The Gyalwang Drukpa

Due to the divine realization and compassion, those who meet with my father and receive teachings from him will always be spiritually encouraged and one-pointedly motivated to work for the benefit of every being. For that, I really admire him, and therefore, recently, I requested him to give more teachings to those monks, nuns and devotees from different parts of the world. He said nothing but laughed. Eventually, my mother told me that he said he would teach because I have requested him. True enough, nowadays, he is making himself available one month or so in a year to give commentaries on various teachings of the spiritual path at his own new seat (Zhichen Bairo Ling) in Kathmandu. I feel quite sorry for not asking him to teach during those early years. What a waste! Not one of us ever had any idea of requesting him to give teachings on realization. Instead, many of us have used him as a repairer of watches, tape recorders, radios and a lot of other junk, because he can repair almost every manual machine. I remember my father was once very interested in developing films. He had several of those developing machines to play with. Obviously, people liked the idea of having somebody there doing the job for free. Everyday, he had something to do. My mother was not very happy with the idea of him working under the bright light with a magnifying glass, sitting there gazing at the machine for many hours everyday. She thought it might deteriorate his eyesight and the systems of circulation in his body. Therefore, she requested him not to do those things any more. Normally, knowing my father, he would never stop his favorite hobbies whatsoever, but knowing that this request was coming from the genuine love and care of my mother, my father left his hobby within a month. Ever since then, I have not seen those machines at all. I wonder what happened to them! They may have spoiled after years of not being used due to the humidity of the Himalayan valley.

Well, there are lots of things to write but that is all for the time being.

Cheers!