![]() ![]() Ling Rinpoché got to his feet and stood before His Holiness to recite a tribute and request. The subsequent long-life prayer was based on the Fifth Dalai Lama’s ‘Amitayus Extracting the Pure Ambrosia’.Īs a procession of offerings was carried through the temple including volumes of scripture, statues and bundles of fabric, the Chant Master performed a mandala offering. The ceremony began with the recitation of a prayer invoking the previous incarnations of Avalokiteshvara in India and Tibet composed by Trulshik Rinpoché. To his left sat Samdhong Rinpoché and Kirti Rinpoché, while to his right was Ringu Tulku, the Abbot of Namgyal Monastery, Thomtog Rinpoché and the monastery’s Dorjé Löbpön. There were in addition hundreds of students currently attending TCV schools.įacing His Holiness directly, and leading the ceremony, was Ling Rinpoché. His Holiness smiled and waved as he walked steadily towards the lift and again as he walked around the temple to the door.Īn estimated 5000 people had gathered to take part in the event, including 700 from the TCV Global Family and 150 from NATA. There were musicians, singers and dancers, groups of them in costumes belonging to different regions of Tibet. Thekchen Chöling, Dharamsala, HP, India, - Representatives of the TCV Global Family and the North American Tibetan Association (NATA), the two groups offering prayers for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s long life, gave him a traditional welcome as he walked into the yard of the Tsuglagkhang, the Main Tibetan Temple today.
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