The Temple makes its transition to a sacred place

All the work that was in progress on the temple was finished just in time for the first annual 100,000 tsog ceremony. The carpenters finished the shrineroom floor, the plumber got all the toilets and sinks working, the well digger finished the septic system, the electricians wired up 108 light bulbs, the propane company installed the kitchen appliances, the painters finished the shrineroom and the outside painting, and the sangha finished the puja benches and moved in.

Nothing like a large event to make everything come together miraculously, and the efforts of all involved were tremendous.

The five large statues looked magnificent with the blue background painted behind them, and Chagdud Khadro was very happy with the statue of H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche.

The large Buddha Shakyamuni statue also captured everyone’s attention with it’s extraordinary face and the way the rays of sunlight just touched the top of the crown. On the last day of the tsog the first spring rains auspiciously arrived, and the temple felt like it was already making the transition from a construction site to a holy place.

Although much finish work and infrastructure installation still remains to be done, to have the temple at the point of being able to host a shrineroom full of practitioners for three days, feels like we are now, at last, in the completion phase.

Lama Norbu – November, 2007