cremation

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

Ogyen Lhamo passes

August 15, 2017 by Becky

Ayang Rinpoche Carries Out Phowa Ceremony for Ogyen Lhamo

Ogyen Lhamo, the mother of Ayang Rinpoche’s wife True Lhamo, passed away on August 11, Friday at 8:15 am in Bylakuppe, South India. She was 86.

(Left) Ogyen Lhamo and (Right) Ogyen Lhamo with Lama Kalsang Rinpoche, Truelha’s father and founder of Kagyu Nalanda Monastery, India

A Jinsek (fire offering) cremation ceremony for Ogyen Lhamo was performed yesterday in Bylakuppe, South India, by five different monasteries: Namdroling, presided by Lama Sonam Gyamtso; Drukpa Kagyu, presided by Khenpo Nyedon; Karma Kagyu, presided by Terton Samten Lingpa; Sakya, presided by Lama Kunga Lobsang; and Drikung Kagyu, presided by Ayang Rinpoche.

If you would like to make an offering to Ayang Rinpoche’s monastery in memory of Ogyen Lhamo, please do so below, or send a check made out to Amitabha Foundation to Post Office Box 2572, Aptos, California 95001. Donations made through the Amitabha Foundation US are tax deductible in the US. Rinpoche has indicated that all donations made in her name will be used for the 49 days prayer rituals and to build a memorial stupa for her.