Chapter Eight: Reignite Glory of Buddha

The Cultural Revolution not only brought great disasters to the people living at that time, but also caused immeasurable losses to the Chinese civilization. The buildings, cultural relics, and scriptures of the Tuptin Monastery also sustained unprecedented damage in this catastrophe.

In 1987, Rinpoche, driven by a strong sense of mission and responsibility, took on the heavy task of rebuilding the Tuptin Monastery with the support of his family. He tirelessly organized manpower, materials, and financial resources, overseeing every aspect of the reconstruction process. From the monastery’s main hall to the monks’ quarters, Rinpoche poured immense efforts into the restoration work.

Thanks to the arduous work of Rinpoche and his family, the Tuptin Monastery was successfully rebuilt in the winter of 1991. The reconstructed monastery not only restored its former solemnity and sanctity but also became a significant center for preserving Tibetan Buddhist culture, cultivating monks, and conducting religious activities. It embodies Rinpoche’s wisdom and compassion, leaving a spiritual pillar for future generations. Like a glorious pearl, it shines with the eternal vitality of the Dharma on the Tibetan plateau, allowing those lose in the secular world to regain their faith and once again feel the boundless light of the Buddha illuminating the earth.

In the spring of 1992, everything came back into life. Rinpoche now turned 42. Once Rinpoche stepped out of the retreat cave, Auspicious Dojo, in the sacred Tashi Ling, he made the way to the Tuptin Monastery right away, inaugurating the extraordinary ceremony for empowerments. Many Lamas and lay practitioners obtained blessing inductions and excellent wisdom from Rinpoche’s teachings and the Vajra initiations.

The spring of 1992 was such a golden spring. Because Rinpoche had altruistically bestowed his personal bodily attainments from practicing the supreme tantric Dharma for many years and the experience that he had accumulated over the years to the living Buddhas, abbots and monks, and lay disciples from varieties of temples.

On the very same day, the sky rained sun shower, reflecting the setting sun, and it looked just like colorful flowers all over the sky, bright and beautiful.

Chapter Eight: Reignite Glory of Buddha