teachings with samaya and your retinues
Of the eight classes who eradicate those
With demonic minds who would perversely prevent this:
Please assist in this; be strong and mighty!

From the mandala of dharma’s wheel
I pray this with one-pointed, unfabricated longing.
I know you hear my distant cry, my need.
Please care for all who are connected to you!


I first met the third Barway Dorje when I was little. With unwavering faith and samaya he served the teachings and especially the supreme victor Rigpe Dorje, the lord of his family. He was extremely kind to me through his whole life. As he has passed into peace for a while, his consort Chötso asked me to write a prayer for his swift return; so I, known as Ogyen Trinley Dorje, moistened by the blessed dew of the Karmapa’s name, wrote down whatever occurred to me on April 5, 2021. Virtue!
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R.I.P.
Rebirth in Peace
EMPTIFUL.
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