Buddhism: Enlightenment Stupa in Benalmadena Mein Blog zur Erleuchtungsstupa in Benalmádena. 1997 wurde der Gedanke in Spanien, Nähe Malaga, ein Erleuchtungsstupa zu bauen.
Es war ein spannender und elektrisierender Gedankengang.
Wann materialisierte sich der Stupabau?
Ein hoher tibetischer Lehrer brachte den Stein ins Rollen. Lopön Chechu Rinpoche landete wie schon so oft in den vergangenen Jahren auf dem Flughafen in Malaga. Wie gewohnt sollte die Autofahrt zur buddhistischen Meditationsstelle Karma Gon go.
We were 4 people with Rinpoche. Very happy that Rinpoche has arrived safely after a long flight from Kathmandu in Spain.
Munter and laughing, we stopped at a small restaurant in Benalmádena. The Mayor of Benalmádena, Enrique Bolin was waiting for us. Or rather, very excited about Loppo Chechu Rinpoche.
This meeting should be very historic for all of us.
The contact should be for the next few years very important.
The very next day followed the mayor's invitation to Rinpoche. Rinpoche invited him to the Buddhist Meditation Centre Karma Gon.
The mayor had visited Karma Gon before. Shall allow er nicht mit dem beeindruckende, sehr faszinierenden Eindruck der Kalachakra-Stupa. Der Stupa steht kraftvoll und sichtbar am Ende der Auffahrt zu Karma Gön. Weithin in die Ebene sichtbar. Sofort entstand im Herzen des Bürgermeisters von Benalmádena der Wunsch einen Stupa für seine Stadt zu bauen. Ein Gedanke wurde geboren ...
Herr Bolin musste im gleichen Jahr nach China. Er verabredete sich mit Lopön Chechu Rinpoche in Kathmandu. In Kathmandu nährte sich der Gedanke ein buddhistisches Monument zu bauen erneut. Er wurde mit den berühmtesten Stupas der Welt konfrontiert. In Swayambu und in Bodhanat.
Der Gedanke musste sich nun materialisieren. Der Bürgermeister schrieb eine Willenserklärung unter der Leitung von Lopön Tsechu Rinpche to build a stupa in Benalmadena. During a 6-year construction phase
materialized, the idea fully.
many meetings with government officials overcome financial difficulties kept us all busy.
between all the preparations and the construction of the stupa was almost over, we received very sad news. This message was in all hearts and made us once silence.
This message was is a huge loss for Buddhism in the Diamond line.
4 months prior to the confirmation of the stupas died Lopön Tsechu Rinpoche.
photo of Lopön Tsechu Rinpoche
The Stupabau was held in memory Rinpoche at the end. With an exceptional
ceremony took place the consecration of the stupa. Visitors, relatives of Rinpoche, honorary guests from Bhutan, Nepal, from Delhi, from all over the world took part in the ceremony. It was for us all thanks to a limitless Rinpoche. He was with his boundless love and compassion at all times for all of us have been there.
and each day is always a desire in your heart that Lopön Tsechu Rinpoche may soon give birth again.
The Stupa in Benalmádena should be very important for Buddhism in the West. This was fine and the high visibility of Lopön Tsechu Rinpoche.
Even now visitors flock from around the world for the 33 meter high stupa. It is maintained in cooperation with the local government, and close friends.
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