With H.E. Yeshe Sangpo Rinpoche and H.E. Khandro Pema Chodron’s great effort in overseeing every detail, the Monastery was successfully established, with the consecration ceremony held on the auspicious day of November 23, 2009. The founder of the Monastery, the venerable H.E. Yeshe Sangpo Rinpoche, earnestly and respectfully invited H.H. Dungse Thingley Norbu Rinpoche, the holder of “Dudjom New Treasure,” to co-preside in this ceremony. Over ten thousand attendees participated in the ceremony, including many masters, Lamas, Sangha, yogis, and laymen. The success and magnificence of the ceremony echoed the glorious moments when Guru Padmasambhava consecrated the Samye Monastery in the eighth century. The consecration ceremony of the Samye Memorial Buddhist Monastery thus ended with such unprecedented magnificence and success.
It was the venerable H.E. Yeshe Sangpo Rinpoche and H.E. Khendro Pema Chodron who made such pure, perfect, and grand wishes to establish the Monastery. In particular, they engaged themselves in every detail of the construction, from the site-searching, the design of the Monastery, fundraising, the selection of construction materials and workers, to the oversight of several years of construction work. The result was what H.H. Dungse Thingley Norbu Rinpoche praised as the topnotch Monastery.