Under The Care Of H. E. Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche
His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche’s scope of assistance
to all beings is vast and his help is given on various levels, depending
on the needs of the people he meets. He offers the highest level of Buddhist
teachings to assist beings, in both the East and the West, to become freed
from all types of suffering. And yet his offering of compassionate assistance
often also takes the form of physical help.
For instance he aids the elderly people in Orissa, India who need to
be cared for and he provides for them. He also provides educational services
to children. And in general he is not only the head of monasteries in
India, Nepal and Tibet, but he also is the leader of the Tibetan refugee
population in India of several thousand persons.
Namkha Drimed Rinpoche’s various compassionate projects need assistance.
If you would like to contribute to the support of his various projects,
please send your request via mail or e-mail to Ripa Ladrang Foundation.
United States
It is Rinpoche’s vision that sometime in the near future he would
like to develop a dharma center (or centers) in the United States, including
the purchase of land and the building or leasing of facilities, to serve
as his base in the U.S. for teaching in the West.
India
In Orissa, India, Namkha Drimed Rinpoche’s monastery is Rigon Thupten
Mindrolling. There he teaches approximately 50 to 60 monks. Orissa is
also the area where the Tibetan refugees reside. When Rinpoche was forced
to leave Tibet in 1959, he led thousands of Tibetans to safe refuge here.
He has a number of concerns about the welfare of these people. He wants
his monks to have better facilities. He has especial concerns about the
elderly Tibetans, many of whom are extremely poor, living in conditions
that would be difficult for people in the West to visualize. They need
not only financial support but medical care as well. And he is very concerned
about the education of the children here, so he is developing facilities
where children can be educated. His monastery in Orissa is not well constructed
and must be rebuilt. The support facilities to the monastery also must
be provided. In short, he needs a great deal of assistance. If resources
can be obtained, this is what Rinpoche would like to accomplish:
Build the new monastery in Orissa, India (the ground was consecrated
by H.H. the Dalai Lama in December 1998)
Complete construction of the monastery office, kitchen & guest
facility
Build a residential facility for the elderly
Build a retreat center
Build a school for the monks
Build an institute for the benefit of all children
Build a hospital
Provide transportation (1 Truck and 1 Jeep)
Monk Sponsorship
His Eminence also has a monk sponsorship program to sponsor individual
monks. In sponsoring a monk, one provides for a specific individual’s
personal and educational financial needs. The sponsorship program is financed
one year at a time for each sponsor. And it is their hope that sponsors
will be willing to accept such a joyous assistance program for the long
term to assure support stability for the monks. (see section on monk
sponsorship).
Elderly Support and Sponsorship
Namkha Drimed Rinpoche also is developing a sponsorship program for specific
elderly persons in the Tibetan refugee community. Many of the elderly
are very poverty-stricken, living in poor conditions, also needing medical
care.
Tibet
His Eminence’s monastery in Tibet is Rigon Tashi Cholin which has
over 100 monks. This monastery was crushed to the ground, utterly destroyed,
after the Chinese invasion in the 1950’s. It was rebuilt but it is
not structurally sound and needs to be rebuilt again. Support facilities
also are needed here. Substantially the same needs apply at the Tibetan
monastery as for India and Nepal. They need a great deal of help in this
location on every level.
Nepal
In Nepal, it is Rinpoche’s hope to be able to accomplish the following,
when resources can be obtained (see section on Nepal
New Treasures Sponsorship Fund). Currently this is Rinpoche's Number
One Priority - to complete development of the Nepal project as quickly
as possible, to fulfill the prophecies of Padmasambhava related to the
new terma or treasures for the coming age.
Build a new monastery (125 or more monks)
Build a hostel/residence for monks (60 or more rooms)
Build a monastery office and kitchen
Build a guest facility
Build a residential facility for the elderly (30 persons)
Build a retreat center (20 rooms/40 people)
Build a school for monks
Build an institute and hospital
Provide transportation (1 Truck, 1 Jeep, 1 Auto)
These are the various ways in which Namkha Drimed Rinpoche compassionately
assists sentient beings on the relative level. In addition to the direct
teachings and assistance that he gives to beings, on another level he
works ceaselessly toward uplifting the general condition of all humanity.
His spiritual practices, prayers, blessings, offerings, powerful positive
energies, that he directs towards the elimination of all negativity, are
performed on behalf of all beings so that peace, joy, love and equanimity
might prevail amongst all the peoples and the nations of the earth. The
following are some of the practices he does to accomplish these beneficial
conditions:
Every year, for many years, he has done the Gesar Drubchen
(a group ritual of lamas and monks). Padmasambhava (referred to in Tibetan
Buddhism as ‘Guru Rinpoche’) had prophesied that Namkha Drimed
was to do this Gesar Drubchen annually in order
to remove obstacles for humanity as well as to eliminate wars and to aid
world peace. Padmasambhava, often referred to as the second Buddha, taught
in Tibet during the 8th Century A.D. In that lifetime, Namkha Drimed was
one of his close students and in that role he became the embodiment of
many of Guru Rinpoche’s sacred hidden teachings (these treasures
are known as ‘terma’). Namkha Drimed, who is the sky emanation
of Gesar (who was the great enlightened Warrior King of Tibet), holds
this Gesar Drubchen as a mind treasure.
He also does the Hiyagriva Drubchen (group ritual of
lamas and monks) for all sentient beings in order to pacify their obstacles
and to prolong their lives so that they may accumulate merit and attain
happiness. This Drubchen lasts for 7 days, purifying the negative aspects
of Body, Speech and Mind of sentient beings.
Namkha Drimed Rinpoche also does 100,000 Guru Rinpoche Feast
Offerings once per month for world peace; also the Yeshe
Tsogyal extensive practice once per month.
He does the Guru Rinpoche Mind Sadhana once per year
for pacifying all sentient beings’ karmic obstacles and to increase
their karmic merit, as well as to purify sentient beings’ Body, Speech
and Mind. At the end of this practice, an elaborate Masked Dance is performed
depicting the Eight Manifestations of Guru Rinpoche.
His Eminence also does the Mane Dumdrup (accumulation
of 100 Million Om Mane Padma Hum mantra) once per year for the
purpose of world peace, world prosperity, purification of body, speech,
and mind, and to gain ultimate happiness for all sentient beings. Then
he does the Guru Rinpoche Siddhi Dumdrup which continues
for one month. This is for purifying body, speech and mind, and also for
world peace.
There are many other practices he does on behalf of sentient beings,
on an ongoing basis, so that all beings might ultimately attain enlightenment.
These practices benefit beings on a relative and an ultimate level. His
Eminence Namkha Drimed Rabjam Rinpoche’s every thought, action, intent
is to alleviate the suffering of sentient beings. His Body, Speech and
Mind are totally dedicated to this purpose.
