Organisation
of the Monastic Hermitage's
The
monastic congregation's livelihood is ensured partly
through the fruits of its spiritual work - the hermitage
for short retreats, prayer requests etc.
However
the greater part of its construction projects and general
running costs are financed through donations. This corresponds
to Gendun Rinpoche's wish that the community should
not lose sight of its purpose by adopting activities
such as commerce. In this way the community is able
to commit itself completely to spiritual activity. Furthermore
the benefactor, by contributing to this activity, shares
the merit created by the practice of the lamas, druplas
and retreat practitioners and their efforts to preserve
and spread the Dharma.
Within
the community all important decisions are debated and
taken together during the monthly meetings of the community
members. For matters concerning the direction of the
whole of the Dhagpo
Kagyu Mandala, decisions are discussed and taken
at the bi-annual meetings at Dhagpo Kundreul Ling by
all the lamas and druplas involved in these centres'
activities.
The
lamas and druplas practice regular daily, weekly and
monthly rituals, prayers and meditations together in
the temples of Le Bost and Laussedat. Most of these
rituals are open to the public, the exception being
the ritual for the deceased on the tenth day of the
lunar month which is carried out by lamas and druplas
alone.
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All
of the rituals are dedicated entirely to the benefit
of beings, and especially to those who are sick,
in difficult cirumstances, the deceased and their
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The
community's objective and raison d'être is to
preserve, in its entirety, the spirit that Gendun Rinpoche
transmitted through his teachings. This means ensuring
an authenticity unpolluted by personal interests and
safeguarding a living source of inspiration through
which beings can be certain to find liberation.
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