The Gyalwang Drukpa

H.E. Khamtrul Rinpoche in Bhutan also brought me some exciting news about our delegation of Indian and South East Asian representatives meeting His Majesty the Fifth King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck. On behalf of my colleagues, my followers and everyone who cares about our Dragon Lineage, I really want to thank the Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thrinlay for making this meeting possible. I also want to personally thank His Majesty the Fourth King of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck for encouraging this meeting to take place. I hope members of our delegation team behaved appropriately during the visit, as it is important to be courteous and mindful for those who are visiting Bhutan on behalf of over 300 monasteries in India and over 30 of my main spiritual centres. Being aggressive and trying to impress without a skill are really something not to be encouraged, I notice some of my friends and students are not very skillful when it comes to presenting themselves in front of high dignitaries. Everyone needs a lot of training. After much consideration, I think I would like to request Khamtrul Rinpoche to set up a Protocol Department for all of our followers to be trained nicely, otherwise any kind of incidents can affect others' impression of the lineage and the lineage masters, as well as all other followers. This was what came to my mind after a lot of thinking.

I am thinking to make a few reorganisations for the different centres in the West and especially in Asia for the improvement and progress of the Dragon Lineage in these different areas. With the new year around the corner, we all should be encouraged to improve in every aspect of our individual life and in every aspect of our activities for the benefit of spreading the Dragon Lineage. I have great hopes for this and I am sure many faces with full-hearted devotion for the lineage and egoistically for myself will start to appear and take lead in all the activities around this world.