Drukpa Holidays

04/06/2020

Happiest Birthday Your Majesty

30/04/2020

Thimphu healing itself

23/04/2017

23/02/2017

13/02/2017

Guru Rimpoche the Lotus born. 🙏🏼

25/10/2016

12/07/2015

Drukyel Dzong
It means 'fortress of the Victorious Drukpa*' which was built in 1647 by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel* commemorate his victory over the Tibetan invasion in 1644. The Dzong* was enlarge in 1651 by Zhabdrung A half-brother Tenzin Drugda, who was the Paro Penlop* at the time.

In 1951, a bitter-lamp fell over and started a terrible fire, leaving only the walls which can be seen even today. In 1985, in order to save the dzong from total ruin, a shingled roof was put on.

Drugyel- Victorious Drukpa
Drukpa - originally the name of the followers of Drukpa Kagyupa school. By extension the name give to the Bhutanese from the central Himalayas who practice Trantic Buddhism.
Dzong - Fortress cm monastery, seat of the civil and religious Drukpa power.
Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel - unified Bhutan under the Drukpa Kagyupa authority and established an administrative and judicial system.
Penlop - Title given to the governors of the three big provinces of Paro, Trongsa and Daga from 1651 to 1905. No longer used except for the title of Trongsa Penlop which is usually conferred on the Crown Prince.

05/07/2015

Buddha Dordenma!

The Buddha Dordenma is located at Changri Kuensel Phodrang overlooking the capital city. After the completion of Buddha Dordenma project, it will be the largest and tallest statue of Lord Buddha, which will become the eighth wonder of the world. The bronze Buddha Dordenma is 169ft (51m) tall. The statue accommodates 100,000 statues of eight-inch and 25,000 statues of twelve-inch Buddha Dordenma, made of copper and gilded in gold, placed in multi-layered grid boxes. This Buddha Statue symbolizes indestructibility.

12/06/2015

A spectacle view of Punakha valley from Khumsum Yuley temple.
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03/06/2015

Yesterday was a very auspicious day for Buddhists. It was the day when five most important events in the life of Lord Buddha occurred, miraculously on a same date (Fifteenth day of the Fourth month of Tibetan calendar). The five events in sequence are: (i) Lord Buddha was conceived in his mother’s womb; (ii) he was born at Lumbini; (iii) he subdued the demons; (iv) he attained enlightenment, and lastly, (v) he attained parinirvana and left the physical world to exhibit the nature of impermanence to all. By all accounts, he is the greatest teacher on this earth. He has found a truth more than 2500 years ago which is all pervasive and needs no updation at all. May Dharma flourish on earth!

02/06/2015

"The man who comes back through the Door in the Wall will never be quite the same as the man who went out. He will be wiser but less sure, happier but less self-satisfied, humbler in acknowledging his ignorance yet better equipped to understand the relationship of words to things, of systematic reasoning to the unfathomable mystery which it tries, forever vainly, to comprehend" ~ Aldous Huxley
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