Bylakuppe

Cremation Ceremony Live Streamed

July 17, 2026 by Becky

Cremation Ceremony of H.E Choeje Ayang Rinpoche

at Thupten Shedrub Jangchubling Monastery in Bylakuppe, South India on July 18, 2026

7.00 AM (India) or 6:30 PM July 17 in California Here is a time zone converter.

His Eminence Gyangkhang Rinpoche, the head of Namdroling Monastery, and Lama Sonam Gyatso Rinpoche, along with the other Namdroling lamas performing the cremation ritual, will arrive at Thupten Shedrub Jangchub Ling Monastery with a traditional welcome by all the sangha members and lay people.

8.00 AM (India) or 7:30 PM July 17 in California

H.E Choeje Ayang Rinpoche’s Kudung (an honorific term for the mortal remains of a realized master) will be carried out from the shrine hall, led by a ceremonial procession of golden parasols and accompanied by skeletal dakas and dakinis. While circumambulating the old and the new temple with the sacred kudung, the monks will chant the prayer melody from “Drangchar Zimbu Mei Gur Yang (sbrang mchar zim bu mei mgur dbyang) from the songs of Kyobpa Jigten Sumgon’s prayer to the Lineage masters. Upon the holy kudung reaching the cremation stupa, notable Rinpoches, Khenpos, and other dignitaries will offer scarves.

On placing the kudung inside the Purkhang (cremation stupa), the Jinsek (fire offering rituals) will begin simultaneously, each of them led by an eminent Buddhist master in the four directions:

East- H.E Kyabje Gyangkhang Rinpoche presides over the Jinsek of Dorsem (Buddha Vajrasattva),

North- Venerable Lapchi Dorzin Thundup Palden presides over the Jinsek of Dorje Phagmo ( Buddha Vajravarahi),

West – His Eminence Palchen Galo Rinpoche presides over the Jinsek of Oepakme (Buddha Amitabha), and

South – Venerable Lama Sonam Gyatso Rinpoche presides over the jinsek of Shitro (100 peaceful and wrathful deities)

Download the full schedule July 16 – July 20, 2026.

For those of you unable to attend in person, the ceremony will be live streamed on Facebook. This is the Facebook page where you can access the live stream and find photos of the preparations.

We invite you to make a tax-deductible offering to help complete Rinpoche’s stupa and to support the cremation ceremonies. Please click below or send your check in USD to: Amitabha Foundation, P. O. Box 2572, Aptos, CA 95001

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Cremation Ceremony July 18, 2026

April 10, 2026 by Becky

Ayang Rinpoche’s Ku-Dung (holy body) at Thupten Shedrub Jangchub Ling Monastery in India

H.H. Palchen Galo Rinpoche, True Lhamo and the staff at Ayang Rinpoche’s monastery are planning the activities surrounding the cremation of Chöje Ayang Rinpoche’s ku-dung (holy body) on July 18, 2026. Visitors are welcome.

If you would like to attend and have not already let someone in your own country know, please send us an email so that we can notify the monastery.

Click here for a guide for travel to Bylakuppe and accommodations in the area. To be able to stay within or even visit the Tibetan Settlement of Bylakuppe for the day, attendees will need to have a PAP, Protected Area Permit. Please enter “Dickyi Larsoe Tibetan Settlement, P.O. Bylakuppe-571104, Mysore, Karnataka” as the place proposed to visit. Note that it can take a month or longer to get the PAP approved. If you have not received approval before traveling, please bring a copy of the PAP application with you.

After the cremation, Rinpoche’s holy relics will be placed into a new stupa being constructed at his monastery. We invite you to make a tax-deductible offering to help complete Rinpoche’s stupa and to support the cremation ceremonies. Please click below or send your check in USD to: Amitabha Foundation, P. O. Box 2572, Aptos, CA 95001

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Parinirvana of H.E. Choeje Ayang Rinpoche

December 10, 2024 by Becky

View this announcement as a PDF in the following languages:

English Chinese Vietnamese Russian Tibetan

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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