Bokar Ngedon Chokhor Ling

At this monastery, in the temple dedicated to the Arya Taras, an extensive and elaborate offering of clouds of offerings is being presented. Under the leadership of Kyabje Khenchen Rinpoche, from the 1st to the 3rd of this month, His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Drodul Trinley Rinpoche, the crown jewel of the practice lineage of the teachings, has, with vast aspirations, composed a ritual based on the composition of the Karmapa tradition's Mandala of Tara by Zhawa Dmar Khaspyod Wangpo. This ritual, called "The Iron Hook that Attracts the Wealth and Prosperity of the Universe and Peace," will be performed for three days.

From the 4th to the 6th of the month, a ritual of the five-deity Tara, which was passed down from the great Indian siddha Ngulchu Vero to the first Karmapa, Dusum Khenpa, and is one of the five sets of sacred practices of the Dusum Khenpa, will be performed. This ritual, composed by His Holiness the Karmapa with reference to the tantric scriptures, Indian texts, and the instructions of the Karma Kagyu tradition, as well as with thorough corrections of the minor details of the practice, will be performed for three days. On the 7th, the Jowo tradition's Tara White, the Wish-Fulfilling Moon, will be recited.

In the main assembly hall of the monastery, under the leadership of Dorchung Lama, the Zaptig Tara ritual will be performed one hundred thousands times. In the Guru Temple on the upper floor of the library, the students and teachers of Bokar Memorial School will perform the Zaptig Tara ritual and recite the Tara hymn. As usual, these practices are being performed to benefit the teachings and beings, both generally and specifically.