Translation of the Golden Temple Document

In 1992 His Holiness Acharya Bunsung Upsomo of Thailand came to Nepal for a retreat in the Himalayas. After a difficult trek of several days, he reached Gosaikund, the sacred lake in the Himalayas. He sat down for a rest near a lake and suddenly went on a Samadhi. During the Samadhi, His Holiness saw a figure. The figure told His Holiness that he was Guru Milerappa who had meditated exactly at the same place 1600 years ago. At that time a group of hunters had come and seen him in Samadhi. Thinking Guru Milerappa to be a death person, the hunters decided to cremate the body. However, during the cremination process, though the wood burnt, fire did not harm the body of Guru Milerappa. The hunters then threw the body at the Gosaikund lake. At the lake, however, Guru Milerappa's body remained afloat. All these incidents were duly reported to the king of Nepal. The king himself meet the great master Guru Milerappa. The king was asked to build a Vihar (Monastery) at the place by Guru Milerappa. The king sent people to build a monastery at that place. However, due to heavy snow fall, the monastery could not be built and during the subsequent year and Guru Milerappa's wish was forgotten.

After 1600 years when Guru Milerappa appeared in HH Upsomo's vision, the visiting monk approached Golden Vihar and told the temple trustees about the incident. Golden Vihar consulted with some prominent monks and discovered that actually Guru Milerappa was born at Dolkha, a place 150 miles east from Kathmandu.

Subsequently, the governments in Nepal was requested to grant the land at Gosaikund to a temple to be built there. H. H. Uposomo with help from monasteries in Thailand, sent funds to build Guru Milerappa temple.

A simple temple has been built at this sacred place. Many Thai devotees have visited the temple using helicopters.