Sollo Chenmo—An Introduction
In May 2009, Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche returned to Berlin. During his visit, Rinpoche was touched by the sheer number of people who died there in 1945, and felt it is important to practise for all the spirits of the departed that must still be there. Apart from elaborate sur practices, Rinpoche offered to come back with lamas and monks to do the most elaborate kind of Vajrayana practice in Berlin, a drupchen, which was made possible by the generous support of Sogyal Rinpoche and the Rigpa sangha in the unique Berlin Rigpa Centre. One morning, before doing Gesar practices, Rinpoche said these few words.
Sogyal Rinpoche asked me to do a practice of fulfilment, offering and invocation (Tib. kangsol) to Gesar. He added he’d appreciate if I could give a short explanation about offering practices to Gesar.
索甲仁波切请我为格萨尔修一次酬补、供养与祈请法。他还说,如果我能对格萨尔供养修法作一个简短解释,他会很感谢。
Ling Gesar was the king of China. He was an emanation of the Lords of the Three Families and of Guru Rinpoche. In these times of degeneration, the lungta of all beings is low. Doing Gesar practices raises the practitioners’ lungta, which increases the strength and speed of their outer activities, as well as the power of the activities related to the ‘inner aspect’ of mind, rigpa and so on.
Mipham Rinpoche has composed this sadhana—'composed', here, means that it arose as a mind terma—in such a way that anyone doing this practice will see auspicious circumstances and long life increase, wealth rain down, and especially the continuous increase of fame and good repute, good company, and so on. In particular, it is said that the experiences and realization in the practice, warmth of bliss, indications and signs of practice, will also increase like the waxing moon.
Now we will do the guru yoga of Gesar based on the root sadhana of Gesar Dorje Tsegyal, offer a sang, do the protectors practice, and then the unique practice of Sollo Chenmo (‘The Great Invocatory Offering’).
Since you don’t have the text in English of most of these practices, I suppose you can all join in by simply praying to Guru Rinpoche and Gesar while considering them indivisible from one another.
这些修法大多没有英文法本给你们使用,所以我想,大家可以将莲花生大师与格萨尔视为无二无别,只是向他们祈祷,以此一同参与。
Translated by Gyurmé Avertin
Edited by Ane Tsondru
英译:久美·阿韦尔坦
英文编辑:阿尼尊珠
出处与版本
原刊:ALL-OTR · Sollo Chenmo—An Introduction。讲授:23rd May 2009;Rigpa Centre, Berlin, Germany。原刊发布日期:2017-07-21。
