Invitation of the Holy Relics of Kyabje Lati Rinpoche to Kechara House
Two days before Wesak Day, the President of Kechara, Datuk May Phng had the great honour to escort the relic of Kyabje Lati Rinpoche from Tsem Ladrang to Kechara House gompa. It be permanently on display for devotees to pay homage, make offerings, make wishes and collect merit. Great object to take vows in front of also. Or renew vows.
I pray for the swift reincarnation of Kyabje Lati Rinpoche very soon to manifest as a perfect dharma teacher once again.
Tsem Rinpoche
Datuk may escorting the holy relic enshrined in a stupa on the way to Kechara House from the Ladrang.
Students scatterd flower petals and awaiting for the relic.
Arrival with a victory umbrella on top.
Permanent place for the relics (above).
Dr Lanse relating the significance of the relic and escorting to Kechara.
Relic enthroned at KH. It would be very good for people to go and pay homage always as it is a genuine relic.
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Thank you Rinpoche for sharing these precious pictures. It is really very nice to be able to read them through as I was not there.
I believe that relics of high lama are powerful, as these high lamas keep their vows pure and are constantly in practices and retreats for dharma.
To have these relics is as if having them physically close to us.
It is reality slapping on my face again. Death is real and inevitable. I can leave this realm anytime, anywhere. After I die, where do I go? With so much attachments and living my life in ignorance of how karma works, I’d most likely be reborn in the 3 lower realms.
So what’s life about? Will my pursuits in life lead me anywhere during death?
A great being like Kyabje Lati Rinpoche, who’s spent his entire life benefiting others by teaching the dharma passed away in full control. Even Rinpoche’s relics bless us when we make prayers near them. To exist in this manner makes it worthwhile to live in samsara.
I have heard about how great holy relics are but I have never witnessed the invitation ceremony of one.
Ladrang received some holy relics of the late Kyabje Lati Rinpoche from the monastery and had enshrined them in beautiful stupa to be placed in Kechara House for members and friends to pay homage, make offerings, wishes and collect merit.
The invitation process is similar to the protocol of inviting a high lama and it was very grand, complete with victory umbrella. Jutika and Erica, 2 members of Manjushri Kids Class even learnt how to blow the conch shell as sound offering! They were so cute!
We prostrate with our body, speech and mind to Lati Rinpoche, who is one with Heruka. May His Eminence incarnation return soon to continue to turn the wheel of dharma to benefit many in the world!
I witnessed the enthronement of Kyabje Lati Rinpoche’s relics in Kechara House. I was very lucky to be in KH1 at the time when the relics were brought by Datuk May. So I joined the others also in paying homage to our guru’s guru. Lati Rinpoche has a very special place in my heart because it was he who asked Tsem Rinpoche to come to Malaysia. If not for him, we would not have Tsem Rinpoche, and Kechara House and our lives would not have been changed. Rinpoche told us that relics can bless people. I remember visiting the great relic exhibition organised by FPMT in 2005 at the Tien Hou temple in Kuala Lumpur. It was the first time I came into contact with Tibetan Buddhism. I went for blessings with my family and the monk put a stupa containing Buddha Shakyamuni’s relics on my head. It was an emotional moment and I think it opened up something in me.
Kyabje Lati Rinpoche is beyond a doubt a enlightened Being due to his ability to control his death. He was in death meditation and passed away in perfect control. This is just simply amazing because these Lamas have such high attainments and what is even more amazing, Gaden monastery have been prolifically producing masters of such calibre for centuries.
Therefore, we have much to thank for and should have much faith in our Lama, who is the heir of an illustrious spiritual institution and tradition. We should therefore join forces with our Lama to make his institution KWPC a reality. In order to do so, we have to start now and we have to learn about who Rinpoche is all about and get involved in the departments. There is so much to do!
Thank you Irene for your sharing on how holy relics of the great beings function to bless others even after they have passed on.
Kecharians are infinitely grateful to Lati Rinpoche for sending Tsem Rinpoche here in Malaysia to spread the unbroken lineage of Lama Tsongkhapa’s teachings.
We had heard many stories from Rinpoche of his time with Lati Rinpoche . The stories are great teachings on all the positive qualities that these erudite masters have relentlessly practiced throughout their lives.
May bodhi seeds be planted in the mindstreams of those who pay homage to Kyabje Lati Rinpoche’s relics.
May KWPC manifest to repay Lati Rinpoche’s kindness to Malaysians.
It is said that holy relics can bring about world peace through changing the minds of people. Holy relics creates devotion and faith. As His Holiness the Dalai Lama says, ‘outer peace is achieved through inner peace.’ Hence relics is extremely important to create world peace. It is mainly for this reason why Buddha and enlightened beings left relics. Relics are venerated in many temples and monasteries around the world.
Relics from Kyabje Lati Rinpoche is extraordinary rare and precious. Kyabje Lati Rinpoche was a grand master of Gaden Monastery who have devoted his whole life to spiritual practices that are dedicated to sentient beings. Every part of his body carries positive energy to inspire goodness and reduce negativity.
Terima Kasih Rinpoche!
It is indeed great to have this honour of enthroning and enshrining the late Lati Rinpoche’s precious relics and now He resides as a testament and proof that Rinpoche’s kindness and patience with Malaysians was meant to be and manifested in all of Kechara!
Each time I offer a khata or bow to Lati Rinpoche, it is in thanksgiving that Rinpoche and Kechara has manifested in Malaysia and it is time that I in turn manifest that same kindness and patience to all.
May His Eminence return back riding on His Vows!
Sadhu!Sadhu!Sadhu!
I scrolled along this post with other posts on the page and saw the photo of flowers laid out on the floor and immediately thought ‘Hm, this must be a post talking about inviting a Rinpoche into Kechara House for a talk! After reading other posts which I personally find more interesting (I have this habit of looking at things that I get attracted to first..a bit like going to the junk food section in a grocery store before anything else!!), I scrolled up again to read up on what the post was about….I saw a stupa!
I’m humbled by how Kyabje Lati Rinpoche’s holy relics are treated with such respect by the people in Kechara House. Just like how we were brought up to not sit on textboks as it symbolizes us not respecting the knowledge that it imparts, the level of respect that we should show towards a holy relic of one of the “greatest living Buddhist treasures left in this century” (as extracted from http://blog.tsemtulku.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/2010/04/his-eminence-kyabje-lati-rinpoche-enters-clear-light.html) should proportionally increase. WHY. Because Kyabje Lati Rinpoche was someone who was basically a walking Buddhist encyclopaedia who spread the Dharma in Europe and America..benefiting thousands in the world.
It is because of Lati Rinpoche that Tsem Tulku Rinpoche is residing in Malaysia today. It is because of Lati Rinpoche that Kechara House is in Malaysia today. It is also because of Lati Rinpoche that other future things that Kechara House will do will benefit the thousands of Malaysians.
As how Tsem Tulku Rinpoche says regarding Lati Rinpoche’s rebirth, “We do not need to worry that he will take rebirth in order to benefit others, but we must make the causes to sit at his feet again.”, even if I don’t have the merits to sit at the feet of Lati Rinpoche, I would feel just as blessed to be able to sit back at the feet of one of his disciples 🙂