GREETINGS from Ven. Lama Lodro and the committee members of THRANGU DHARMA SOCIETY PETALING JAYA, we wish you a very fruitful year for all your Dharma Practices.

May you and your family enjoy a very Happy，Healthy and Prosperous Chinese New Year.

Thrangu Centre rounded its year end activities last year with the Lag Gyud Tse Gyud Puja and the 1000 Peoples Dinner held during the second half of October 2011. These two big occasions were also held with our Guru,V.Ven. Thrangu Rinpoche in attendance. The 3 months before these big events were a busy period of planning and organising the events. In the thick of it, we discovered a group of very talented young members who did a marvellous job in organising the events with our Lama Lodro and the committee members guiding them along.

Both the events turned out to be very successful and attendance to the events set some kind of records and sponsors were very forthcoming. Everybody had a wonderful and happy experience in both events. V.Ven Thrangu Rinpoche expressed his happiness and gratitude to the organisers, helpers and all those who had supported and taken part in the events.

It is followed by the 14th Namo Buddha which was held at the Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal on 19th ‐28th Nov 2011 under the guidance of Lama Lodro Thaye. 42 participants took part in the Retreat, of which 14 were tonsured. The Sadhana for this year’s Retreat was 1000 Eyes 1000 Arms Chenrezig (Chatong ChenTong) and some of the participants undertook the Nyung Neh practice during the Retreat. The Very Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche advised the Sadhana for the 15th Namo Buddha Retreat shall be Red Chenrezig (Gyalwa Gyamtso). Those interested please register your name with the Organising Chairman Brother John Leong early in view of the increasing interest amongst the members of TDSPJ.

We are now moving into the new Dragon year and the Dragon in Chinese mythology in particular is a very auspicious symbol manifesting power, luck and long life. It was a symbol of the Royal Chinese Emperors denoting its status symbol and exclusiveness.

Thrangu Centre has embarked on a mission to raise funds for its new Monastery to be built on a piece of land at Damansara Perdana. We have produced a book to explain this project in detail to be given out to any one interested to help this auspicious project and it would be in such a wonderful timing and great blessing for giving during the period of the Dragon Chinese New Year. We hope your generosity of any amount in sponsoring this holy project will bring you great blessings and good luck for the coming New Year and the future years to come.

Meanwhile, the celebration of the Chinese New Year festival at Thrangu Dharma Society Petaling Jaya is just round the corner. It will be led by the resident Lama Lodro beginning with 5‐day Mahakala Puja from 17th January to Chinese New Year day on 23rd January 2012. For those who wish to join the Pot Luck lunch with Lama Lodro and monks, you may bring along food enough to cater for slightly more than one person to share with others (Please contact Jackie 012‐6838341 for details).

The festival celebration will culminate in Tsok offerings to Guru Rinpoche on 10th day of the last moon of Tibetan 2011 calendar (2nd February 2012) to invoke his blessings.

CHINESE NEW YEAR PROGRAMME

The Venerable Lama Lodro and the monks will perform the following pujas and prayers for the prosperity and good luck of the participants and their families: ‐

歡 慶 農 曆 新 年 2012
创古佛教中心住持喇嘛洛卓以及全体理事恭贺佛友们阖家在新的一年

福德智慧精进，身体安康，财源广进。
创古中心10 月下旬的两项大活动，即无量寿佛长寿定魄大法会和筹建创古智慧金刚寺千人 素宴，很荣幸的得到创古仁波切的主持和出席为今年的活动划下美丽的豆点。在喇嘛和理事 会的引领下，这两项大活动事前长达3 个月的筹备工作期间，我们发现一批非常有才华的年 轻成员，他们的工作表现是有目共睹的。

勤奋的耕耘带来欢欣的收获，这两项活动出席的人数和赞助者的踊跃支持写下历史新章。藉此，最尊贵的创古仁波切对所有参加这个盛会的佛友们，筹委会成员和志工们表达了他的喜悦和由衷的感激。Hab4962

紧接下来11 月19 日至28 日假尼泊尔创古寺举行的的第14 届南无布达千手千眼观世音菩萨闭关业已圆满举行。它获得了42 名同修的参与，其中14 位短期剃度出家，一些同修同时持八关斋戒。尊贵的创古仁波切嘱咐来年应修童子红观世音。有兴趣的佛友们，请尽早向筹委主席梁啟恩登记，以免向隅。

很快我们就要跨入新的龙年，龙在中国神话中是一个非常吉祥的瑞兽，象征权力，运气和长寿。它也是中国历代皇帝至高无上的权力象征。

创古中心正肩负着筹建位于白沙罗柏兰岭镇的新创古智慧金刚寺的重任。我们制作了一本图文并茂的册子，作为这个项目的文宣，分发给任何有兴趣的佛弟子们，以协助我们早日完成这个神圣的项目。在这祥瑞的龙年，广种福田的最好的时机莫若慷慨布施。我们希望你慷慨捐助这个神圣的项目，无论的任何金额多少都会给你带来极大的福报。

新年迎春接福的活动由1 月17 日开始的《5 天大黑天金剛大法会》至1 月23 日的一系祈福法会，将由本中心住持喇嘛洛卓主持。最后将在2 月2 日〈藏历初十〉的莲花生大会供中圆满完成， 希望大家踊跃参加共度佳節。对于那些希望与喇嘛Lodro 和僧侣共进福午餐（Pot Luck）的佛友们，希望每人都能带一些食品（一人多一点的份量）跟大家分（请联络Jackie 012‐6838341 作协调）。

2012 農曆新年節目

喇嘛洛卓將主持以下迎接新春的法會和佛友們共渡佳節，

SPONSORSHIP ADVICE 贊助表格

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Kindly download and complete the following form and return it with a crossed cheque/bank draft/money order/postal order made payable to THRANGU DHARMA SOCIETY PETALING JAYA on or before 15th January, 2012 to the following address

Thrangu Dharma Society Petaling Jaya
29，Jalan 12/21A，
46200 Petaling Jaya。
(Tel: 03‐79588548)
Or, contact John Leong (017‐8716993 ; Jackie Chang (012‐6838341) ; Susan Wong (012‐2087818).

填妥上表後, 請把它連同注明收款人為THRANGU DHARMA SOCIETY PETALING JAYA 的划線支票或匯票於于2012 年1 月15 日前寄交本中心上述地址。

Our VV Thrangu Rinpoche will be giving a Bardo Teaching on

Date :  Monday, 24 October 2011
Time :  8.00pm
Venue :  Thrangu Dharma Society Petaling Jaya, 29 Jalan 12/21A, 46200 Petaling Jaya

All are welcome.

For enquiries, please contact our centre 03-79588548 or Lama Lodro 012-2394666 / David Tong 012 2923616 / K M Yaw 019 3831668

With metta,

SusanWong (012 2087818)

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Thrangu Dharma Society Petaling Jaya are pleased to inform that this year the Ullambana or Hungary Ghosts Festival falls on 13th August 2011. In accordance to tradition we will celebrate this festival by performing the Amitabha and Ksitigarbha Jang Chok Puja for three full days beginning from 11th August (Thursday) and ending on 13th August 2011.

This auspicious and important ceremony will be led by our Resident Lama – Lama Lodro. The Amitabha and Ksitigarbha Jangchok Puja is a Tantric ritual to purify the deceased and to clear obscurations and bad karma of the living.

All sponsors and devotees are encouraged to participate in this meritorious ceremony of deliverance and repentance and to accumulate merits for themselves and to purify the souls of the departed loved ones.

Sponsorship of Monk and Nun Robes

In conjunction with this festival, we are also inviting sponsorships of robes for about 700 Thrangu Monastery monks and nuns in Nepal. The sponsorship of each set of full robes is RM200.00

The “Ullambana” Festival

亲爱的佛友們，

Please be informed the 14th Namo Buddha Retreat will be held once again in Kathmandu, Nepal.  The dates are fixed on 20 – 25 November 2011.  The Sadhana will be Thousand Eye Thousand Arms Chenrezig. Those who are interested to join this Retreat are advised by V V Thrangu Rinpoche to do the Nyung Neh practice to achieve more benefits.  Kindly contact Lama Lodro of Thrangu Dharma Society Petaling Jaya or your respective Resident Lama for the Nyung Neh practice.

We have made reservations with Royal Nepal Airlines for 20 seats at RM1,800 (group fare bookings and subject to change) leaving on 17th November and returning 27 November 2011.  Further, the Retreat fess, as usual, is RM1,000 which will be used to cover food and lodging at Namo Buddha Monastery and travelling to and from Boudha, Kathmandu to Namo Buddha Monastery.  If time and circumstances permit, we will try to organise pilgrimage visits to some of the holy sites in and around Kathmandu.  The detail programme and itinerary will be announced later to all confirmed participants shortly before departure.  It is the fervent wish of the organising committee that all participants who wish to join the Retreat are encouraged to sign up with the organising committee so as to travel as one single group to minimise and to avoid logistics problems like visas, reservations for seats and hotel.

The reservations are on a ‘first come first serve’ basis.  Those who are interested are requested to give your name and contact numbers (telephone/mobile numbers) and email address (if available) to John Leong (mobile 017-8716993; off – 03-90589788; sothi88@streamyx.com).  THE DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS 15TH JULY 2011.

Kindly also indicate if it is your first time participation and/or wearing robes (if so, are required to shave).  Those interested are required at time of indication of interest to join the Retreat to make a non-refundable deposit of RM300 for payment towards the bookings with the airline to the following account :-

Leong Khai Yan, EON Bank, Sri Petaling Branch, Account No : 0671-11-000099-6  (Kindly fax your bank-in slip to 03-90588566 for confirmation of reservation.

With Metta

John Leong Khai Yan
(Organising Chairman Namo Buddha Retreat/Secretary TDSPJ)

Dear Dharma Brothers and Sisters, Since last year the world had been strike by seemingly unending natural disasters, earthquake, flood, tsunami, hurricane, typhoon increasing in magnitude and such frequency resulting in colossal losses of human lives and properties. The earthquake off the coast of Japan on March 11, 2011 measuring 9 on the Richter scale and the tsunami that came after that had devastated the northeast of Japan, leaving many thousands dead or missing and the subsequent failure of a nuclear plant. Hundreds of thousands were left homeless or forced to evacuate from the area. The effect of nuclear leak is going to affect generations of Japanese and the world at large. There again, the war and disharmony in the Middle East ………….

At this very moment, we hope all Dharma brothers and sisters could come forward on the occasion of the thrice sacred day of Wesak and fold our hands together to pray to the Enlightened One to relieve all the sentient beings from sufferings.

MAY WESAK THE THRICE SACRED DAY BRING PEACE, HARMONY AND HAPPINESS TO EACH AND EVERYONE.

Wesak refers to the full moon day of the month of Waishakha, which embraces a three fold commemoration – the day the Lord Gautama Buddha was born, the day he attained full enlightenment and the day on which he entered Mahaparinibbana.

You are cordially invited to join us in the celebration of this auspicious annual Buddhist festival. Flowers will be given free for offering to the Buddha. We will continue to provide and improve the vegetarian lunch, which is highly regarded by the Dharma brothers and sisters to reciprocate your unfailing and undivided support over the years.

ADVANCE NOTICE

We are pleased to announce that our Guru, the Very Venerable Thrangu Rinpoche will be at our Centre from 12th to 18th October 2011 to conduct the Amitayu Drupchen and the Fund Raising Vegetarian Dinner for the new Thrangu Dharma Society Monastery at Damansara Perdana. The venue, time and detailed programme shall be advised in due course.

各位佛友們，

Why practice “Chod”? According to Lama to truly practice and realize the Dharma one needs to get rid of the Demon of attachment. To sum it all we would like to quote you the teaching by Machig Labdron:- As long as there is attachment to ego, there are Demons; When there is no more attachment to ego, there are no more Demons either!

Those of you who are interested in this practice may contact the Convener of this practice John Fam at johnfam63@yahoo.com or 012-3373438.

There is a group of pilgrims that will be leaving for Kathmandu at the end of October 2010. Whoever is interested in getting a Bell or a “Chod” drum, can give John Fam an indication and he will try to get them to bring one for you.