According to Rinpoche, if the practice is observed and carried out sincerely, it is believed to remove one's negative elements, sins, negative karma, accumulating positive karma and rebirth, avoid violence, conflicts and even wars.
Being a simple monk yet a strict practitioner, words about Rinpoche’s
profound wisdom and his unique ability to heal people with different
ailments soon reached the ears of many devotees who were in need of a
true spiritual guidance. Gradually, more and more people came to seek
his blessing and guidance. Seeing the devotion of the people and their
genuine enthusiasm in practicing Dharma, In 1966, after his fourth year
in Nepal, Rinpoche started the practices of "Nyungney" at the Wochen
Thuk-je Choeling monastery at Swayambhu, Kathmandu.
However, the “Dharmachakra Monastery” was not big enough to accommodate
the practitioners whose number kept ever increasing. Therefore, with
the kind donation from various sources, Rinpoche established a new
Monastery nearby which came to be known as” Woechen Thuk-Je Choeling
Monastery”. It’s situated on the hill opposite to “Swoyambhunath Stupa”.
In the neighborhood below these two monasteries are Manjushri temple,
enshrining “Manjushri’s throne” and a stupa dedicated of Kasyapa
Buddha.
Nyungney is a simple religious observance carried out with fasting on
every alternative day of the course. A day of fasting followed by a day
of non-fasting combines to make a pair of days (chha) of the
"Nyungney". The duration or the number of such paired days depends on
the importance of the "Nyungney". Altogether six "Nyungney" practices
are observed in a year.
On the day of the fasting, the devotee is subjected to self-penance
where he or she is not to eat, drink, speak, or even swallow one's own
saliva and will follow a very particular routine for the day. These
practices of the "Nyungney" have always been carried out under the
personal direction of the Rinpoche even till today.
" I have been conducting and practicing "Nyungney" all these decades
for the restoration of a harmonious human society and for the well
being of every sentient being in this world, and I shall always
continue to do so".
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