The Wrath & Grace of Vajrakilaya 中文字幕

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1:42 Buddhism came from India to Tibet. Then they developed several schools, different schools. Saka order was actually founded by the kern line lineage and established and flourished by the kern members and kern members were originally believed to be the direct descendants of the celestial beings and then later when gurupama sambawa and chandraa and king tiss when Buddhism fully came to Tibet they

2:29 were also So in actively involved in the Buddhism one of the first Tibetan monk is from the K family and that was thousand more than thousand years ago and at that time guru Sambawa gave bajraila teachings to the nagandra and his brother and since then it's been continued so it's more than thousand Yes. >> During the uh 15th century the the 22nd the throne holder of Sakya he actually started the vajakula in Sakya it was actually the his father's

3:16 brother his uncle on his nibana day it was actually dedicated that way. So almost 600 years uh till now we have been doing this continuously without any gap in India we've been doing this for last almost 60 years almost uh every year without any gap so this is quite a significant prayer and this is one of the major prayers in Tibet this puja takes about the whole month of the seventh lunar month the another name for this puja is called the seventh puja because the whole month of the lunar calendar 7th month is dedicated to this puja This takes one whole month in in in Tibet and here we do about 12 11 12 days.

4:04 >> The puja that's was done over here performed here it's called the vajraila in Tibetan. It's the most ancient and most uh important annual pujas in the saki tradition. Kajuka is a very profound teaching and specialty is to disperse all obstacles is a wful deity. I attend the first time bajuk at puja in 1954. And in Tibet I participated for 5 years and then in 1959 when the revolutions

4:51 started everything was stopped but in in 1959 itself we managed to start in a small way we started in India. So it's more than 60 years. [Music]

5:51 Natal. [Music] In 2012, I think 12:13 I attended opening ceremony of the Pamatal Saki monastery in Pokra Nepal.

6:38 Uh I was with his holiness our guru for the first commentation loan and at that time they performed this Wajikillaya sacred dance and I was very inspired and then later I uh invited uh one uh sacred dance master from Mustang Mustang. There's one monastery called Menang Monastery. There there's one good teacher actually he himself uh didn't go to Saka Tibet but his teacher was in Saka before and his teacher was

7:24 in Saka and studied in Saka and also uh teach to other monks in Saka before 1959. So he was his student. So we managed to invite him here in Rajpur sake center and then we learn secular dance. So the significant is that it is important to preserve our rich culture and tradition and also to preserve our sacred dance. So by doing this also we can fulfill part of our root guru's noble wishes [Music]

8:12 he sol [Music] the the master has to lead uh we all do the same puja basically Okay. The waja master must have the retreat uh which takes about six or four or five months. Only then one person can uh lead the puja and uh with his or hers gating then all the the rest of the will follow the practice. [Music] The main sacred dance has uh 52

8:57 different kinds of sacred danceans. So from this the first 12 is uh to bless the earth. First of all is like a ground ritual and then from uh 13th up to uh 31st is the secret dance of Wajikillaya and the 32nd one is the secret dance of Wajikillaya's concert Dipta chakra and then from 23rd uh then it starts the sacred dance of the retinulaya father and mother deity. Through this we

9:46 really uh perform daties. It's a datu [Music] my late grandpa his home he always mentioned about he really enjoyed doing the cham. Now when you say enjoy it means in terms of both because for us practices are fun for us. It gives us calm it gives us joy. What more could you ask? So performing it of course there's a joy but you also you have the meditation to focus on the prime in the deity

10:32 and uh emotions are all over the place. Especially for me, I I'm just saying for my personal um experience because this is my first time. Yeah, this was my first time to perform this uh dance after many years because I didn't get the chance and after hearing so many stories from his holiness and my grandfather of how this was performed in Tibet and it's been going on over here for a few years. I just didn't get the chance because of during the pandemic time. But this year, I made the time for it. I'm very happy. And it, of course, it's very emotional because it just reminded me of all the stories that my grandpa used to tell me. And I was able to do it myself. And there's many more to do. This is just the beginning of it. So hopefully

11:21 it can grow more to more people. [Music] Since like 2015, my father has been taking me along with him to learn the um sacred dance. I'm grateful for my father and my my mother for thinking of me during that time and um taking me along to the practices. A reason the jizumas haven't participated in the dance before is not because it was extremely hard or that there was a rule saying that no

12:06 females were allowed to participate. It was just never done. Since there's no rule that females cannot participate, my grandfather and my father gave me this opportunity to participate in the term. I want people to know that just because it hasn't been done before doesn't mean that it cannot be done. Especially since the nuns and they're kind of shy because of the way that they've been brought up since most of them are from rural families. So I hope to encourage them and empower them to do stuff that hasn't been done before such as become chemos. It's a it's a wonderful achievement and I hope that more nuns will be able to do it in

12:53 the future. I'm proud that I am the first Jetsumar to participate in the Avajillaya sacred dance and I'm grateful for my grandfather the 41st Sachunden and my father the 42nd Asia Tundan for giving me the opportunity to participate. [Music] It is important to do these sacred

13:40 dances with the right motivation. If you do the right motivation uh then not only uh we can uh benefit the sentient beings but also it will be the direct cause for us to gain liberation and uh to attain the Buddha state or the vajiklaya state for the sake of all the sensient beings. [Music]

14:32 actually this particular vajakila puja is one of my favorite because ever since when I was young we've been practicing this uh practice and uh in Saka center in Rajpur here this is one of the most uh difficult exams that we do uh all the llamas they have to go through this examination uh basically that means you have to lead the chant from morning till evening mostly by heart everything has to be done by heart and so it's quite a difficult task and uh I've done it my his 42nd has done it and all the uh monks who have attended this puja all of them has done this so significant very important uh not just for the aquar also from the young llama's point of view and

15:18 also this is very a lot of prayers lot of tunes lot of different kinds of instruments so it's very uh much exciting [Music] according to vajayana which is a part of a uh practice uh teachings in Buddhism. Uh a mandola is based on all our mind practices that we create as a sanctuary or like a special uh area where it's blessed and it's not just so when we do practices like this for meditation we meditate as in pure terms. So the area we are is not an ordinary world but it's in a mansion

16:05 of deities and everything is peaceful and with uh and yourself as generating as the deity. So with that mindset when we have the mandala then we able to perform the practices and pujas uh it's all part of the mind practices that we to perform these that has many different many many symbolic meanings but overall it is symbolizes the Buddhist path path Buddhis way of path 37 factors of the Buddhist way of life main message is True. Generally people face many problems especially nowadays with the climate climate problems and

16:52 wars and all conflicts and all kind of problems. So to clear all these problems is a very special to disperse all the obstacles. the anyone who participate in this puja will be clear from all forms of obstacles. So my aspiration for this is that um as we already mentioned that how important and precious and special this particular duche is that people do come to uh attend and give blessings from the the dupure. It's still going on. It's been going on for many years. In Tibet, many people will not come as his holiness mentioned because it would used

17:38 to be very secret and so on. But nowadays due to their his kindness and compassion, he's allowing people to come and get the blessings. So I just hope that for their benefit if more people can come to get the blessings and because it has such a significance as I said for overcoming obstacles but not just this but to appreciate and to feel very fortunate to be able to um attend even it's just for one day but to get the blessings from his holiness who has started this whole thing in India and up to this day and I feel it's like you know at his age he's still coming to the pujas he's still leading

18:25 it and for us I think we're are incredibly fortunate so from my this is coming from a disciple point that I feel we should feel very fortunate and gather as much as we can in this very golden time to uh seek blessings and appreciate and also meet with his holiness. Ask request him to please live long to please turn the wheel of dharma while we still can. [Music] The main thing is to develop and to keep the bodhic jeta.

19:12 Where there's a bodhicitta there's a great benefit. Where there's no bodhicitta then it's difficult to have a very uh significant activities in uh in the in the the dharma world. So for us it is important to develop and to keep the bodhicitta in our mental continuum all the time. And based on this then by doing rituals and by doing other uh virtuous deeds uh we can really uh accumulate great merit and also it can really help uh all the sense and beings.

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