Made in Dodrupchen Repoche Temple of Bhutan.
Size : 8.8 cm approximately
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