The Gyalwang Drukpa

In fact, I told some of my friends and students that I am getting easily quite tired these days, because everywhere I go, whether East or West, people don't change, they practise superficially, but the spiritual practice does not get into their hearts. If I am an irresponsible master, I wouldn't mind if they are improving or not, but my duty here is to help beings. If I cannot help my friends and students to improve themselves, then there is no way that I have a job here. Everywhere I go, I am still teaching just about the same thing. Love doesn't seem to be increasing, compassion doesn't seem to be increasing, instead ego is becoming so big, tolerance and understanding are so little. Yet everyone claims to be my students, this is very embarrassing for me. We should not be asking others to change to accommodate our nonsense, we should be changing and improving our understanding so that we will appreciate even when people are different from us, especially when they are acting or saying things that we don't agree on. This is itself a form of practice. In a spiritual family, at least this kind of understanding and improvement should be there.

When I saw Her Royal Highness and her family, especially her daughter, Ashi Kesang, I was really moved by the way they appreciate each other and the way they appreciate everyone. This encourages me a lot in terms of living long to serve all beings, because at least there are wonderful people like them who make this world a happier place for others. I am also proud that Their Eminences Khamtrul Rinpoche and Thuksey Rinpoche are able to receive their spiritual education in Bhutan because I know that under the training of the monastic body and through the interaction with Bhutanese people, they will be able to not only learn theoretically, but also live a genuine spiritual life that will benefit many beings.

I am praying always for the long life of Their Majesties the Fourth and Fifth Kings, because their longevity is very important for the world to see that a Buddhist kingdom can be such a great example for everyone who wishes to live a happy life.

Lastly, I want to especially thank Paul and Migyur for being the moral pillars of my visit this time in Malaysia and Phende and a handful of my few friends and students for actively running around. But most importantly, I felt very happy that H.E. Khamtrul Rinpoche Jigme Pema Nyinjadh is finally grown up and I have a lot of hope in him to be able to guide many of my friends and students. I pray that all of you will be able to give him as much support and encouragement as possible so that his path as a spiritual master will not be as difficult as mine. I want to say that he has also worked very hard to make sure that people respect me, although to me it really doesn't matter, except that whatever protocols and arrangements that he has pushed the local governments in Asia and many local devotees to provide for me will definitely have a very long term positive effect on the development of the Dragon Lineage, I can tell you for sure. However, I want to tell him that I appreciate everything he is doing for me out of his love and devotion to me and the lineage. Whoever supports him and follows his advices, I know for sure will make me very happy.

Talking about Paul, in fact I have given him one name to start with, then changed it to another one because some people were teasing him about the first refuge name, later I had to change again for the same reason, and then now he is finally known as Jigme Jampal, which means Fearless Wise One or Manjushri. It was quite ridiculous that people were making fun of his earlier refuge names, such as "Jump and Gone" for Jamgon. I think this is very disrespectful. I want to take this opportunity to urge everyone not to make fun of others' refuge names because this attracts a lot of negative karma to yourself. I just can't help to bring this up because in Asia, it happens too often that I feel if I don't tell now, this kind of jokes on refuge names will run out of control.

Between now and my trip to Europe, I hope to finish teaching the nuns and monks here at least a few more chapters of Bodhisattvacharyavattara. Sorry for my bad English, anyhow, I hope my messages are clear for you to understand.