On the morning of March 7, 2025, marking the auspicious occasion of the 72nd birthday of Guru Vajradhara His Holiness the 12th Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa, whose youthful form with all the major and minor marks manifests in this wondrous realm, the entire monastic community of Palpung Sherabling Monastic Seat performed a smoke offering ritual, followed by the offering of a mandala along with representations of the Buddha's body, speech, and mind before Guru Vajradhara's throne and the serving of traditional ceremonial tea and sweet rice to the entire assembly. Students from the monastic seat's elementary school then performed birthday songs and recited auspicious verses. The celebration concluded with the cutting and serving of cakes and sweets, along with the recitation of longevity prayers and invocations of the power of truth.

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