His Eminence Vajra Guru Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche perfectly completed his retreat and personally led the disciples in a retreat for the first time. The fire offering puja was also led to a perfect completion.
From March 22, 2026, to March 29, His Eminence Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche undertook a seven-day retreat in the Glorious Jewel Buddhist Monastery of Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche. This marked Rinpoche’s 34th retreat. At the same time, he led and guided 30 disciples in undertaking retreats of two to seven days for the first time at the Glorious Jewel Buddhist Monastery of Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche.
The Drikung Kagyu lineage emphasizes actual practice, placing particular importance on retreat; all the gurus who have attained realization of siddhis throughout the generations have engaged in long-term retreat practice. Inheriting the spiritual legacy of the lineage gurus, Rinpoche has perfectly completed 34 retreats between 1997 and 2026. For the purpose of propagating the authentic Dharma and to benefit countless sentient beings, Rinpoche made great compassionate (karuṇā) vows to establish the Glorious Jewel Buddhist Monastery of Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche, a Monastery dedicated primarily to practice and retreat. By setting the Retreat Center in the Monastery, Rinpoche bestowed disciples with an incomparably wondrous fate of entering a retreat.
In mid-spring 2026, after a year of dedicated preparation, Rinpoche led the disciples in retreat for the first time. At the very beginning of the retreat, Rinpoche performed demon dispelling, purified the disciples’ hindrances, and also gave meticulous instructions on the many details of retreat practice. During the retreat, Rinpoche personally bestowed calligraphy of earnest instructions, every word filled with his profound care and comprehensive protection for the disciples. Upon the perfect completion of the retreat, he immediately performed a fire offering liturgy to make up for any shortcomings that may have occurred during the disciples’ retreat.
The disciples express their most sincere gratitude to His Eminence Vajra Guru Rinchen Dorjee Rinpoche for establishing this incomparably wondrous and pure Monastery in this evil time of the Five Turbidities, and for demonstrating the fearless spirit of a great practitioner devoted to actual practice. Rinpoche has once again perfectly completed his retreat and, through his great compassion (maitrī and karuṇā) power, led the disciples in retreat, granting them this rare and precious fate. Throughout the disciples’ retreat, Rinpoche also compassionately (maitrī and karuṇā) blessed and protected the disciples in every thought, enabling them to complete their retreat successfully. Rinpoche’s realization is profound and vast, and his compassion (maitrī and karuṇā) is boundless. The disciples will forever hold this deeply in their hearts and remain endlessly grateful for the guru’s great benevolence.
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