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A Journey to the West
A Journey to the West L73 The Mass Vision of Manjushri at Mount Wutai in 1987
In this travel-oriented section of A Journey to the West , Khenpo Sodargye recounts His Holiness's One-Day Tour of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. He offers personal reflections on iconic American landmarks—the towering Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his legendary dream of equality, the sobering Vietnam Veterans Memorial where His Holiness paused to compassionately chant mantras for the fallen, and the magnificent U.S. Capitol. Transitioning from worldly sights to profound spiritual history, the evening teaching focused on the origins of the Peaceful Manjushri Dzogchen practice. His Holiness took the audience back to the historic 1987 mass pilgrimage to Mount Wutai. Despite intense political pressure and interference from authorities, a core group of five hundred dedicated monastics completed a grueling 100-day retreat. Khenpo vividly describes the phenomenal conclusion of that retreat at the Qingliang Stone, where the entire assembly clearly witnessed the miraculous, luminous manifestation of Lord Manjushri in the sky, sealing the supreme blessings of this Dzogchen teaching.