Sakya Trizin marks 80th birthday with long life ceremony

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Tsering Dhundup

DHARAMSHALA, Oct. 3: The exile seat of Sakya marked the 80th birthday of His Holiness the 41st Sakya Trizin Ngawang Kunga Tegchen Palbar Trinley Samphel Wangyi Gyalpo with a customary long life ceremony, at the Sakya Monastery in Rajpur, Dehradun on Thursday.

In his address to the gathering, His Holiness the Sakya Trizin expressed his gratitude, “On my 80th birthday, I sincerely thank the Central Tibetan Administration, all Buddhist lineages, monasteries, organizations, and the general public for considering this important and offering an elaborate long life ceremony. During such ceremonies, we pray for the long life of enlightened masters, and the masters in turn promise to live long....

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