CNR Choechog Tshogpa

For its final activity, CNR Choechog Tshogpa held a prayer on the 30th of Bhutanese Lunar calendar , to observe the completion of the holy month of Saga Dawa. The prayer session involved the club members and served the purpose of clearing all negative energy before the final examinations. This event aimed to provide spiritual support and mental clarity for students, enhancing their focus and well-being during the exam period.

The Tshogpa would like to offer its sincere gratitude to the college management and CETA CNR for their support and extends heartfelt thanks to all its members for their unwavering dedication and support throughout the semester, which has been instrumental in the successful organization of various activities. Good luck and best wishes for your upcoming exams and future endeavours🍀

College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan

CNR Choechog Tshogpa held a mass prayer on the 23rd of May coinciding with Duchen Ngazom (Lord Buddha’s Parinirvana).
Thank you to the club members and the students who took part in this mass prayer.
May the virtuous act benefit all sentient beings.

CNR Choechog Tshogpa
College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan
CETA CNR

Once again, we have concluded yet another successful event, this time with a special focus on Sung Bum recitation coinciding with Zhabdrung Kuchey. A total of 35 students, including club members and other interested individuals, participated in the sung bum recitation.

The Sung Bum recitation, deeply rooted in centuries-old tradition, carries profound spiritual benefits, serving as a conduit for invoking blessings, dispelling negativity, and attaining inner serenity and clarity of mind and soul.

The club extends heartfelt gratitude to both staffs and students whose financial contributions played a crucial role in ensuring the success and even to the participants for their unwavering support.

College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan
CETA CNR
CNR Choechog Tshogpa

Members of CNR Choechog Tshogpa gather for their second prayer session, aligning with the Bhutanese calendar's auspicious 30th day, conducting prayers for the holistic health and well-being of all sentient beings, promoting inner peace and outer harmony.
Coinciding with the rare and captivating astronomical phenomenon solar eclipse, where ancient civilizations believed it as omens, signs from gods, or opportunities for spiritual reflection and renewal.

In addition to this, a new vice coordinator has been appointed for the club.
Vice coordinator : Tandin Samphel

Heartfelt congratulations to our newly elected vice coordinator . Your dedication and leadership will surely steer us towards new heights. Here's to a successful and fulfilling term ahead!

College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan
CETA CNR

The Tshogpa family came together for our very first prayer session of the semester. Together, we gathered on the 25th day of the Bhutanese calendar, embracing a sense of reverence and unity as we joined hands in prayer, our hearts were filled with a shared purpose: to send blessings and well-wishes to all sentient beings navigating the cycle of Samsara. Let's continue to uplift each other in faith and compassion.

College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan
CETA CNR

The Tshogpa commenced it's activities for the new semester by holding a general meeting with it's members in which the semester plan was shared. It also involved the election of new vice coordinators who will take over the club once the present set of coordinators resigned.

The new vice coordinators of the CNR Choechog Tshogpa are as follows:

President: Jamyang tshoki
Secretary: Rinzin choden
Treasurer: Rinchen Dema
Media: Pema choden
Registrar: Pema yangzom Tamang

Acknowledgements are extended to the newly elected vice coordinators for their willingness to come forward and take on leadership roles.

The Tshogpa looks forward to a productive semester characterized by collaboration and progress.

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CETA CNR

Annually on the 22nd day of the ninth lunar month of the Bhutanese/Tibetan calendar, the Buddhist community worldwide celebrate Lhabab Düchen (Descending Day of Lord Buddha).

Lhabab Düchen commemorates Shakyamuni Buddha’s descent from the Trayastrimsha (Heaven of the Thirty-Three Devas), where he had gone seven years after his enlightenment to offer teachings to his mother, who had died and was residing there. This miraculous day later came to be known as as Lhabab Düchen whereby Lha translates to “god” and Bab translates to “descend.” Düchen translates as “great occasion.”

On this auspicious day, both positive and negative karma are multiplied "ten million times." Engaging in virtuous actions, practicing generosity, attending rituals, and performing sadhanas are highly recommended. A symbolic act such as lighting a butter lamp can add significance to the occasion.

Source: Spiritual Insights

On this auspicious day, CNR Choechog Tshogpa conducted a mass prayer session involving the entire student body. The event fostered a sense of spiritual unity and reverence as prayers were offered for the wellbeing of all sentient beings.

College of Natural Resources
CETA CNR

In Bhutan, the arrival of Thruebab, also known as the "Blessed Rainy Day," holds a special place in the hearts of the people. This annual tradition marks the end of the monsoon season and is celebrated with deep reverence. Thruebab is more than just a day of rain; it symbolizes the renewal of life, health, and spiritual blessings.

On this auspicious day, Bhutanese families come together to offer prayers and gratitude for the abundant blessings of the past year. The gentle rain is seen as a cleansing force, washing away negativities and ushering in purity. It's a time when people seek forgiveness and reconciliation with their loved ones, mending broken bonds, and strengthening family ties.

The significance of Thruebab extends beyond its meteorological aspects. It's a reminder of the profound connection between nature and spirituality. As the rain falls, nurturing the earth and its inhabitants, it reminds us of the simple yet elegant cycle of life

Source: Phub Dorji Wang
This year, on September 23rd, the auspicious dutchi will begin at 6:49 PM and last for 7 days. Make sure to face your Nam-Men (Sky Healer) direction based on your Parkha and take as many baths as possible.

Recite this prayer and mantra while taking a bath outside under these stars:

Prayer:

༈ཇི་ལྟར་བལྟམས་པ་ཙམ་གྱིས་ནི། ལྷ་རྣམས་ཀྱིས་ནི་ཁྲུས་གསོལ་ལྟར།JI-TAR TAM-PA TSAM-GYI NI / LHA-NAM KYI-NI TRU-SOL TAR /

ལྷ་ཡི་ཆུ་ནི་དག་པ་ཡིས། དེ་བཞིན་བདག་གིས་ཁྲུས་བགྱིའོ།
LHA-YI CHU-NI DAG-PA YI / DE-ZHIN DAG-GI TRU-GYI O /

Mantra:
ཨོཾ་སརྦ་ཏ་ཐཱ་ག་ཏ་ཨ་བྷི་ཥེ་ཀ་ཏ་ས་མ་ཡ་ཤྲཱི་ཡེ་ཧཱུྃ༔
OM SARWA TAT’HAGATA ABHISHEKA TA SAMAYA SHRI YE HUNG

Aspiration:
འདི་ནི་ཁྲུས་མཆོག་དཔལ་དང་ལྡན། ཐུགས་རྗེའི་ཆུ་ནི་བླ་ན་མེད།
DI-NI TRU-CHOG PAL-DANG DEN / T’HUG-JE’I CHU-NI LA-NA MED /

བྱིན་རླབས་ཡེ་ཤེས་ཆུ་ཡིས་ནི། ཅི་འདོད་དངོས་གྲུབ་སྩོལ་བར་མཛོད།JIN-LAB YE-SHE CHU-YI NI / CHI-DOD NGO-DRUB TSAL-WAR DZOD /

Thruebab Tashi Delek 🌺🌹

*** INFORMATION ***

1)CNR Choechog Tshogpa will accept any request regarding to holding prayer sessions for any particular reason you may have. To avail the Tshogpas services, you may either contact the coordinator (+97577618329) or put in a request through the social media account of the Tshogpa.

2) However, the Tshogpa will not be responsible for arranging prayer lamps for the session. If required, the person putting in the request should arrange the required materials beforehand or get in contact with any one of the core members for assistance.

3) Similarly, the Tshogpa will not be responsible for cleanup after the prayer session. The person organizing the session should be responsible for activities such as cleaning of prayer lamps and arranging of mats after the session.

4) The Tshogpa is always willing to help if assistance is required for arranging the session. However, any help required should be properly communicated to the core members beforehand so that it can be properly arranged.

The Tshogpa looks forward to your cooperation. Thank you 🙏

Coinceiding with the auspicious 30th day of the month, CNR Choechog Tshogpa held a prayer session to mark the birth of her majesty, the Gyalsem.

The members of the Tshogpa came together to share their good wishes and positive energy. Their collective prayers resonated with the desire for Her Majesty's good health, happiness, and success in her royal duties.

College of Natural Resources
CETA CNR

In a commendable act of community service, CNR Choechog Tshogpa recently undertook volunteer work in Dorangthang. Their efforts included land cleaning and clearing which are simple activities that significantly contribute to the well-being of the local community.

The Tshogpa extends its heartfelt gratitude to its dedicated members, recognizing their willingness to sacrifice their valuable time and effort for the betterment of the community. It is with great appreciation that we acknowledge their contributions, which have undoubtedly played a significant role in fostering community wellbeing.

The Tshogpa would also like to earnestly encourage all fellow students to step forward and join such meaningful social services. Such endeavors not only serve the immediate goal of enhancing our community but also hold the potential to contribute to the greater welfare of our nation as a whole.

College of Natural Resources
CETA CNR

Rimdro, which literally means "service," is a series of rituals, ceremonies, and practices that are undertaken for a wide range of purposes, such as elongating life, overcoming illness, accumulating wealth, having good harvest, successfully finishing projects, and overcoming hindrances.

The college rimdro is an important annual event which is carried out for the sole purpose of eliminating all negative karma present within the college body so that no hindrances occur during the academic year.

Like always,the event was a resounding success with both the staff and students getting the opportunity to offer 'cha' and prayers. The success of the event is owed to the never ending support from the staff in every little endeavor the students carry out. The Tshogpa is also extremely grateful to its members and the student body for sparing their time to help with the preparations for the event. Lastly, the Tshogpa would also like to thank CETA CNR for their part in making the college rimdro a resounding success.

The successful completion of the college rimdro stands as a testament to the collective effort and devotion put forward by both the staff and the student body.

College of Natural Resources
CNR

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The Tshogpa held it's first prayer session of the semester. The old members along with the newly ordained members of the Tshogpa took part in the session which was held on the 15th day of the Bhutanese calendar. The atmosphere was filled with reverence as the members gathered to offer prayers for the wellbeing of all sentient beings in Samsara.

Following the session, a general meeting was also held where the following activities were carried out:
* Introduction of core members
* Description of work plan
* Idea pitching by members

With the success of the first prayer session of the semester and the productive general meeting, the Tshogpa takes a significant step forward in fulfilling its purpose of fostering positive change within college community.

CNR Choechog Tshogpa resumes it's activities for the fall semester 2023 by taking part in the club orientation program for the first years joining the college .

A brief session on the Tshogpas mandates and it's objectives were provided by the coordinator along with an enthusiastic invitation encouraging the interested juniors to join. The Tshogpa takes great pleasure in welcoming all it's new members.

For it's final activity of the semester, CNR Choechog Tshogpa held a mass prayer on the 3rd of June to observe the holy month of Saga Dawa. The Düchen commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and Parinirvana of Buddha Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha.

Saga Dawa is considered to be a highly auspicious month in Buddhism, where the merit of any virtuous actions performed during the month is multiplied. The festival falls on the full moon day of the fourth month in the Tibetan lunar calendar, which usually corresponds to the month of May or June in the Gregorian calendar. During the month of Saga Dawa, various religious activities such as prayer ceremonies, meditation, and pilgrimages are carried out by the devout practitioners of Buddhism.

The prayer session held by the Tshogpa involved the whole student body as it also served the purpose of clearing all the negative energy before the final examinations. Overall, the event organized by CNR Choechog Tshogpa to observe the start of Saga Dawa was a significant gathering that celebrated the spiritual traditions of Buddhism as well as providing a platform for students to engage in prayer in order to reinforce the importance of Saga Dawa Düchen.

The Tshogpa would like to offer it's sincere gratitude to both the college management and CETA CNR for their support in making the prayer session a successful event.

SAMSARA
It is a word that means "world" in Sanskrit.
It is a key concept in Buddhism which refers to the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth that all sentient beings are believed to be trapped in. According to Buddhist teachings, samsara is characterized by suffering, impermanence, and the constant craving for pleasure and avoidance of pain.

All sentient beings are believed to accumulate karma thought the result of their thoughts, actions and speech which accumulates over several cycles of rebirth. The karma of each individual is believed to be the force that propels each sentient beings through the cycle of samsara.

The end goal of Buddhism is therefore to liberate themselves from the cycle of rebirth by accumulating good karma through their thoughts, speech and actions.

The third prayer session of the CNR Choechog Tshogpa was conducted today coinciding with the 15th day of the Bhutanese calender. The prayer was conducted for the wellbeing if all sentient beings still present in the cycle of death and rebirth.

Serkha was also offered alongside the usual prayers in order to seek protection from illness all forms of mishap. The Tshogpa continues to hold prayer sessions on sacred days and urges all interested individuals to join.

Zhabdrung Kuchoe is an important event celebrated in Bhutan to commemorate the life and legacy of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, the founder of Bhutan. It is observed on the 10th day of the third Bhutanese month every year in order to mark the day when Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal passed away at the Punakha Dzong in 1651.

Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal was a revered Buddhist master who unified Bhutan in the 17th century and established the dual system of governance that has been in place in Bhutan ever since. He was also responsible for laying the foundations of the distinctive Bhutanese culture and way of life that is still present today.

The event is an important time for spiritual renewal and cultural celebration, and it is a day that all Bhutanese people can pay homage to the enduring legacy of one of Bhutan's greatest historical figures.

On that note, all the students are requested to attend the prayer that will be held on 30th April at 7:00 AM. The prayer will also be conducted for the wellbeing and good health of all the teachers around the world as a part of the teachers day event that will be held on 2nd May.

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CNR Choechog Tshogpa conducted its second prayer session coinciding with the 30th day of the month of the Bhutanese calender. The session was carried out for the health and wellbeing of all sentient beings 🙏

The CNR Choechog Tshogpa conducted its first prayer session of the semester today coinciding with the 15th day of the Bhutanese calender. The prayer was conducted for the wellbeing and good health of all sentient beings .

The Tshogpa plans to regularly carry out such sessions on auspicious days such as the 8th, 10th and 15th days of the Bhutanese calender.

The sessions are not limited to the club members so all interested individuals are invited to attend.

The CNR Choechog Tshogpa in collaboration with the CETA body and other clubs present in the college was involved in the preparation for the birth anniversary of his majesty the fifth Druk Gyalpo.

With everything ready and set, the staff along with the student body wait in anticipation for the program to commence.

The CNR Choechog Tshogpa kicked off its activities for the semester by holding a general meeting which was attended by both the core team and its members. The session was carried out in order to hold discussions regarding the Tshogpa's plans for the semester and the activities it could execute in order to achieve its mandates.

The session also included introduction sessions of both its new and old members so as to enhance the spirit of teamwork within the Tshogpa. A vice-registrar was also appointed and endorsed by the members of the Choechog Tshogpa.

The first general meeting concluded with few words of encouragement from the coordinator and hopes of what the Tshogpa would achieve in the coming semester.

17th December marks a very important day for the country and all it's people since it commemorates the coronation of the first king of Bhutan. It is a day which highlights the cooperation and resilience of the Bhutanese citizens and their patriotism towards their country. The CNR Choechog Tshogpa would also like to join hands in offering prayers for the wellbeing and longevity of the King, country and it's people 🙏

The members of the CNR Choechog Tshogpa gathered for the final activity of the fall semester of 2022 which was a prayer held on 8th November. All the activities held by the Tshogpa for the semester was a resounding success due to the unwavering corporation of the members as well as the constant support provided by the staff.

The Tshogpa joined their hands in prayer for all sentient beings present in the world. May the same success grace the Choechog Tshogpa in the coming years as well 🙏

The annual college rimdro of the College of Natural Resources was conducted today for the welfare of all sentient beings. All the staff and students attended the important ceremony in order to receive blessings and ward off all evil spirits. The program was a huge success due to the effort put in by both the staff and student body.