Enshrined within the new KH Gompa are three large statues of Lama Tsongkhapa, Vajrayogini and Setrap. Combined, there would be a staggering 493.4 billion Buddha images within these three statues. These images are actually stored upon 27 hard disks collectively and placed within the statues.
Here are how the actual Buddha images (stored within the hard disk) look like...
Manjushri - 48.3 billion images Lama Tsongkhapa - 30.8 Billion
Vajrayogini - 30.7 Billion Images Dukkar - 41.9 Billion Images
Buddha Shakyamuni - 35 Billion Images Amitabha Buddha - 37.8 Billion Images
Setrap - 46.1 Billion Images Yamantaka - 175.5 Billion
Kyabje Zong Rinpoche's hand written Vajrayogini mantra - 47.3 Billion
According to the Buddha, just looking at a line drawing of the image of a Buddha in anger will plant a seed of enlightenment in the mind stream of the beholder. Just imagine the merit accumulated if we were to make offerings, prostrations and prayers to this image instead. Now, multiply that by 493.4 billion times for all the 3 Statues in the new KH Gompa and that is a whole lot of merits! Hence, each time we prostrate, make offerings and prayers to the 3 statues, the blessings will be multiplied billions of times over. All this merit is accumulated in relations towards a enlightened body of a Buddha.
That means we create the direct cause towards attaining a Buddha body ourselves. So what does that mean?
By 'attaining a Buddha body', we purify lifetimes of negative karma related to the body - killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, etc. In that way, we attain longevity (a long life), a body free of disease, charismatic, beautiful to look at (especially in future lives) and attain success in worldly and especially spiritual endeavours. We also attain the 112 major and minor marks of a perfect Buddha body. That means we would have understood, realised and embody the entire Lamrim (Entire teachings of the Buddha that is presented in stages by Atisha and Lama Tsongkhapa) because the body of each Buddha contains the roadmap of the entire Lamrim.
Therefore, the tradition of filling the statues of Buddhas with billions of images and mantras are meant to create as much merits towards achieving a Buddha body for those who supplicate, prostrate, make offerings, prayers and recite mantras towards these holy statues.
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