Sunday, March 03, 2013

Tibetan Malas, in use and practice

A man asks "Rinpoche would you please bless my mala?" Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche, Longhouse, Vancouver BC, Lotus Speech CanadaFour Tibetans reverently waiting for His Holiness Dagchen Sakya, upstairs near the dining hall & kitchen, Tibetan door covers swing in the breeze, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, NepalTibetan nuns recite the mandala offering mudra with crystal mala (rosary)Goofing around with my friend Khenpo Gaga, Linda Lane, wearing pink sunglasses and an adi making the mudra of mandala offering, Khenpo Gaga, a Tibetan Buddhist monk in robes, malas, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, NepalLadakhi daughter & mother smiling in brown wool chubas, bright shirts, Dharma bag, advanced practicioner's mala, and red ritual blindfold. In Boudhi, Western Archaic Tibetan, mom said you should take our picture, Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, NepalGesture of Reverence two Tibetan ladies circumnambulating glance inside the Gompa
Face of an older lama / monk, meditator, wearing a rosewood mala, and glasses, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, NepalOne East, one West, Buddhist women, Boudha, Kathmandu, NepalTwo Kwan Yin statues (of three), Bodhisattva of Compassion, with mala (rosary) on a lotus flower, ceramic, in female form, Issaquah, Washington, USAElder Tibetan woman praying wearing face mask to protect against the dust, during Lam dre, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, NepalTibetan sign of affection of head touching, looking at a watch, HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Rabjam Rinpoche, Dhungsey Ani Sakya, during Rinpoche's visit to the Tibetan Sakya family & Dharma Center, 1976, SeaTac Airport, Seattle, Washington, USAGiggles! for the Mandala Offering, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
Tibetan Woman with flower and katag offerings, wearing a dZi stone ring, memorial wrist bracelet to Tibetan prisoners, and mala, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, NepalElder Tibetan woman praying wearing face mask to protect against the dust, and symbolic red blindfold, during Lam dre, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, NepalBeads for Malas, Boudha Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal _9146The gleam of gold, Shri Chenrayzi in the store front window, Kathmandu, NepalDharma beads for malas, at the mala bead and religious implement store, Boudha, Kathmandu, NepalFriends at Wish Fulfilling Stupa, next to Sur offering furnance, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal
mudra and mala, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, NepalA bit blissed out with incense, purple flower, mala, and katag on Bodhisattva DayChunky happy Tibetan baby and mom, in matching colors!, Vajrayogini initiation, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, Boudha, Kathmandu, NepalElder Tibetan Woman, Bodhisattva Day, with her hands in prayer mudra, wearing traditional apron and wrap, malas, two Buddhist women, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, NepalBell, mala, with hand mudra, His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, NepalMulti-tasking: folding a katag, praying, babysitting, Tharlam Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal

What is the secret of the real mala?

The real mala is the lama, your abbot, the Buddhist teacher.

That is the secret.

1. When you pray the mala you establish good karma which generates merit - this merit gives you an enhanced relationship with Buddhist teachers which allows you to have an excellent lama, because you understand the value.

2. When you are unable to pray your teacher continues to pray all the time. In this way s/he is still your mala.

3. When your lama establishes the white umbrella of good fortune above your temple or monastery s/he develops it based on prayers - those prayers circle above as a mala.

In these ways and many more - the lama is the mala of your heart.


In this way the Lama or Buddhist teacher is the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha, but the lama is the mala as well.

Because s/he is the application of the Buddhist Dharma - like the wheel.

"Believe'? I am not sure 'believe' is a strong enough word.

Love is a better word.

I love the Buddha.

I love all the Buddhas.

I love the Buddhas of the past, present, and future.

I love the buddhas of all 10 directions.

If you believe, if you love
then you love what the Buddhas love
The Buddhas of the 3 times and 10 directions love all beings.

They love them with the Great Love!

The real mala is like the real Dharma Wheel. Why is that? ....

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