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81. The railway town in the Punjab where you alight for the bus to Dharamsala.<br />
82. See Heart of the Path, pp. 97–98, for the rest of this verse and a commentary upon it.<br />
83. See also Heart of the Path, pp. 194–95.<br />
84. In Dharamsala at the FPMT’s first Enlightened Experience Celebration, March, 1982.<br />
Published as The Gelug/Kagyü Tradition of Mahamudra.<br />
85. V.49.<br />
86. The festival (the third great deed) was established in 1409. The Maitreya statue (the first<br />
great deed) was renovated during Tibetan New Year in 1400, during the time <strong>Lama</strong> Tsongkhapa<br />
was doing his long retreat at Wolka ; Dzinchi is not far from there, in the general<br />
region of Lake Lhamo Latsho. The other two great deeds were giving an extensive Vinaya<br />
teaching with Jetsun Rendawa and Kyabchog Pal Zangpo at Namtse Deng in 1402, thereby<br />
revitalizing the monastic tradition (the second great deed), and constructing Ganden<br />
Monastery, which was completed in 1410 (the fourth great deed).<br />
87. Tibetan New Year’s day, determined by the lunar calendar, it usually falls in February or<br />
March. See fpmt.org for more details.<br />
88. Tib: Chö-trul Dü-chen.<br />
89. A prayer of prostration, offering , refuge and a request for blessings containing several<br />
epithets of the Buddha: La ma tön pa chom dän dä de zhin sheg pa dra chom pa yang dag par dzog pä<br />
sang g yä päl g yäl wa shakya thub pa la/chhag tshäl lo chhö do kyab su chhi wo/jin g yi lab tu söl.<br />
90. Tib: trag-trig. In the Tibetan system the large numbers are as follows: 100,000, bum; 1<br />
million, sa-ya; 10 million, je-wa; 100 million, dung-chur; 1,000 million (US billion), ter-bum; 10<br />
billion, ter-bum-chen-po; 100 billion, trag-trig; 1 trillion (Euro billion), trag-trig chen-po. See<br />
Teachings from the Vajrasattva Retreat, p. 531. See also “Tibetan numbers” at <strong>Lama</strong>Yeshe.com.<br />
91. The ten-ma goddesses are the twelve guardian deities of the Gelug tradition, associated<br />
with Palden Lhamo.<br />
92. OM KRECHA RAGHANA HUM HRI SVAHA.<br />
93. How to Enjoy Death: Preparing to Meet Life’s Final Challenge without Fear. Also available as a<br />
free download from fpmt.org as How to Help Your Loved Ones Enjoy Death and Go Hap- pily to<br />
Their Next Rebirth: A Handbook by <strong>Lama</strong> <strong>Zopa</strong> <strong>Rinpoche</strong>.<br />
94. Published as Practicing Five Powers Near the Time of Death.<br />
95. Available from the Foundation Store as the Liberation Box: Tools for a Fortunate Rebirth.<br />
96. See also The Perfect Human Rebirth: Freedom and Richness on the Path to Enlightenment, p. 115.<br />
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