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Assembling The Stupa
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Layering first cedar, then tsa tsas, then juniper, tamping it down, repeating that many times; Placing the Tsok Ching and the other previously prepared relics, all while chanting Karmapa Khyen-no for about two hours in the morning and several more hours in the afternoon;
Thrangu Rinpoche invited both the video and camera people to document the process very closely. |
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The Bumpa section was placed in the afternoon. Sangha members present were each invited to place two tsa tsas into the bumpa and pour juniper. Then the spire was added a section at a time, the sangha again taking turns placing the gold rings. Lady Lila Rich placed the last three. Then Thrangu Rinpoche sealed the top, and the base was unwrapped. A Sakyamuni Buddha rupa was placed in the ghyo and a scarf draped over the top.
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The entire
day was documented and filmed.
As the afternoon preparations ended, an extremely vivid rainbow appeared over the building.
Stills from the video documention will be incorporated here soon.