Ayang Rinpoche

Ayang Rinpoche is also the founder of two monasteries, in cluding Thupten Shedup Janchub Ling at Bylakupee, Chogyab, and Ayang Tulku, Ayang being the name of a 435-year-old monastery in Kham (eastern Tibet) which is a branch of the Drikung main monastery.Perhaps no Tibetan lama is more identified with the transmission of Phowa to the West than His Eminence Ayang Rinpoche.

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Achi Chökyi Drölma Drupchö

 

The annual Achi Chökyi Drölma Drupchö is being held July 17 – 23 at Ayang Rinpoche’s monastery in Bylakuppe, Thupten Shedrup Jangchub Ling. Achi is the main Dharma Protector in the Drikung Kagyu lineage.


H.E. Palchen Galo Rinpoche and all the Khenpos and Rinpoches of the monastery invite sangha members to join by reciting Achi Chökyi Drölma mantras during this time:


OM SARVA BUDDHA DAKINI HRI MAMA TSAK TRA SOHA


You are also welcome to make offerings in your own name, for your business, or for a loved one, including pets, whether they are living or deceased. Send donations to the Drikung Charitable Society account. For a tax deductible donation in the U.S., please send your check to the Amitabha Foundation, P.O. Box 2572, Aptos, California 95001, or donate online below. Dedications submitted by July 21st at 5 pm Pacific time will be posted in the temple for the conclusion of the pujas.

 

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Brief Biography of Achi Chökyi Drölma

Chöje Ayang Rinpoche, Sydney, Australia in 2004

Achi Chökyi Drölma is an emanation of Vajra Yogini and Tara. She was born in the central area of Tibet. Beginning at a young age she was very special. She had great compassion and always practiced Tara, and she taught the Tara prayer for everyone in the village. When she grew older she prophesied that in the future there would be a new Buddhadharma lineage, and that she would be that lineage’s Dharma protector, whereupon she wrote protector offering prayers. Several generations later, her great grandson Jigten Sumgon started the Drikung lineage and she did become the main lineage Dharma protector.
She moved to Eastern Tibet, married and had 4 sons. Her most holy practice place is in East Tibet. At her death she attained the Great Rainbow Body. Her entire body become rainbows and light, leaving only her hair and nails. Like this, with no need to change this physical body, she went to the Pure Land.
On the relative level, Achi was like the Dharma protector. But on the ultimate level, Achi had already attained the tenth Bhumi of a Bodhisattva. In this way, Achi was already enlightened. Achi’s activity in Tibet is very famous. All the Tibetan people, especially the older generation people, know very well about her great activity, how it is so helpful because it is very fast. In Tibet, some great masters say that Achi is exactly the same as the Buddha, and if we pray to Achi, then by our Achi practice we will achieve enlightenment, or we will attain the Pure Land at our death moment.

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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

 

We have completed holding the weekly group practices of the Concise Namchö Buddha Amitabha sadhana and the Long Prayer to be Reborn in Dewachen commemorating the 49 days since H.E. Choeje Ayang Rinpoche's parinirvana.


We made a video recording of the practice, which includes Rinpoche's chanting along with the visualization notes. If you have received the Buddha Amitabha empowerment and oral transmission (lung) from Ayang Rinpoche, you are welcome to request the digital recording for your personal practice. Please contact us to request a digital link, and include confirmation that you are qualified.


We also want to remind you that we hold a Zoom Phowa practice every New Moon (Nyingma) and Full Moon (Drikung) at 7 pm (USA Eastern time). If you have taken Rinpoche's Phowa Course and would like to practice with the group, please contact us for the link and confirm that you are qualified.

We invite you to make a donation (tax-deductible in the US) to support the monastery and 49-day parinirvana ceremonies. Make out your check in USD to Amitabha Foundation, and mail it to PO Box 2572, Aptos, CA 95001, or donate online here.


Thank you for your participation and support,

Your sangha at Amitabha Foundation US

Thursday, January 16, 2025

 

According to directions from Ayang Rinpoche's monastery, we will be holding a group practice of the Concise Namchö Buddha Amitabha sadhana and the Long Prayer to be Reborn in Dewachen on the remaining seven-day anniversaries since Rinpoche's parinirvana.


Those who have received the Buddha Amitabha empowerment and oral transmission are welcome to join our online practice on the following days:


January 15 and January 22 (dates are in the USA)

at 7:00 pm (Eastern timezone in the US):.


Join the practice by Zoom at this link*: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81572930999?pwd=9t5W8LzvstaE2zmcKSwW3nZKwnneo5.1 


We will be following a recording of Rinpoche, and will be posting the text (Tibetan and English) on the Zoom sessions. For more detailed information, visit our website or email us to receive a copy of the visualization notes, if you are qualified.


View the live streamed pujas being done daily at the monastery on Facebook.

We invite you to make a donation (tax-deductible in the US) to support the monastery and 49-day parinirvana ceremonies; make out your check in USD to Amitabha Foundation, and mail it to PO Box 2572, Aptos, CA 95001, or donate online here.


Thank you for your participation and support,

Your sangha at Amitabha Foundation US

 

Today (Jan 15) marks the 42nd day and 6th week since the parinirvana of H.E. Choeje Ayang Rinpoche. Khenpos and senior monks of Lamayuru, Phyang and Sharchukhul monasteries in Ladakh and Khenpos and monks of Thupten Shedrub Jangchub Ling monastery are performing the Chakrasamsara offering prayer in the Yidam (Tutelary deity) temple.

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On Jan 15, the 42nd day and 6th week since the parinirvana of H.E. Choeje Ayang Rinpoche, in the Amitabha Temple, Khenpos, Retreat masters and senior monks from Thupten Shedrub Jangchub Ling Monastery are performing the Buddha Amitabha offering prayers.

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Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Support Parinirvana Ceremonies

 

The parinirvana of our precious lama, His Eminence Chöje Ayang Rinpoche is a significant loss to all of us personally, as well as to the global Buddhist community. The Amitabha Foundation, which he established and dedicated his life to, will continue to support Rinpoche’s vast intention to benefit all sentient beings.


Rinpoche’s teachings and international travel no longer support the monastery and his projects in Tibet, India and Nepal. We will continue to ask for your financial support to help bring his visionary building projects to completion, particularly the temple and retreat centers in Bodhgaya, India.


On this final day of 2024, we invite you to reflect on the profound impact that Ayang Rinpoche has had in making your life more meaningful and to make a donation of any amount to support the 49 days of Parinirvana pujas at Rinpoche’s monastery in Bylakuppe, which continue through January 22, 2025. 


Please end this year with an act of generosity according to your own capacity, planting seeds of merit for yourself, and of aspiration to continue honoring Ayang Rinpoche and his deep commitment to benefiting others.


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You may also make out your check in USD to Amitabha Foundation, and mail it to PO Box 2572, Aptos, CA 95001.


With thanks from all of us at Amitabha Foundation

Friday, December 27, 2024

Join Parinirvana Amitabha Prayers

 

According to directions from Ayang Rinpoche's monastery, we will be holding a group practice of the Concise Namchö Buddha Amitabha sadhana and the Long Prayer to be Reborn in Dewachen on the remaining seven day anniversaries since Rinpoche's parinirvana.


Those who have received the Buddha Amitabha empowerment and oral transmission are welcome to join our online practice on the following days at 7:00 pm (Eastern time):


December 25, January 1, January 8, January 15 and January 22.


Join the practice by Zoom at this link*: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81572930999?pwd=9t5W8LzvstaE2zmcKSwW3nZKwnneo5.1 


We will be following a recording of Rinpoche, and will be posting the text (Tibetan and English) on the Zoom sessions. For more detailed information, visit our website or email us to receive a copy of the visualization notes, if you are qualified.


View the live streamed pujas being done daily at the monastery on Facebook.

We invite you to make a donation (tax-deductible in the US) to support the monastery and 49-day parinirvana ceremonies; make out your check in USD to Amitabha Foundation, and mail it to PO Box 2572, Aptos, CA 95001, or donate online here.


Thank you for your participation and support,

Your sangha at Amitabha Foundation US

Parinirvana of H.E. Choeje Ayang Rinpoche

 

It is with great sadness that we are forwarding this announcement from H.E. Choeje Ayang Rinpoche's monastery about his parinirvana on December 4 2024.


Following the completion of thugdam, Rinpoche’s sacred remains (kudung) have been placed in the old temple in Bylakuppe for his disciples to offer their respects. Rinpoche’s first 7th-day observance falls on Wednesday, December 11, 2024 during which the monastery's rinpoches, khenpos, lamas and monks will perform the 100 Deities Peaceful and Wrathful Offering Prayer.

 

For those disciples wishing to visit Rinpoche’s monastery in South India, Thupten Shedrub Jangchub Ling, please consult this travel information.

If you would like to make a donation (tax-deductible in the US) to support the monastery and parinirvana ceremonies, please make out your check in USD to Amitabha Foundation, and mail it to PO Box 2572, Aptos, CA 95001, or donate online here.


Please visit our website for updated information, including this announcement in Tibetan, Chinese, Vietnamese and Russian.

Friday, October 4, 2024

Access Road to Amitabha Retreat Center, Kathmandu

 

From September 28-29, 2024, 10 inches of rain fell in the Kathmandu Valley. Kathmandu was cut off all weekend, as the three highways out of the city were blocked by landslides.

True Lhamo writes, "Unprecedented heavy rains in Nepal have triggered landslides, causing significant damage to the access roads leading to the Amitabha Retreat Center in Kathmandu.

"The landslides have resulted in blocked and cracked roads, along with additional damage within the retreat center's premises.


"Our road going up to the retreat Center has cracked and settled down and some retaining wall needs to be built due to landslides.

"Any donations sent to the Amitabha Foundation Nepal account, or to your local Amitabha Foundation center, for road repairs and restoration of the affected areas would be greatly appreciated and immensely helpful."


To make a tax-deductible donation in the US, please make out your check in USD to Amitabha Foundation, and mail it to PO Box 2572, Aptos, CA 95001, or donate online here.

Thank you for your generous support!


Your friends at the Amitabha Foundation