Bylakuppe | Amitabha Foundation

Parinirvana of H.E. Choeje Ayang Rinpoche

December 10, 2024 by Becky

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Following the completion of Thugdam, Rinpoche’s sacred remains (kudung) have been placed in the old temple in Bylakuppe for his disciples to offer their respects. Rinpoche’s 7th-day observances fall on Wednesdays, beginning December 11, 2024, during which the monastery’s rinpoches, khenpos, lamas and monks will perform the 100 Deities Peaceful and Wrathful Offering Prayer.

Please visit Facebook for photos and links to practices at the monastery: https://www.facebook.com/AyangRinpoche

Those who have received the Buddha Amitabha empowerment and oral transmission are welcome to join our online practice of the Concise Namcho Amitbha and the Long Prayer to Be Reborn in Dewachen on the following days at 7:00 pm (Eastern time):

December 25, January 1, January 8, January 15 and January 22, by Zoom at this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81572930999?pwd=9t5W8LzvstaE2zmcKSwW3nZKwnneo5.1 For more detailed information, contact info@amitabhafoundation.us.

Visiting the Monastery:

For those disciples wishing to visit H.E. Choeje Ayang Rinpoche’s monastery, Thupten Shedrub Jangchub Ling, in South India, the following information will be helpful. Download the PDF version Travel to Bylakuppe.

Monastery Contact Information:

Drikung Charitable Society
Kagyudpa Monastic Institute
T.D.L. Bylakuppe-571104
Karnataka, India

Phone: +91 99861 73718, +91 74110 59690
Email: drikungcharitablesociety@yahoo.com, amitabhafoundation@yahoo.co.in

Visa for India can be obtained online here: https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa/tvoa.html. The approval takes around 2 days. You will receive confirmation by email; print the confirmation and present it when checking in at the airport and upon arrival at Customs in India.

Protected Area Permit (PAP) is necessary to stay overnight at the monastery or in the Tibetan Settlement. This can take quite a while to get approved, so it is best to apply as soon as you know you intend to travel. Travel to BylakuppeApply online here: https://papvt.mha.gov.in/ or at the same time as applying online for your India visa. The Tibetan Settlement to enter is Dickyi Larsoe. Bring a copy of your application with you.

Flights to India: The closest international airport to the monastery is Bangalore (Bangaluru / BLR). Connections through Delhi can be difficult this time of the year due to frequent fog.

Ground Transportation: It is easy to take the FlyBus from Bangalore Airport to Mysore (Mysuru). It costs about USD$10 one way and takes about 3.5 hours. The bus terminal is located on the ground floor of the international terminal. You can book online here: https://www.ksrtc.in/.

If your flight lands before 11 pm, then there is a direct FlyBus at 1:00 am from the airport to Bylakuppe and Kushalnagar. If the flight lands after midnight then there is a FlyBus every hour from the airport to Mysore. From there, you will either have to hire a taxi (contact Truelha or the monastery in advance so that they can help book) or take the local bus from Mysore (see link above) to Bylakuppe (about 2-3 hours) or Kushalnagar.

Accommodations: Rooms at the monastery’s Guest House are very limited, and not available to Westerners without prior PAP approval. Please call the monastery numbers above for suggested hotels in Bylakuppe and Kushalnagar.

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Dzambhala Offering Puja November 2-6

October 30, 2021 by Becky

Dzambhala, an emanation of Buddha Ratnasambhava,

whose enlightened activity is increasing and whose essence is generosity.

Ayang Rinpoche will hold the annual Dzambhala, or Wealth Deity Offering Prayer, November 2-6, at his monastery in South India, Thupten Shedrub Jangchub Ling.

The offering prayer is also referred to as a Yangdrup, meaning a ritual to generate “Yang”, the powerful magnetizing properties associated with fortune and luck. This in turn creates all opportunities to ensure accomplishment in spiritual practice, as well as an abundance of wealth, prosperity, success, good fortune, luck, long life and wisdom in a person’s personal, business and family life.

People who wish to dedicate prayers for their loved ones, including pets, living or passed, may donate towards tormas, butter lamps, tsog, tea, meals, offerings for monks and nuns, or other puja expenses, by sending in their contributions through Amitabha Foundation in their own country, directly to the monastery’s account, or by donating online here.

Dedications must be received by November 4th at 5 PM (Pacific Time) to be sent to the monastery in time. Donations are welcome any time.

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Current Activities at Thupten Shedrub Jangchub Ling

April 26, 2020 by Becky

Vajra Armor (Dorje Gotrab) – Wrathful Black Hayagriva

One of the pujas done the past few weeks at Thupten Shedrub Jangchub Ling Monastic Institute in Bylakuppe

The monastery has been on lockdown since March 18th, about a week earlier than the rest of the country. We hear that everyone in the monastery is currently well.

In March, Rinpoche presided over the annual pujas to accumulate 100,000 Tsok offerings for each of the Dharma Protectors: Achi Chökyi Drölma, Mahakala and Tsimar.

As a response to the Coronavirus pandemic, Rinpoche gave all monks the Oral Transmission Blessing (lung) for the practice of Parnashavari, the Tara emanation who protects from contagious diseases.

The monastery also practiced Vajra Armor (Dorje Gotrab). Guru Rinpoche said that those who practice this mantra will have vajra protection from all contagious and epidemic diseases, and be immune to the 404 types of illness, 80,000 obstructors and demonic forces.

Anyone who would like to support the monastery at this time is welcome to make an online donation here.

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Guru Dragpo Puja to Remove New Year Obstacles

February 6, 2017 by Becky

The annual Guru Dragpo puja at Ayang Rinpoche’s monastery in Bylakuppe, India, begins February 19, 2017 and continues for 7 days through February 25, 2017. Guru Dragpo is practiced at the end of the Tibetan lunar year to dispel obstacles and purify any remaining negativities in order to usher in happiness and prosperity for the New Year (Losar), which is February 27th this year.

You may participate at home by reciting the Guru Dragpo short mantra:

OM AH HUNG ARTSIK NIRTSIK NAMO BHAGAWATE HUNG HUNG AH HUNG HUNG PHAT//

You may also participate by reciting the Guru Rinpoche mantra (see below) or the Seven-Line Prayer to Guru Rinpoche. Click here for Ayang Rinpoche’s teaching on the Seven-Line Prayer, and the prayer in Tibetan and English.

OM AH HUNG BENZRA GURU PEMA SIDDHI HUNG//

Ayang Rinpoche has said that anyone sponsoring Dharma activities gains the same merit as the practitioners. If you would like to make a US tax-deductible contribution to the Guru Dragpo puja using PayPal or your credit card, please select the amount of your donation below. The full cost of the puja for 280 monks, nuns, khenpos and lamas is $21,650. Here are some suggestions, but your donation of any amount will be appreciated and will be like a drop of water mixed in an ocean of merit. You may include a dedication for your offering in the name of a loved one, including pets. All names must be submitted to the Amitabha Foundation by February 22 at 5 PM Pacific Standard Time.

You may also send a check in USD made out to Amitabha Foundation to: P.O. Box 2572, Aptos, California 95001. and send the names for dedication to info@amitabhafoundation.us.

For donors outside the United States, here is the link to make offerings directly to the monastery’s account through the Drikung Charitable Society.

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