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Puja started on January 6th. Doschen Puja is a historic puja that has been performed since the time of the great Sachen Kunga Nyingpo(1092 - 1158 ).
He was son of Khon Konchok Gyalpo and considered an emanation of Manjushri. From early childhood, Sachen showed great signs of wisdom.
From the age of twelve Sachen Kunga Nyingpo performed one-point meditation on Manjushri under the guidance of his guru, Bari Lotsava.
Sachen Kunga Nyingpo is the founder of the Sakya Tradition. Doschen Puja is an elaborate Mahankala grand puja.
This ritual is performed mainly for preserving and flourishing the Buddha Dharma.
The Doschen Puja ended with a 'cham', the Buddhist ritual dance together with a torma throwing ritual.
The 42nd Sakya Trizin Ratna Vajra Rinpoche presided over the ritual.
Ratna Vajra Rinpoche is the 42nd and current Sakya Trizin, considered one of the highest qualified lineage masters of both the esoteric and exoteric traditions of Buddhist philosophy and meditation.
He holds an unbroken lineage of great and famous masters for over a thousand years.
Ratna Vajra was enthroned as the head of the Sakya school on 9 March 2017.
He teaches Buddhism and travels extensively throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand and North America. Puja lasted for seven days.
