Dagri Rinpoche at LDC

here is the posting as promised on the "Hayagriva Vajrapani Garuda" initiation at LDC held on the 21st of August 2008!

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the unrelated blue bloom again. we used this for blessing for one part of the initiation...

the initiation begins with an introduction by the two Anilas , our interpreters for the night

Dagri Rinpoche

a close up of Dagri Rinpoche. This respectable guru smiles every now and then and injects lil amusing anecdotes throughout the initiation and teaching....

more pics of this Guru in the next pose. stay tuned! *hugs*

more on LDC's Seminar piccies

here's a follow up of yesterdays posting. +on my first day at The Company, i cant say nothing much. Its too early to tell as i'm merely a week old there! nonetheless The Colleagues are not bad, albeit I was disappointed to find more young designers instead of seniors.

well without further ado, here's introducing Mighty Jourdan! smiles, Laughter and fun in this lil boy! do not underestimate his size! he's got enough under his cheeky smile to bring the rainbow out of the gloomy skies! :) :D

and boy, he sure does love to read!

& the Giant Gilded Prayer Wheel

playing a short clip i'd missed to watch, but it was definitely on "Dying"

my sister and her latest poster boy! :P

i found a pixie hidden in my garden! and i spotted it in between the wispy folds of this lil fuchsia bloom! can you spot it?! :)

Seminar on "Dying" at LDC by Geshe Tenzin Zopa

I'd mentioned a week ago that I would post some piccies taken during the "Hayagriva Vajrapani Garuda" initiation at LDC, but before i get to that, let me post some of the pics which were taken at the seminar held on the 2nd August 2008@LDC discussing on the topic "Dying". Basically its a talk on preparatory steps, the dos & don'ts before, during and after someone's death (asides from preparing a will, getting a tuft up some location with a picturesque hilltop scenery or selecting the box u wanna be sleeping in after u've heaved ur last breath?)

not something you get everyday, the talk of dying as for some cultures out there, it may even be regarded as a taboo. Nonetheless there was a huge turnup and I was one of the very few equipped with a camera... so here i go shooting whilst something's really serious being discussed there....

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Introducing the person who introduces us to the introduction of the above-mentioned topic, our dearest Guru :- Geshe Tenzin Zopa!


effectively expressing the "Grasping" expression using hand gestures during the talk!


students listening attentively at the Gompa..spot Ken Ken in the background (lols)


lotus flower in focus with the beautiful Green Tara in the background


Green Tara flanked by beautifully painted mural, cherry blossoms, food offerings and such!


Devoted students :- from left - right, Aunty Candy's hubby, Mrs.Gan & Mr.Chua

there' re more pictures in my pc which i'd like to share, but i'll leave that for another day's posting since its freaking too early to stay online, not to mention... i'd need my snoozies for a fresh start tomorrow! keep u guys posted next few days with pics.

toodles now. bLwekk. hopefully battery doesn't kong by 11am tomorrow!!

(its my first day at The Company tomorrow so all i'd gotta tell myself is... "break a Leg"!)

nites buddies! <3>

Borobudur Trip - Cancelled

yes yes, the latest update and the much-most-very-looked-forward-to Borobudur trip's been called off.

i'm let-downed,

dissapointed,

& feeling much distressed, but life goes on. & i am picking up pieces of my life which i have been missing and meaning to do all this while (given the excuses of *Busy* or *Occupied* or *Tired* even *Lazy* inapplicable during this unemployed state..)

just back from LDC from a very long initiation and here's a teaser of what i am going to post,
(thought its taken during but not related really to the initiation)

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More piccies taken at LDC tomorrow, its too early now and i need to rest my heavy bulbous head. yoga & core classes are giving me muscle aches everywhere!!!

nitezZzZz.....

the day i came back to blog.

i logged in my blog a week ago and find my layout incomplete with images as broken links. sObs* how'd that happened while i am away? gRr. will have to stick with a template from blogger's in the meantime. im back the the photography scene, at least for these few weeks. get honed for the bali trip we'd been planning for late sept! and many concurrent events here and there at LDC. sadly i am going to miss the Thousand Light Offering (again) for the 2nd year straight! how dreadful. wish i could convince the exco-s to resched or sth, lols! or even hope the dates in tibetan calendar shuffles (almost too miraculously to be happening, even Buddha cant help much in this!)

i blogged this day, and today and no other day because i want to remember today as the day i was given a reminder. something to keep my head occupied with a difficult decision to make. sumthing that definitely confirms the existence of my doubts and uncertainty.
hearing it from a 3rd party confirms that.
it was in the back of my head all along.
but i needed that lil prodding
that lil.reminder..

the lil.sth that confirmed my fear.
fear of negligence.
fear of being substituted.
fear of being disposed of.
fear of being dismissed.

confirms i need to pull up my socks.

otherwise. confirm neglected. confirm substituted, confirmed disposed and confirmed dismissed. and confirm die.die.

a visit to LDC :)

been a long time since i actually had time to read blogs, lest update my own! i have been to places though, met people, get involved in activities but when i finally got home to my home sweet home, the only energy left was to brush my teeth, wash up my grimy face and tuck myself in bed. at times i get dreams, and those were the times when i wake up huffing puffing, as though i had chased myself in the perimeters of my room, other times i woke up with a jolt, like dodging the monster under my bed! went to the Losang Dragpa Centre in SS17 last Sunday to witness the Buddha Relics myself, have heard Khan numerous times on how miraculous it is. havent got the pics to show u what i meant but do read up more on it at the Centre's official webbie, more here & here!!!!

(click pics if u need a clearer view)

pretty butter candle offerings, they smell almost too delicious, they can be eaten! :P these are found in abundance at the altar or offering tables. can be bought at RM 10 each and all funds raised are proceeded to the centre :) i prayed for safety, health and happiness for my family and my loved ones. Nice nice smelling caNdles!

these comes with the candle and flowers! and too pretty i HAD to take a shot of it, though i reckon its rude to be snapping near the altar, (thats why i refrained from getting myself and my lense too near to the relics!)
the golden stupa! to be frank i wasnt sure what this is for, but i recall it houses the 10 (or isit 10,000k) powerful mantras? (well,if someone who noes,just correct me oRites :P) i dropped by the centre a few times now, but havent gotten so familiarised yet. its great fun there tho, staying to help whenever i can and meeting new people. the funny thing about meeting people in an environment as this, it leaves me a warm and fuzzy feeling. the sense of belonging. the sense of being together, and the sense of able to connect even through a simple smile :) good things do CErtainly doesnt need to come oin big packages! :P

these days, i have hardly the luxury to smile wistfully at myself thinking back the contented times, those frens, those places, those occasions. the laughters that still ring in ur head, the smiles thats etched in the back of ur mind, the things we were used to doing, that now we arent, it feels like ages ago, yet it was just a year back.

by making an effort to visit the centre once a week, maybe there's hope after all. brings light back to my dull, work-worn life .

*back to my snoozles, and miND i NEED it so much*

don expect me to update so often now, may be a bi-monthly thing i foresee.