The Pema Yoedling Vajrakilaya monastery was envisaged as a
spiritual centre dedicated to the study and practice of the
Vajrakilaya tradition. The monastery provides a central environment
for senior practitioners to deepen their practice and
understanding, and to recruit new students and monks from all parts
of Bhutan.
Since the project commenced, five Vajrakilaya intensive practice
sessions marked an auspicious beginning, drawing the active
participation of about 5,000 people. Lama Jamyang, a senior lama of
the Jangsa community, who was Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche’s own former
master of ceremonies, has foretold such beginnings.
The monastery will conduct annual Vajrakilaya drubchens. The
Vajrakilaya drubchen 2010 recently concluded on Lhabhab Duchen. The
drubchen is an intensive and elaborate ritual ceremony that
includes the making and distribution of consecrated dharma
medicinal pills, in accordance with the special techniques and
practices taught in the Nyingma tantras.
Vajrakilaya is the most important “yidam” or tantric wisdom deity
of the Nyingma tradition. In spiritual histories, Vajrakilaya was
the preeminent deity of Guru Rinpoche and Khandro Lady Yeshe
Tsogyal is famed for attaining enlightenment through the
Vajrakilaya practice. As a wisdom deity, Vajrakilaya transverses
the full path to enlightenment and creates auspicious conditions
for the progress, deepening and fulfilment of spiritual practice.
The special quality of Vajrakilaya is the ability to clear away
obstacles and to transform all the emotional afflictions; and
especially the most destructive emotion of hatred, into enlightened
wisdom and compassion.
Lama Kunzang Dorjee has designed the layout for the assembly hall
to house a Vajrakilaya statue in the centre of the shrine, with all
the deities of his retinue. They will be surrounded by statues of
the other members of the group of the eight most special Nyingma
deities for spiritual transformation (the sgrub-pa bka’-brgyad). A
Guru Rinpoche image will be placed in front, with his retinue of
the five wisdom dakinis, and the eight emanations of Guru Rinpoche
(guru mtshan brgyad). The shrine to the right will have a statue of
the Buddha Sakyamuni, along with the eight great bodhisattvas. The
wall painting on the right will illustrate the Great Deeds of the
Buddha’s life. The left hand shrine will feature images of the
eight vidyadharas or bearers of pure awareness, depicted in heruka
style, with the Khandro Lé-kyi Ong-mo (Las kyi dbang mo), Queen of
Action, in the centre.
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