The All-Pervading Melodious Drumbeat by Ra Yeshe Senge

Author:Ra Yeshe Senge
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2015-06-21T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

TO INDIA AND BACK

Council of translators—To Nepal and India—Return through southern Tibet—Translation activities—Liberation of Darma Dodé, son of Marpa—Farewells to the Master

Around the same time Ralo and his four disciples were preparing to go to India, the sovereign king Ngadak Tsedé invited him and a group of fervent upholders of Buddhist scripture from Ü and Tsang to a dharma council he had organized. As they made their way to the council, Ralo and his entourage were greeted and escorted by an endless stream of people from the local towns.

There at the dharma council were assembled the following scholars: Ngok Lotsawa Loden Sherap, Nyen Lotsawa Darma Drak, Tsen Khawoché, Khyungpo Chötsön, Martung Depa Sherap, Mangor Jangchup Sherap, and Dakpo Wangyel. At the meeting, Ralo duly turned the wheel of dharma. Also at that time, Zangkar Lotsawa translated the Ornament of Valid Cognition and Ralo received the Five Doctrines of Maitreya from Tsen Khawoché, who had studied it with his teacher, the pandita Prajñana. The Great Ra foresaw that there would be dangerous obstacles to the king’s life and so he thought of giving instructions that could help him, but Zangkar Lotsawa created a rift between Ralo and the king and nothing was done.

Soon the dharma council was concluded and the other Lotsawas went home, while Ralo and Master Nyen proceeded to Nepal. About that time, Nyen Lotsawa became very upset after a thief stole from him fifteen ounces of gold that he had wrapped in a leather pouch. So Lama Ralo offered him a hundred ounces of gold. Afterward Nyen Lotsawa went to India and the Lama went down to Nyima Deng in Yerang to meet with Bharo.

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In Nepal, about two hundred lay handu priests gathered around him and arranged a fine communal feast, which they offered seven times. Ralo offered Bharo ten thousand ounces of gold with a bolt of silk. In turn, he received from the Guru innumerable profound and essential teachings: these included the cycle of Glorious Vajrabhairava rituals, the Elaborate Poison-Powered Peacock, together with its practical procedures, as well as the tantra’s structural outline, summary of topics, refutation of objections, essential guidelines, commentary, etymologies, collection of teachings, oral instructions, and so forth. At that moment, Ralo saw the statue of Glorious Vajrabhairava shine like burnished gold, its mouth emitting rays of light in five different colors. From the tips of the light beams fell a rain of divine nectar and the many people there who drank it were satisfied. He knew this to be a sign that he would attract countless worthy disciples fit for training.

Ralo then pleased the other lamas with whom he had made previous dharma connections by giving them offerings of gold. At all the important sacred sites in Nepal, he made abundant offerings of votive lamps, cloth coverings for the statues, canopies, mandalas, and other such items; he gave donations of gold to all the monastic communities in the area. With his initiations and guiding instructions he benefitted greater numbers of living beings than ever before.

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