Dear Friends,
Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche has just concluded his seminar at Garrison Institute and the empowerment in New York City and has arrived back in Kathmandu today after his extensive teaching tour through Austria, Mexico, and the United States, and now will rest for a few days.
For Rinpoche's birthday tomorrow, the 4th of September, he will offer food to all of his monks and nuns in Nepal. Furthermore, he would like to let everybody know, especially those presently in Kathmandu, that it is his explicit wish the we do not organize any celebrations on his behalf.
If we would like to give him a birthday present, he said, the best present is to continue our practice! If we would like to add an additional birthday gift, we can also recite the Heart Sutra and if we have even more time, then also the Dzogchen Samantabhadra aspiration prayer.
You can find the Heart Sutra text on DharmaSun.org in the 'Buddhist Classics & Philosophy' section.
With best wishes,
Your Shedrub Mandala Information Team