The Gyalwang Drukpa

It's 6am here in Delhi, I am about to leave for Darjeeling. I missed my flight yesterday and I don't want to miss it this time, so I will not be writing too much. Day before yesterday, when I was in the office of Pel Drukpa Charitable Trust, I received an email from Alicia of Drukpa Mexico, saying that many people were concerned about Nigu. She said that because I was writing news about her and suddenly when she was supposed to meet me, the news stopped, so they were worried and wanted to know where she was. So I think it should be time to say something here.

In fact... she has the karma to live in France and I was very happy that she was extremely happy to meet me again, when she arrived in Paris just a few days ago. I have given her to Genevieve Karuna to look after and Karuna is doing her best as a favour for me. So for me this is a great thing to know that Nigu is in good hands. I know Karuna loves cats, I hope Nigu will not give her family of cats a lot of problems.

I wish I were one of those enlightened ones such as Guru Padmasambhava who could speak any language and who never needed any translation. All the teachings were taught spontaneously in whichever language people desired. I have been enjoying the great hope for being able to do this one day, but hopefully I won't experience much fear.

We have a lot of bumpy road to go through in this universe. Being bumpy is not too bad for me, but when I see the road being too long and distant, that's a little scary for me. I think most of us don't see how long this could be dragging on for, and then the thing is that we keep living on hopes and this obviously would bring a lot of fear. I personally enjoy the period of hope, but unfortunately, most of the time hope always comes together with a great deal of fear. Understanding this spoils my breakfast. Don't you feel this way? If not, lucky you! I wish to take refuge in your boat.

For example, you have a great joy when you are about to have a beautiful girlfriend or a handsome boyfriend that you have been dreaming of having, or you have just won a lottery which is something you have been hoping for, or you have just had a wonderful journey to Disneyland which is also something you have been praying for, but sooner or later, these marvellous feelings will be spoiled by the ugly fear that comes together with all your hope. So for me, I am praying and working hard towards "gaining with no pain", I don't like this phrase "No Pain No Gain". This would be a great liberation, a great freedom. This is what we want to find within ourselves. I am looking forward to seeing that in every part of our life.

By the way, I feel okay when I look through my own life from the relative point of view, because I am somehow fulfilling the wishes I have made for the last hundreds of lives. And not only that, I also feel that I am serving those divine beings indirectly by caring for others through different means, such as teaching and sharing my limited knowledge. One of my gurus told me exactly the same thing in order to convince me. That was so helpful to get myself into deeper level of genuine spiritual practice. Luckily, my guru's comment did not boost my pride or indirectly my ego. I would think that it's the divine blessings of all of my beloved gurus that have put me in this way. In fact, an experienced guru should know exactly what should or shouldn't be said, to whom certain things should be said and how these messages should be delivered. This is where you really need a great master with all the enlightened skills to help you. Even though a guru may appear to be very ordinary, he or she can be a great enlightened one who has these enlightened skills to help you on the path. A variety of knowledge that goes together with skillful way of dealing with students like us is always the number one qualification for a guru.