THE HISTORY OF VATSURATNA



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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.