The Gyalwang Drukpa

I hope people are not tired of reading too many news, too many updates on my website. I am sometimes in the mood to write and to share, especially when there is some free time. I am on my way from Grenoble to Lama Chokyi Sengey's place. Lama Chokyi is a very old friend of mine, I like him very much and like Lama Namgyal, he has been a wonderful French translator for me. Without Lama Namgyal and him, many French-speaking people wouldn't have understood my gossips very nicely.

I was telling some of my friends and students that sleeping 2 to 3 hours a day is generally enough for everyone. I sometimes don't even sleep. The lesser you sleep the longer you live, meaning that you have more time to use for practice, for doing beneficial deeds, for going out to help others, for LIVE TO LOVE, instead of wasting your time dreaming, sleeping or just spacing out. Some doctors told me and they are still telling me, "You need 6 to 8 hours to sleep a day." I was totally shocked and am still shocked that a human being needs that many hours to sleep, almost one third of the life wasted. The more you sleep, the more sleepy you get. Best is you sleep from 10pm or latest by 12pm, then wake up at 3am, everyday. You will be feeling so fresh, energetic and full of mindfulness. Trust me, I think I am entitled to say that.

I remember that I have said something very briefly about my trip to Geneva. This is just to add up some information, for those of you who are not bored with my gossips. I want to thank Marie Jose and her team who have been helping to build the hospital for the poor people in the Nepal Himalayas, as part of the LIVE TO LOVE activities. I am actually very happy to see people around me involved in these activities with willingness, inspiration and very good hearts.

After the hospital building is completed, a lot of help will be needed in different ways to provide all the facilities, such as the medical equipments, medicines and of course, doctors with different skills. I know that there will be many people from different parts of the world, who wish to make this world a happier and better place for others, to come together to help this hospital.

I might have given my people the wrong impression that I love shopping. Actually, I love to see different things, especially to observe the behaviours of different people on the street, in the shop, in the park. Perhaps that's why Drubpon Ngawang, as usual, forced me to go to see some nice watches when we were in Geneva, even though I don't have any desire to buy one. Seeing nice things is also good enough for me, I don't have to own them. Whenever I think about Drubpon Ngawang, Khenrab (whom I think you all know is Drubpon Ngawang's nephew), Ngawang Sangpo (my cook), Ngawang Tobden (my assistant secretary) and so many other assistants and attendants that are always taking turns to go with me, I really thank my gurus and my own karma who have provided me with all these wonderful people, that make my life so much easier. It's too bad that Ngawang Sangpo could not join me this time. His brother just passed away, I hope that he is coping well with the loss of his beloved family member. All of these monks, nuns and other of my people really work so hard to make my life trouble free. I never have a chance to thank them, and sometimes I think I do take things for granted (I am a human being too), so I just thought that I want to say "THANK YOU" to Drubpon Ngawang, Khenrab, Sangpo, Ngawang Tobden (also known as "Tiripa") and others, who genuinely have become a part of my extended family, in many ways.