Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche receives the Polar Star in Mongolia

• RU45@(

  25 Oct 10, 14:06

  Lama Zopa Rinpoche received the Polar Star from the Mongolian
  President. It's the highest civilian award and rarely given to
  foreigners. Rinpoche is only the second Tibetan lama to receive it The
  first was Bakula Rinpoche and it was giving in recognition of His
  activities of reviving Buddhism in Mongolia. Today the ceremony will be
  televised for everyone to see.
  
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• RU45@(

  25 Oct 10, 14:13

  Several months earlier, Khatanbaatar Choidogsuren, the director of our center here in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on behalf of many of Rinpoche’s Mongolian students, requested the Mongolian Government to consider Rinpoche for this prestigious award (the highest that can be bestowed on a foreigner.) Yesterday, we suddenly received word that the President of Mongolia would bestow this honor on Rinpoche at 3 pm in the President’s office.

  Rinpoche met the President and first offered a large thangka of the 35 Buddhas to the President as well as special blessed pills. They had a discussion together and one of the things Rinpoche mentioned to the President was the importance of the Golden Light Sutra (Rinpoche offered a copy of our translation in Mongolian). Rinpoche also mentioned his promise to Chenrezig to spread this sutra all over Mongolia and the world. Rinpoche explained that he was presently giving the lung at Idgaa Choizinling College (the monastery that FPMT built) where a 1,000 people were attending. Rinpoche said he wanted to give the lung in different cities and towns all over Mongolia.

  

  Rinpoche was congratulated outside Parliament House after the ceremony, Mongolian students were very excited!

  The President is a strong supporter of Buddhism and also mentioned to Rinpoche that his family had adopted 24 orphans! Then the President thanked Rinpoche for all his efforts for spreading and preserving Mahayana Buddhism in Mongolia.

  Rinpoche thanked the President for all his support

  Read more at :
  http://www.mandalamagazine.org/2010/the-order-of-the-polar-star/