Archive for May, 2014

Almost immediately after the dedication ceremony held at the Vajrasana Temple near Sanger, California, the large leaves on the Bodhi Tree started to turn brown and fell off as new leaves appeared. The Bodhi Tree had taken root and was established! Pictures taken two weeks later, early in the morning of May 25, 2014, show these new leaves and mysterious rainbow lights. The rainbow diagonal appeared on several shots, while the vortex over the tree in the other photos seems to ...

Starting at 10:00 am on May 11, 2014 a dedication ceremony was held to establish a Bodhighara (Bodhi Tree Shrine) at the Holy Vajrasana Temple near Sanger California. Over 100 Holy Virtuous Ones, Rinpoches, Acaryas, Dharma Masters, lay followers, and others attended the ceremony which was held in the Holy Vajra Pole garden. Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche, the abbot of the temple brought the Holy Vajra Pill to the Dharma Assembly to bless the young Bodhi Tree and those present. ...

as given by Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche at the Dedication Ceremony held at the Holy Vajrasana Temple on May 11, 2014 to establish a Bodhighara (Bodhi Tree Shrine).

The Holy Vajra Poles stand before us.

Some see them quaking, quivering in the light.

Others feel their power and receive their blessings,

Announcing that this is the site of the Fourth Vajra Throne,

The Vajrasana empowered by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III.

It was to here that the Red Vajra Pill flew in 2003.

A holy site, so ...

Speech given by Gesang Suolang at the Bodhighara Dedication Ceremony held at the Holy Vajrasana Temple on May 11, 2014: 

The Sri Maha Bodhi Tree (Ficus religiosa) in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, is the oldest living human-planted tree in the world with a known planting date. The sacred tree, a descendent of the historical tree under which Shakyamuni Buddha sat to become enlightened in Bodhgaya, India, was brought to Sri Lanka in 288 BCE by the Ven. Sangamitta, the sister of Ven. Arahath Mahinda. ...