Namo beneficent Master, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III
Disciple Gar Tongstan Ciren Gyatso has decided to leave this world.
As life is filled with suffering,
I rushed about learning Buddhism and seeking enlightenment.
I have followed many masters:
Guang Qin, Xuan Hua, Kalu,
And Dharma King Dilgo Khyentse,
Diligently practicing their dharmas and the Sakya unshared LamDre Dharma,
All to no avail.
Thankfully, I met my Buddha Master.
Through the Mahamudra of Liberation that is supreme and unsurpassed,
And the secret initiations and transmissions of holy dharma from my Buddha Master,
I achieved control over my own birth and death.
My direct realization is reality.
I now put down my brush and leave this world,
Entering into the state of liberation before the ink dries.
Namo my beneficent Master, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III!
Disciple Tongstan respectfully bids farewell.
September 20, 2018
The above verses are Dharma King Gar Tongstan’s last words that he left for his beloved Buddha Master, fulfilling his words on the freedom from birth and death. On September 20, which was the day after the Holy Fire Offering Dharma Assembly, he put on his rinpoche robes after taking a bath and then laid out stationary before his dharma seat. He wrote this farewell letter to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, which mentioned that he would “…now put down my brush and leave this world, entering into the state of liberation before the ink dries.” This means that he passed away in a state of perfect accomplishment or enlightenment right after putting down his pen.
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