Teaching Years 1987-1990 and parinirvana

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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