<%@LANGUAGE="JAVASCRIPT" CODEPAGE="65001"%> Taos-Questa Visit by Dharma Propagation Mission

 

 

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LEFT: Kagyu Mila Guru Stupa near Questa, NM.


Shannon Pattillo presents book to the Assistant Librarian at the University of New Mexico in Taos. The team also presented the book to the Taos Public Library.


ABOVE: Colorful prayer flags greet visitors at the Lama Foundation, a non-denominational spiritual community near San Cristobal, New Mexico.
BELOW: A dharma wheel mandala appeared in a photo of the kitchen taken at the Lama Foundation. The dharma wheel was located above several calligraphic representations of the Buddha.

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Dorje Chang Buddha III Presented to the Taos-Questa Area

August 17-18, 2008--Northern New Mexico: Thunderclouds, giant hailstones, and tornados, like the one shown here, accompanied the team on the scenic drive from Crestone, Colorado to Questa, New Mexico. The first stop was at the 35-38 foot Kagyu Mila Guru Stupa just north of Questa. This stupa, visible from highway 522, was started in 1992 as a memorial to Herman Rednick (1902-1985), a meditation teacher who merged the Eastern and Western traditions. Venerable Bokar Rinpoche and the six year old Yangsi Rinpoche, tulku of H.E. Kalu Rinpoche, consecrated the stupa in 1995. This stupa contains a beautiful shrine room with very elaborate images of Kuan Yin (Chenrezig), Tara, and the Masters and protectors of the Kagyu Linage both as painted murals and as statues. The stupa also houses the complete Kanjur. The stupa is modeled after the much larger Bodhi Stupa built by Kalu Rinpoche in Santa Fe. On the site of the stupa, a retreat center has been added that houses lamas and those making pilgrimage to the string of stupas along the Rio Grande River in Colorado and New Mexico. Lama Karma Chodrak is currently the Tibetan lama in residence.

An amazing red transparent form appeared on one photograph of the stupa that was actually visible to several of the team members. Zhengxiang Shi thought she saw a flag waving when she took the photo, but there was no earthly object anywhere near her at the time. Sakula Hughes-Appel also saw the red light, but was not able to photograph it. This is just another example of beings from other dimensions blessing the tour and expressing their joy that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha has come to this world and is living in America.

The team was warmly welcomed by Governor Paul T. Martinez and Lt. Governor Tom Lujan, Jr., of the Taos Pueblo. When told about the book and the fact that Dorje Chang Buddha had come to America, the Lt. Governor became very excited and told the team that when he was very young he knew that there was a young boy from Tibet (China) who was "the one who is the root of Buddhism." He said, "I think he would be in his early 50s now and that he would be the highest leader of Buddhism." The team members explained that His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III was indeed the highest Buddhist in the universe and the root source of all Buddhism. The pueblos are considered to be the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the USA, having been built over 1000 years ago. Blue Lake (Ba Whyea) and its related mountains are the most sacred lands of the Taos Pueblo, but are off-limits to all but members of the Pueblo.

On August 18, 2008, Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche explained the genesis of Dorje Chang Buddha and how this Buddha has come to America to a gathering of local residents and visitors at the Taos Jewish Center. Lama Puti Duxi shows the group the pictures of some of the nectar that has miraculously manifested during holy Buddhas Bestowing Nectar Ceremonies conducted by His Holiness Dorje Chang Buddha III. During the opening ritual for the presentation, a dharma wheel mandala appeared on the rinpoche's robe as shown on the photo to the right. After the presentation several of those present investigated the lineage tree of Dorje Chang Buddha and did prostrations to honor the Buddha.

 

 

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