Wealth Vase Orgyen Norlha, Padmasambhava from Bhutan

According to Guru Padmasambhava, wherever a Wealth / Treasure vase(Yang Bum or Nor Bum) is placed, the Dharma will flourish and we will experience healing, wellbeing, prosperity and abundance. Wealth vases are therefore an extremely skillful way of bringing vast benefit, material and immaterial, to all mother sentient beings and the world we live in.

The Wealth Vase, is made in honour of Ugyen Norlha, the wealth manifestation of Padamasambhava. The vase was consecrated and blessed during the entire period of Lhamoi Drupchen- an eleven-day annual rite performed to appease the protecting deity, Palden Lhamo (Mahakali). Organised by Zhung Dratshang, the ceremony was presided by His Holiness, the 70^th Je Khenpo, Trulku Jigme Choedra, of the Drukpa Kagyu lineage at Tashi Chodzong, Bhutan.

The holy contents in the Yang Bum include: (Key ingredients include precious wealth pills/ blessed barley from the 65^th, 68^th, 69^th and 70^th Je Khenpos, sacred soil, pebbles and water from various holy sites, and leftover food from the the Royal Family of Bhutan)

1.     Mandala of Ugyen Norlha

2.     White cowry shells

3.     Varieties of food, medicine, fruits

4.     Ngar sum, Kar sum (The three sweets and the three whites)

5.     Yangzey Rilbu(essential wealth substance pill) of Ugyen Norlha and Yangzey Rilbu of Me Pham Rinpoche, presented to finance officer, Nag Phel by HH, the 65^th Je Khenpo, Yonten Tsuendu.

6.     Yangzey Rilbu from Pung Thim Zhung Dratshang.

7.     Yangzey Rilbu from HH Dudjom Rinpoche, Jindrel Yeshi Dorji.

8.     Various precious rilbu made by the 69^th Je Khenpo, HH Gaden Rinchen.

9.     Sacred dust from Pung Thim Zhung Dratshang.

10.  Sacred dust from the holy chamber of the 69^th Je Khenpo, HH Gaden Rinchen.

11.  Druna Rilbu from Lop. Kencho.

12.  Blessed barley of the 68^th Je Khenpo, HH Tenzin Dendup.

13.  Blessed barley of the 69^th Je Khenpo, HH Gaden Rinchen.

14.  Blessed barley of the 70^th Je Khenpo, HH Trulku Jigme Choedra.

15.  Blessed barley of the Trulku Jigme Tenzin Wangpo, reincarnation of Gyalse Tenzin Rabgyal.

16.  Blessed barley of Treasurer Drukdra Dorji’s reincarnate Trulku.

17.  Holy cereals from a cave in Ladak where Guru Rinpoche meditated during the eighth century.

18.  Barley from the Lhungzey of Lhasa Jowo.

19.  Sacred soil of Janak Riwo Tse Nga.

20.  Dharma Singye’s sacred and holy soil from Bhutan- Tibet Sang Ngag Choling

21.  Sacred soil and pebbles from Lhasa, Tibet.

22.  Sacred soil and pebbles from Samye , Tibet.

23.  Sacred soil and pebbles from Aaja Ney, Mongar.

24.  Holy secretion of Lopen Khothang Drupchu

25.  Sacred soil of Bodhgaya.

26.  Holy Pebbles believed to be from the stone storm summoned by Guru Rinpoche to subdue local deities at Samye, Tibet.

27.  Holy pebble of Bae Yul, Nepal.

28.  Holy pebble from sacred place in Argentina.

29.  Sacred soil and pebbles from four major sacred places in India

30.  Sacred soil and pebbles from the 12 Dzongkhag of Bhutan and Drup Chu and Men Chu from fourteen Dzongkhag, as received from Lop Kuenzang Trinley.

31.  Sacred pebbles of Dar Kar Tashiding.

32.  Sacred soil and pebbles of Paro Chumo Phug.

33.  Sacred pebbles from Paro Jag Wa Log Holy place.

34.  Holy water of Chu Mig Jangchub from Nepal.

35.  Holy water of Goen-tsey phu tsechu

36.  Holy water of Lumo Genkal

37.  Holy water of Nubla Che Gang

38.  Tse Pagme Tse Chu (annual religious Bhutanese festivals held in each district of Bhutan on the tenth day of a month of the lunar Tibetan calendar ) from Paro Chumo Phug

39.  Guru Rinpoche’s Tse Chu from Paro Chumo Phug.

40.  Dorji Phagmo’s Tse Chu from Paro Chumo Phig

41.  Zhabdrung Rinpoche’s Lhale Drupchu from Thimphu

42.  Drupchu from Wala gedpo

43.  Khhothang Phagmoi Drupchu

44.  Bumthang Kurje Drupchu

45.  Eight auspicious water of Ladak Ugyen Dzong

46.  Phajo Ddrukgom Zhigpoi Drupchu from Phajo Ding Thuji Dra

47.  Khandu Sonam Pelden’s Drupchu from Phajo Ding Thuji Dra

48.  Leftover meal and soil from the kitchen of His Majesty, the 4th King.

49.  Leftover juice from the cup of His Majesty, the 5^th King.

50.  Leftover biscuits of the 68^th Je Khenpo, HH Tenzin Dendup

51.  Soelchu leftover of the 70^th Je Khenpo, HH Trulku Jigme Choe Dra.

52.  Leftover biscuits of Gyalsey Tenzin Rabgyal

53.  Food personally mixed by HRH, Prince Namgyal Wangchuk.

54.  Leftover water from HH, 70^th Je Khenpo.

55.  Holy soil from the kitchen of Zhung Gaden Dratshang’s Soelthab.

56.  Bumzey Nyer Nga

57.  Lhai Lado Dung

58.  Lui Lado Chu Shel

59.  Mei Lado Yu

60.  Milk from red cow.

61.  Furs of horses and cattle.

62.  Ocean sand.

The Wealth Vase will have immense benefits wherever it is placed- be it positioned in the centre of a town or a house, a great deal of wealth, health and auspiciousness will be brought to the denizens of the place. Guru Rinpoche tells us that vases naturally increase wealth and cause crops, fruits, forests and cattle to grow abundantly. Natural disasters related to the imbalance of the four elements of fire, water, earth and air are believed to be averted in their presence. Tibetans and Bhutanese generally believe that these vases have the power to bring about longevity, dispel sicknesses, and multiply good fortune.

Things to take note of:

·       Each vase has been consecrated by the Lama and has been sealed to lock in the positive energies. Thus, the vases should never be opened under any conditions.

·       Vases should ideally be placed in shrines above waist height as a form of respect.

·       Alternatively, vases could also be placed in a locked cabinet or safe, directly away from any door or window, to prevent any loss or escape of “wealth energy”.

·       Vases must always be treated with the utmost respect as they are believed to be the mandala or the microcosm in which the deity dwells.

·       The area in which the vases are kept must be kept as clean as possible.

·       Hands must be as clean as possible before handling the vases.

·       The front side of the vase, where the picture of the deity or cintamani is, must face out of the cabinet or safe.

The copper Yang Bum is approximately 14cm in height, and 13cm at the widest width, and weighs about 1kg.

DISCLAIMER: Given the long and arduous journeys the vases have taken from Bhutan to Singapore, it is inevitable that some of the vases would have knocked against one another, slightly misshaping the copper, creating a few dents around the body of the vases. As confirmed with the Lama, this in no way affects the potency of the vases as the energy sealed within each vase is unaffected by the appearance of the exterior.