h.e Khamtrul Rinpoche IX - The Official Tenzin Palmo Website

on & CelebrationsI was the chanting leader (Umze) at thattime. I felt so worry of that and I thoughthow is it going to happen. Because Inever done before. It was my first time tobe Umze with my root guru and monks.At first I was little bit nervous. SuddenlyI thought I am very lucky because I gota very good opportunity to do Puja withmy guru. When I thought this I felt veryhappy and comfortable. Therefore myvoice was stronger than before.Jigme ChodronNext day on the 19th April there was a celebration ofthe Consecration. Nearly 1000 people had been invitedand sitting arrangement had been made for all, with theRinpoches and VIPS sitting on the porch outside the hugedoors of the temple and the rest down below on chairskept in row. We were honoured that Kalon Pema Chinjor(Minister for Religion & Culture) and Rinchen KhandroChoegyal (Director of Tibetan Nuns Project) were inattendance and gave speeches.about how much knowledge is useful to our life. ThenH.E. Dorzong Rinpoche gave his long speech. He spoke ofJetsunma’s life story.Finally, H.E. Khamtrul Rinpoche was invited to deliverhis speech and bless the people gathered in the courtyard.He said in his address how to go about the future plans ofthe DGL nunnery. He also gave some important pieces ofadvice to the nuns reminding us that it is important to notjust study but to practice whatever we study. We need totrain our minds. If we have lots of material things we donot get happiness but if we train our minds then we getinner happiness. He thanked Jetsunma for establishing thisbeautiful nunnery for the benefit of girls from the Himalayanregion. We felt so happy listening to him. Whatever he saidis so very useful for our present and future.After the speeches, then it was time for lunch. At 1 30.pmall assembled once again in the courtyard. Then there wasprogramme presented by the DGL nuns. The first item wasthe Dakini dance. The first dance was only five nuns. Theyare looking very nice because they are wearing the brocadeKhandro-ma dress. The next dance was with 16 Dakininuns. Everybody liked it.The celebration started with Ven Jetsunma’s speechwelcoming everyone. She thanked first our root guru andother people. She gave a brief history of DGL nunnery,explained what made her to set up the nunnery here, howshe raised funds for building it, who all were involved inits construction and she explained how many difficultiesto build our nunnery together with the nunnery aims andobjectives. She was loudly cheered by the audience whenshe finished her speech.Both Rinchen Khandro and Kalon Pema Chinjor spokeGATSAL 5