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Progress on the Stupa of Complete Victory at Kopan Monastery. Photo thanks to Kopan Monastery.
The Stupa of Complete Victory, being built at Kopan Monastery in Nepal for the swift return of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, is progressing impressively. We are delighted to share this recent update and rejoice in this significant milestone that has reached in its construction.
In early February many of the monks of Kopan Monastery assisted with the filling of the stupa, carefully wrapping all the precious texts in cloth (this is like offering robes to the texts) and carried up the 42 ft stupa to be placed respectfully inside the stupa.
Next, the life tree was brought up. This is a hugely important step to building a stupa. The life tree has the four dharmakaya relic mantras painted in gold around it.
Please enjoy this short video of the placing of the life tree, mantras, and incense inside the stupa:
Rinpoche has explained “by having these mantras inside, written with gold on the life tree then that gives the holy object much, much, much more power; it becomes hundreds, thousands, millions of times more powerful. It’s already powerful, but on top of that, it becomes incredibly powerful to purify sentient beings’ negative karma, to collect extensive merit, all that.”
As the life tree was placed in the very center of the stupa the monks consecrated it and recited auspicious prayers and then huge bags of incense were carried up the ladders and carefully placed inside the stupa.
Rinpoche has further explained about the incredible benefits of the mantras: “There’s a special mantra in the stupa that goes on the life tree, the root that goes in the center. There are four very powerful mantras that have been written with real gold. So, there are four mantras called Dharmakaya Relics and one of them says Secret Relic. That mantra has unbelievable skies of benefit for the sentient beings who circumambulate, make offering and prostration. By having this mantra in the stupa, human beings, animals, anybody who circumambulates around it one time has the power to purify the negative karma to be born in the hells. The hell realm has eight hot hells and eight cold hells—these are the immeasurable ones—then there are six or four neighborhood hell realms, then the ordinary hell realms. I’m not going to expand any more on this, which is my favorite subject. Anyway, by going around one time, the negative karma to be born in the eight hot hells is completely purified—just by going around one time! By having this mantra, the secret relic, inside the stupa, it’s just so easy to liberate ourselves and other living beings.”
The intricate designs on the outside of the stupa are also now underway.
Progress on the Stupa of Complete Victory’s intricate detail. Photo thanks to Kopan Monastery.
Progress on the Stupa of Complete Victory’s intricate detail. Photo thanks to Kopan Monastery.
Thank you to everyone who is working to actualize the stupa at Kopan Monastery, as well as to all the donors, who make this possible. As Padmasambhava explained “All those who rejoice in the stupa will generate every single quality of a buddha in their mental continuum.”
We still need funds to complete this beautiful and powerful stupa, please consider supporting in whatever way you can.
Please read our last previous update on this stupa, Placing the Treasure Vases.
Please read more about the holy objects supported through the Holy Objects Fund.