Consecration of Thrangu Rinpoche's Reliquary Stupa

There were several stages of pujas to fill and complete the stupa. First was purification, blessing, and placement of the rolled mantras and tsatsas, then the sokshing (tree of life), jewel vases and other special objects. Next was the puja to install 2 chakras, purified tsok offering, 8 auspicious symbols, jewels, the Kangyur, incense powders and saffron (almost 650 items) including precious relics from all four Kagyu school, and of course, the most important elements placed inside the stupa were Thrangu Rinpoche's relics.。

Consecration:

The week long Chakrasamvara puja took place in the new stupa shrine hall while the Guru Bumtsok, Mahakala Bumtsok, and Tara Bumtsok were done at the same time in other parts of the monastery. Lodro Nyima Rinpoche came from Tibet on the 7th and Zuri Rinpoche from Bhutan on the 8th to offer blessings and join Choje Lama and Tulku Damcho in leading the Khenpos, Lamas, and other monastics in the daily puja. Kyabgon Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche arrived on the 9th to preside over the remainder of the puja and the final consecration took place on Saga Dawa, June 11, 2025. Precious ringsel relics of Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche were also displayed in the receiving room of his house and more than one thousand faithful devotees, both lay and monastic gathered to pay respects. Visitors received tsatsas made from Rinpoche's bone relics and blessed substances.ed works.

Collected Works:

Under the directions and heartfelt wish of Choje Lama, Thrangu Rinpoche's precious collected works have been gathered, edited and printed in the traditional Tibetan book style. On June 12, 2025, the unveiling of the 32 volumes containing 646 works in 27 sections took place in the main shrine hall at Namo Buddha. Goshir Gyaltsab Rinpoche presided over the event which included speeches by the Rinpoches, Tulkus, Khenpos and Lamas of the monastery as well as representatives from other monasteries, lineages and the Nepal Buddhist Federation. The ceremony commenced with the anthem of Vajra Vidya Institute (VVI), followed by a video message from His Holiness the Gyalwang Karmapa, advice from Gyaltsab Rinpoche and debates by the shedra students of Tara Abbey and VVI. Copies of the collected works were presented to the guests, heads of monasteries, monastery representatives and libraries, along with introductory booklets to the collected works.