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Whether you are vaccinated or not, whether you have a negative PCR test or not, does not change the need to respect sanitary measures.
We are now used to these measures:
Access to the temple will be limited to 70/80 people to respect sanitary distances.
For accommodation, the rooms that accommodate several people will become individual rooms, except for couples or families. The number of places in the dormitory will be reduced to space out the beds. This will allow us to accommodate about 80 people.
The campsite area will be open, and the layout of the tents should follow the same guidelines. Disinfectant will be available in all places where necessary.
These rules must be maintained in Montchardon at all times.
Indeed:
– We have a moral obligation to protect ourselves and others from disease, especially as we live in collective premises.
– It is important to continue to protect Lama Teunsang, whose immunity is greatly diminished, even though he has been vaccinated.
For these reasons, we are asking all those who come this summer to commit to respecting sanitary measures. This commitment will take the official form of a box to be ticked on the registration form, which will allow everyone to come to the Centre with complete peace of mind.
If you cannot or do not wish to follow these guidelines, we ask you not to come to the Centre while these rules are in effect.
The same applies, of course, if you are ill or have symptoms of the virus.
When you leave, if you need to have a PCR test, this can be done in the cities in the area. However, it will be up to you to organise (making an appointment, travelling to and from the test site), because the Centre cannot manage these procedures.
This stupa, made of copper gilded with gold, was built to shelter an exceptional relic of the 3rd Karmapa Rangjung Dorje (1284-1339). It is a part of his skull bone (kapala), on which the syllable
་ (A) spontaneously appeared.
This hollowed-out letter appears only when looking at this bone under a low-angled light (see photo).
The syllable ཨ་ (A) symbolises the origin of all phenomena, the Unborn (tib. kye me), the Absolute or Truth Body (dharmakaya, tib. chöd ku) of Awakening. The sound of the letter A is included in each letter of the Tibetan alphabet, symbolising the fact that the natural state of awakening is present in all sentient beings.
This remarkable relic was offered to Lama Teunsang by Chokling Rinpoche1, the 4th incarnation of Chokgyur Lingpa, a great tertön of the 19th century (1829-1870) contemporary to Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye. Tertöns are predestined beings, whose role is to rediscover sacred teachings hidden by Guru Rinpoche all over Tibet in the 8th century. Chokgyur Lingpa, one of the greatest tertöns, discovered important collections of these sacred texts called termas.
His 4th incarnation, Chokling Rinpoche, lived in a monastery in Tertön Gar, a monastery of the Kham area near the Kierong valley, Lama Teunsang’s native country in Eastern Tibet. In the years 2000, Lama Teunsang returned to this area to build a school. Chokling Rinpoche and Lama Teunsang became friends. Rinpoche was very active in the construction of the school and Lama Teunsang made important contributions to ensure the development of the Tertön Gar monastery.
Before passing away in 2010, Chokling Rinpoche offered to Lama Teunsang this unique piece of immense spiritual value, to thank him for all the help he had given him. He transmitted the relic saying: « Among all the spiritual treasures that I possess, this one is undoubtedly the most precious because it bears immense blessings. The 3rd Karmapa Rangjung Dorje was undoubtedly the most sublime of Emanation Bodies. Take it and place it in a gold-gilded copper stupa ».
The Karmapas are considered to be the emanation of the awakened activity of all the Buddhas. They are beings of extraordinary spiritual realisation. The 3rd Karmapa has a special place in the Kagyu tradition, for he was also an immense scholar and left major philosophical writings. Among them The profound inner principles (zabmo nang dön), which emphasises the true essence of the Vajrayana, as well as the Treatise distinguishing consciousness from wisdom (Namshe Yeshe) and a Treatise on Buddha nature (Nyingpo Tenpa). He is also the author of the Mahamudra Aspiration Prayer, which we regularly recite in Montchardon and which explains the mind ultimate mode of being. The 3rd Karmapa also systematised the practice of Chöd in the Kagyu tradition.
1 There is a second Chokling Rinpoche who lives in Kathmandu, Nepal
Picture : The relic of the 3rd Karmapa Rangjung Dorje, on which we can clearly distinguish the Tibetan letter ཨ་, which appeared spontaneously.
Voici comment nous nous organiserons.
Pour les lieux cultuels comme Montchardon, les règles fixées par l’État sont les suivantes :
Si vous ne pouvez ou ne souhaitez pas suivre ces directives, nous vous demandons de ne pas venir au Centre tant que ces règles seront en vigueur. De même évidemment si vous êtes malade ou présentez des symptômes du virus.
Il est essentiel de protéger Lama Teunsang dont l’immunité est compromise, ce qui le rend extrêmement vulnérable aux infections, ainsi que les personnes du centre sont quotidiennement à son contact pour lui apporter ses repas et pour les soins. Cela implique par ailleurs qu’il ne convient pas de rentrer chez Lama Teunsang pour le saluer. Pour les raisons impérieuses citées ci-dessus, il ne reçoit actuellement que ceux qui s’occupent de sa santé.
Pas d’offrande de kata à Lama Teunsang
Il est demandé de se tenir loin de lui, au minimum 1m et de ne pas lui offrir de kata.
Cet usage, tant prisé par nous tous, est actuellement suspendu le temps du Covid, pour préserver sa santé encore fragile.
Entretien individuel avec Lama Teunsang
Nous avons posé la question des entretiens personnels à Lama Teunsang. Il ne souhaite pas les reprendre pour l’instant. Nous vous informerons de leur reprise lorsqu’il nous l’indiquera.
Par contre, il est possible de demander un entretien avec un des Lamas de Montchardon. Voir avec le traducteur.
L’accès au temple sera limité à 80 personnes pour respecter les distances sanitaires. Pour les logements, les chambres à plusieurs deviendront des logements individuels, sauf pour les couples ou familles. Le nombre de places en dortoir sera diminué pour espacer les lits. Nous pourrons ainsi loger environ 80 personnes. Le camping sera ouvert, l’implantation des tentes devra suivre les mêmes consignes. Nous disposerons dans tous les lieux où cela est nécessaires des liquides de désinfection.
Nous vous rappelons :
En tant que pratiquants bouddhistes, les contraintes du masque, des distances sociales et du lavage fréquent des mains peuvent être intégrées à notre pratique, comme entrainement de chaque instant à la vigilance et support d’attention dans nos actions quotidiennes. C’est aussi une formidable opportunité de pratiquer l’esprit d’éveil, l’attitude altruiste : « je m’engage à faire cet effort, en pensant davantage au bien-être et à la santé d’autrui qu’à mon propre désagrément ». Ce sont les moyens habiles du Dharma appelés « l’intégration des désagréments au chemin ».
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