Guru Padmasambhava, the glorious master of the Uddiyana and
king of the dharma, due to his great realization and spiritual power, he
created the conditions for the propagation of Vajrayana teachings in this world.
It is universally reknowned that precious Padmasambhava took birth from a lotus
flower in an instantaneous birth. It is to said that the dharmakaya Amitabaha
representing the body. Whereas, the sambhogakaya form of the Great Compassion,
Avalokiteshvara, representing the speech and the nirmanakaya Sakyamuni
representing the mind.
Due to the invitation by King Trisong
Deutsen when Samye Monastery was built, Guru Padmasambhava tamed spirits hostile
to the Buddha dharma and pacified negative forces, allowing for the completion
and conscretion of the magnificent temples of Samye. He also translated
innumerable quintessence of the teachings of the sutra and mantra and advice on
dharma, and also he established a number of monk communities. In order to
flourish the dharma and liberate sentient beings from sufferings, Guru
Padmasambhava granted the source of fulfilling all needs and desires of sentient
beings by manifested into the form of Guru Vatsuratna. Guru Padmasambhava
manifested himself into Dorje Drolo in order to remove the obstacles of the
practitioners and also manifested in the form of Guru Menla to free the
sicknesses, demons and sufferings of sentient beings.
This Vatsuratna puja will be performed by Dungsey Garab Dorje
Rinpoche who is the grandson of H.H Dudjom Rinpoche and of the son of Dungsey
Thinley Norbu Rinpoche. Besides, Rinpoche is also regarded as the Dudjom New
Treasure lineage holder. When Guru Padmasambhava finished spreading all his
dharma activities, he prophesied that in future (the degenerate times), many
teachings will be lost. Thus, through Guru Padmasambhava's unfailing compassion
and diverse skillful means, he concealed his numerous mind teachings in land,
mountain and sky for future generations. This terma will be revealed when the
conditions were auspicioius and the benefit most appropriate for the people of
that particular time. Henceforth, judging from the past and discerning the
present, the impact of Guru Padmasambhava is inconceivable. The puja that is
going to be performed is very precious and auspcious because it was the mind
treasure that was discovered by H.H Dudjom Rinpoche.
Many would have questioned the reason for having such a
worldly practice within the pure Buddhist tradition. The fact is that many
Sutras, especially so for Mantrayana (the secret vehicle), emphasize very
strongly that practitioners should not have obstacles in order to practice. More
often than that, the two main obstacles for a practitioner are lack of healthy
or long life and lack of wealth. Without wealth, one cannot practice generosity.
Therefore, the Buddha provided this skillful method for all sentient beings to
accumulate wealth.
Through the blessing of Guru Vatsuratna, one is able to
increase the energy of accumulating both samsaric and nirvanic wealth without
any obstacle. Most importantly, the wealth accumulated will be used for
meaningful purposes, and will be sustainable forever. The virtuous results will
also travel with one into the next life. In general, if one accumulates wealth
without blessing, this wealth is accompanied by different kinds of obstacles,
but with the blessing of Guru Vatsuratna, there should not be any obstacle with
the wealth accumulated.