Teaching Years 1987-1990 and parinirvana
|August 25, 1990
Parinirvana
The Vajra Regent Ösel Tendzin died in San Francisco at Pacific Presbyterian Hospital this day. The transcripts below describe the care and extraordinary experience of the Vajra Regent's dying process by his dharma heir Patrick Sweeney Trimé Lhawang, as well as other lineage teachers who came in support, and a description by the Dorje Loppon Lodro Dorje of his own experience of the samadhi (meditative state) after his death, along with reflections on it's meaning, especially for vajrayana practitioners. Lastly, Lama Lodru's video interview describes his own experience and its ongoing inspiration for him and his students. There is a movie of slides from the cremation ceremony, a separate photo of the double rainbow that spontaneously appeared during the cremation, and another taken during the Vajra Regent's samadhi.
Video
Interview with Lama Lodru
Lama Lodru
May 05, 2012
Burnaby, BC
Slides of the Cremation Ceremony
Photographer Marvin Moore, Used by permission
September 01, 1990
Rocky Mountain Dharma Center, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
Video of moments from the Cremation Ceremony
Julie DuBose
September 01, 1990
Rocky mountain Dharma Center
Film of the Cremation of the Vajra Regent
Vajra Regent Ösel Tendzin
August 25, 2024
Rocky Mountain Dharma Center
Transcript
2011 parinirvana talk excerpt
Patrick Sweeney Trimé Lhawang
August 27, 2011
Pullahari Retreat Center
CARRYING THE STREAM OF PRACTICE AT THE TIME OF DEATH: Reflections on the Samadhi of the Vajra Regent Osel Tendzin
Dorje Loppon Lodro Dorje
August 31, 1990
Photograph
Rainbow
Photo Michael Rich
September 01, 1990
Rocky Mountain Dharma Center, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
Kudung whole room view
Photo David Sanford
September 01, 1990
San Francisco Dharmadhatu