Dharamshala: The Sakya Tenshug Organising Committee led by His Eminence the Sakya Trizin Rinpoche, and Phuntsok phodrang Dakchen Rinpoche offered a long-life prayer offering to His Holiness the Dalai Lama yesterday morning at the Tsuglakhang.

Addressing the ceremony, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said that Sakya is one of the most important traditional schools of the Land of Snow (Tibet) and historically there have always been a close relationship between all the previous Sakya throne holders and the Dalai Lamas.

"In the reign of Sakya Trizin Rinpoche, today we Tibetans face a problem and in such period of time Sakya Trizin Rinpoche has outstandingly headed and taken the religious responsibilities of the Sakya School."

 

His Holiness the Dalai Lama continued by saying that he appreciates Sakya Rinpoche for efficiently carrying his responsibilities and asked him to continue to do so.

His Holiness said that the Sakya abbots, lamas and tulkus should study the teachings of their tradition, practice and teach the followers what they have learned adding that it is one of the most important aspects of preserving the Sakya tradition.

"It is also important to make sure that the tutors and those who are on throne should not spoil the young lamas and tulkus", His Holiness said.

 

Also present at the ceremony were Kunga Wangchuk, abbot of the Dzongsar Shadra Monastery, delegate of Sakya associations from across India and abroad, dignitaries of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) including chief supreme justice commissioner and the two justice commissioners of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission, speaker and deputy speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPIE), Kalon Tripa and his colleagues, members of the Standing Committee and other deputies of the TPIE, and officials of the CTA.