SHARING THE LATEST NEWS
Spiritual Yatra Starting
25th May 2009
This is the only place where there is at least a slow connection and I had a bit of time to jot down something while on the road. However, the slow connection does not allow me to share the photos that we have taken up until now. Fortunately, I hope the Pad Yatra website will be able to share some of the photos with you, so that you can at least know what has been happening.
Another 10 Days
7th May 2009
I must thank all of you who tried your best to follow my instructions. I requested all of you, my students and friends, to recite the Vajra Guru Mantra and to release lives in the last 7 days which were quite crucial morally and physically for everyone in the world because of the outbreak of the flu.
A Story
29th April 2009
I am in my humble residence in a remote area of Kathmandu, where I hope no one can find me and I cannot find anyone, packing and tidying my things which are currently still spread over the tables and the floor. I thought I could take a break, but I still find myself busy packing and unpacking. I guess this is the boring story of my life. Then on the table, I saw a book that says "Buddha's Life Story", and when I flipped through the pages, I ran into the story of the massacre of the Shakya Clan, a story that I want to share with you.
Wishes Fulfilled
20th April 2009
It has really been quite a while since I last wrote something here. As you must know by now, there was a lot of work for all of us, preparing for the First ADC. I really want to thank all of those colleagues of mine who took all the trouble to come and join us and all the volunteers from different places, not only joining with their energy and effort, but also helping with fundraising and doing all sorts of things to ensure the success of the First ADC.
Busy Business
21st March 2009
I was supposed to go to Miami for a short one day trip before Sikkim, but I simply could not board the plane because my health got worse, I was coughing like nobody's business. I guess I never had a good rest after Ladakh, it was busy business as usual.
Zangchod Bum
9th March 2009
Zangchod
Bum or Boom, which means One Hundred Thousand Recitation of King of
Aspiration Prayers, was completed a couple of days ago. Even though we only had
500 monks and nuns, compared to the tens of thousands of people in Ladakh, I
think we have done a very good job.
Winter Prayers in Ladakh
4th March 2009
Winter prayers in Ladakh went very well. The weather was unusually warmer than the past. It used to be minus 28 degree and just now it was only minus 18 degree.
Snapshots of Walking Pilgrimage
14th February 2009
I managed to find a connection in Delhi, before going to the airport, heading for Ladakh.
Pilgrims Share Their Experience
14th February 2009
For some reasons, I have not received any photos yet. So maybe I will put up the photos after returning from Ladakh. As you know, I have a two-week programs in Ladakh from tomorrow onwards, and it is almost impossible to write anything because of busy schedules and to update my web due to connection problems. So you have to wait for me to come back from Ladakh 2 weeks later. (No pain, no gain)
Back from Maratika
12th February 2009
I just arrived a couple of hours ago, after a very fruitful walking pilgrimage to Maratika and back. There were basically two reasons that prompted me to organise this walking pilgrimage spontaneously.
Drukpa Yongdzin Rinpoche Is Back
17th January 2009
I was thinking of keeping this news until very much closer to the First ADC but then I thought it would be very difficult for the organising committee to remake the schedule of programs, if I don't say something now.
Lorepa Returns
12th January 2009
Upon returning from the teaching tour in Europe, just a few minutes after I arrived at the hotel, I met Gyalwa Lorepa's reincarnation. It was the first time that we met in this life and it was a great and very moving moment for me to meet him and his lovely family.
Goodbye to A Friend
9th January 2009
One of the genuine masters left us two nights ago. I wonder how many of them are still here in this world.
More Details for 2009
5th January 2009
I will be leaving for Paris in a few hours. Teaching programs in London were not as well attended physically as I have thought or as before, but many people were joining in live webcast.
My Plans for 2009
3rd January 2009
I was really moved to receive so many emails redirected from my office, with many of my friends and students sending in their photos showing that they have joined us through the live webcast of our prayers and activities in Drukpa Plouray.
“Love is such a wonderful way to interact with others. True and genuine love is about sharing and about giving. The act of giving does not reduce what you have, instead gives you more than what you can ever expect. I always feel that a person who is genuinely filled with the happiness and joy of living is one who has a loving and sharing mind. Genuine happiness is the reflection of an open heart, with the ability to accept everything, good or bad.”
Walking Pilgrimage
Favourite Websites
I was very happy to see that those websites that I have asked to change and update, except one or two websites which claim to be under my direct supervision, they have finally done it. I look forward to seeing more interesting news and websites.