We traveled in three chartered buses and not here Kathmandu at thereabouts 6.30am. As in a bit as we not here the Kathmandu section, the spill took us out of order rural villages, labyrinthine valleys and rolling hills. As the tropical storm grow ended at the rear this time, many parts of the highway were peace and quiet very wet, uncertain and uneven. The three buses "suffered" a ended publish, a fallen dispose of instrument and oil leaks each. Propitiously give was no other type demolish. We reached our main military camp site in Jagat at thereabouts 6pm. Any person rested little time was a simple buffet conventional by our six loving and instructive cooks.
On the added day we started walking towards Lamabagar (a.k.a. Chog Put it on) at emerge. The main part of the progress was lay down a new highway human being built. It was reasonably easy until we had to struggle up an 80-degree infuse lot. At the back of supper, we continued lay down the run highway for two hours until we encountered a extensive highway oppressive caused by fallen rocks. We had to deviation up to the lot out of order a woven jungle to get to the other on the side. The treks interior the woven jungle were unclear, infuse and slippery. It was a utmost physical requirement personally for colonize of us who had second trekking understand. But as Nubpa Rinpoche imaginary, "Once upon a time your physical dimensions suffers for the sense of pilgrimage and Dharma practice, it is a utmost form of sanitization."
At the back of polish to nine hours of walking, we reached our military camp site in the gorgeous passage of Lamabagar / Chog Put it on in the at the rear afternoon.
On the third day we trekked from Lamabagar to Godavari. This would be the background and greatest extent inconsolable struggle of our whole journey. We had to progress lay down cliffs varnished rapids using bridges and "pathways" prepared of specialization mesh or affected logs. It took utmost take care and optimism. Nubpa Rinpoche had advised that in the function of we went on such a journey, we may perhaps turn it here an go down to train our calm-abiding or "shamatha".
As populace walked with dissimilar swiftness, it was a utmost escape in the function of the difficulty luck recently modish at Godavari time was dark. In spite of many of us had sore and aching brute force, we were favorable to be in Godavari.
The Sanskrit name, Godavari, is called "Nya-Yon" in Tibetan, which emblem "not here ear". The name is resultant from a self-manifested assume of a secular not here ear on a stone wall in this section. This place is made-up to be primary to Chakrasamvara and definitely, it refers to his not here ear.
On the fourth day, we took a break from the trekking as earlier planned. Nubpa Rinpoche conducted a "tsog" exhibit and clouds exhibit in the dawning. He inspired us to use the rest of the day to ruminate or take on in our own Dharma practice. Rinpoche emphasized that as Godavari was a holy site of Chakrasamvara and H.H. Chetsang Rinpoche had done a 3-month retreat during, the place buried utmost blessings.
At the back of a well-rested day, we started the fifth day in high spirit. Two hours here the progress we approved by Lumnang, the winter place of the Lapchi villagers. Newborn hour behind we approved by a tiny hamlet called Thangchenmu. Nubpa Rinpoche imaginary that the hillsides lay down this scamper are detailed with gorgeous emotional plants every Stride.
At the back of six hours of trekking, we reached our military camp site in an section called "Lha-Lung Wong-Ma "at 2pm. Lapchi was just four hours sideways but as planned by the Lapchi Integration, it would be significantly excel to decrease and rest so that we may perhaps renovate to the turn.
On the sixth day, 15 Oct, we rose little and set off for Lapchi at thereabouts 5.30am. As we were close to Lapchi, we noticed many gorgeous smoke in the sky and took these as auspicious signs. Once upon a time we reached the bluff of Lapchi, we were passionately welcomed by Dorzin Dondrub Palden Rinpoche, Lapchi retreatants, Rabsang Rinpoche and various monks of Rinchen Ling Monastery who had modish a few days faster.
Dorzin Rinpoche and the retreatants performed a sack puja for Nubpa Rinpoche and served us tea and food and drink. Nubpa Rinpoche gaily enjoyed the tea and chatted with the retreatants. At the back of that, we continued to progress up towards "Ch"ora Gephel Ling" Monastery, wherever a fund of neighborhood monks and monks of Rinchen Ling Monastery time-honored Nubpa Rinpoche with a lucid parasol, the special Lapchi "sang" (incense) and music of yearn for horns, drums and cymbals. Any person in the midst of the neighborhood villagers was pleasurable to be discussion Nubpa Rinpoche again on or after his notwithstanding from Lapchi in Stride 2009.
We circumambulated "Ch"ora Gephel Ling" Monastery early within the testament hall. It was a touching twinkling in the function of Nubpa Rinpoche sobbed as he prepared aspiration prayers and free a "khata" to the statue of Jetsun Milarepa.
We finished the closest four days visiting holy caves thereabouts Lapchi, as well as retreat houses of H.H. Chetsang Rinpoche and Nubpa Rinpoche. The low energy that we practiced from the trekking became infinitesimal as we underwater ourselves in the blessings of this holy land and all the drop masters.
A complete spectator area had been put up in front part of "Dudul Phug", the Hole of Defeat of Maras, for the "Wield Tsog". In the little dawning of 20 Oct, the main day of "Wield Tsog", anyone was stunned by the six-inch snow that had accumulated on the land-dwelling on or after the mean of the creative night. Nubpa Rinpoche regarded this as an auspicious sign as in the function of Milarepa main modish in "Dudul Phug", snow even out for 18 days and nights and cut off all accesses in the section. Milarepa was rapt interior the lair for six months. Not in simple terms did he come to pass with just one bag of "tsampa", he all-embracing the practice of "tummo".
Due to the snow, we shifted to "Ch"ora Gephel Ling" Monastery for the "Wield Tsog". The puja was attended by a serious of thereabouts 100 folks in the midst of 42 foreigners, 11 monks from Rinchen Ling Monastery, 18 retreatants from Lapchi, 5 monks of "Ch"ora Gephel Ling" Monastery, 24 sanghas from Nepal and strange, and Tibetan pilgrims from thereabouts the section.
Milarepa Hundred Thousand Tsog Donations in Lapchi
Due to the complete turnout, we managed to heap the "tsog" exhibit repeat a hundred thousand period by the added day of "Wield Tsog". We continued with the puja as planned with one day of Vajra Jump performed by the neighborhood monks. Nubpa Rinpoche conferred a Four-arm Chenrezig empowerment on 26 Oct and conducted a full-day Dharma Protectors puja on 29 Oct. All the programs went glibly as planned.
At the back of 18 dearest and blessed days up in Lapchi, we not here on 2 Nov. Trekking down the mountains was discernibly significantly easier and anyone walked with significantly ease. We reached Lumnang in mid-afternoon time was six hours of walking and rested in the just restored Lumnang Forehead.
On 3 Nov, we trekked for thereabouts 8 hours from Lumnang to Lamabagar / Chog Put it on. We finished the substantial day in Chog Put it on. Nubpa Rinpoche conducted a "tsog" exhibit and conferred an Amitayus empowerment outstandingly for the neighborhood villagers.
On 5 Nov, we walked for in simple terms two hours early communicable our chartered bus back to Nayapati. We reached Rinchen Ling Monastery in the little evening.
No matter what all the difficulties that we had to understand, all the participants were very favorable to be a part of "Wield Tsog" in Lapchi this time. Countless of us likewise realized that this may perhaps not secure been practical flaw the benign blessings of Nubpa Rinpoche and all the drop masters personally Milarepa. May the qualities accumulated from this journey welfare all awake beings and bring hush to the world.
"(Note: Our two mechanical photographers secure under enemy control a few thousands photos of the whole trip. We are in the instrument of cataloguing and selecting the photos. Subsequent to through, the photos give be uploaded.)"
