Material: Made in Bhutanese temples

Size: Approx. 8.8 cm

Narrative:

Brief Introduction to the Extraordinary Merits of Guru Dewa Chenpo

Among the countless incarnations of Guru Padmasambhava, Guru Dewa Chenpo is the manifestation of the auspicious and peaceful body.

Mahamati Guru, whose Sanskrit means Guru Padmasambhava of great holy joy, wears a panditta hat and a red monk's robe, and sits in a meditative posture. He represents the wisdom that knows everything, upholds the Buddha's precepts, and demonstrates the perfection of stability and peace in body, speech, and mind. His body represents joy and compassion, and he is a messenger who arouses joy and diligence and eliminates his anger and ignorance.

The words demonstrate courageous power and virtue, and quickly eliminate disasters and demonic obstacles.

The mind manifests profound blessings, allowing disciples to receive the power and wisdom of Guru Rinpoche and manifest their original Buddha wisdom.

The benefits of practicing the Great Joy Guru Padmasambhava are:

1. One can obtain the protection of Guru Rinpoche and all the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, deities, and dakinis and protectors.

2. You will never leave the protection of Guru Padmasambhava, which can eliminate adverse conditions. All bad karma and obstacles will naturally subside, and all broken precepts will be purified.

3. Eliminate internal, external, and secret sufferings, gather worldly and transcendental sacred joys, obtain blessings in the human and heavenly realms, and gain all wisdom, without being disturbed by non-human beings.

4. Eliminate all the five heinous crimes, eliminate the evil karma from beginningless time, and all disasters, evil obstacles, and evil diseases caused by gods, dragons, ghosts, gods, rakshasas, demons, earth, water, fire, and wind will stay away from them and will not be able to invade, harm, or cause disasters, obstacles, or sins.

5. It has great power to pacify, increase, attract, punish and save all sentient beings.

6. Wisdom will suddenly become clear, eloquence will become fluent, power and wealth will increase, food and clothing will be abundant, and longevity will increase.

7. All worldly affairs and Buddhist practice to benefit sentient beings are accomplished, and one is constantly in a state of great joy. One can achieve success in this life and will definitely be reborn in the Pure Land of Amitabha in this life. Get ultimate liberation!

This Buddha statue is handmade, so the facial expression of each one is different, and they are all completed after applying gold powder.

The statue of Guru Mahasukha - the wisdom pristine being  of the eight manifestations of Guru Rinpoche  - is made from earth, water, wood, flower, dried fruits, organic medicinal herbs and ambrosia made from eight basic and 1000 minor herbs from holy pilgrimage sites of Lhasa Samye, Esstern Tibet, Wu Tai Shan, Nepal, India, Ladakh, Sikkim and Bhutan.  As well, it has the blessings of myriad lamas, relics, clothes and bones of holy beings besides Mahakashyapa’s, the sacred essence of the seventh reincarnate and red and white bodhichitta of Dudjom Rinpoche. Furthermore, it has pills to - augment physical splendour through the elixir of pure body, generate the divine voice through the elixir of pure speech,  develop the natural mindfulness through the elixir of the pure mind, boost excellence through Manjushri, increase good fortune and blessings through the enlightened activity of Vasudhara, Goddess of wealth. Additionally,  it has life stone crystals of gods, life-stone of spirits, life-stone of protective deities in cubic-shaped stones, life-stone cowries of dakas and dakinis, life-stone white shells of Nagas, life-stone turquoise of humans, life-stone of Yakshas in coral, gold, silver, copper and iron. Further, it has iron filings off Thantong Gyalpo’s bridges,  precious pills of Ratna Samphel, Jumar Nyernga, Yunying Nyernga, Mangjor Chenmo, Drangjor Chenmo, Tsajor Chenmo. As well, soil from thirteen high peaks, woods from the tip of thirteen great trees, stones from the peak of thirteen rocky mountains, water from thirteen major rivers and lakes. On top of these, there are water, different grains, six different coppers from Taiwan, Thailand, Europe, America, Japan etc which were ground into fine powder and mixed with clean clay to form the mud with which the statue was made.  Even for the sacred fillings - of which the Guru Mahasukha statue is the very embodiment of - are anointed with above-elucidated substances.  Moreover, it has the pills for the vajra  body, speech and mind, powdered precious stones and sacred blessed substances which thus imbues the statue with the true blessings of the pristine Body, Speech and Mind. 

- Written by Bhutanese lama Tenzin Norbert, a student of 2nd Dudjom Jigdrel Yeshe Dorje