12/14/2023 0 Comments Zen den ocean njThe Rinpoches are all very excited about the Tibetan word processor. We had a nice chat - he thanked me for the programs I've created. I came back down to Boudha the day before I left Nepal and he was there. We did have our proper talk a few days later at the new home of DKHP. The little ceremony is over, but it sticks in my mind beyond the colors and the sounds of those couple of minutes. He says he's heard of all the work I've been up to and that we will have a proper talk later. He drapes the kata around my neck and bumps heads with me. Present the kata the good folks at Dragon Guest House had given me as a going away gift. Each monk presents him with a kata, and in return receiving a blessing - and the kata back. Two Tibetan oboes squeal bagpipe-like from the roof. As he starts for the stairs up to the courtyard, I head over to the very end of the receiving line and take my place after the youngest of the monks and the household staff. He greets his mother and then notices me on the roof 2 floors up and waves. And finally Rinpoche and his beautiful wife come into view. He is followed by two more porters with two suitcases each. Towards 6PM, these boys get excited and I know it's arrival time.įirst to appear is a porter with a gigantic suitcase. There are 2 monks and a young boy hanging out on the roof of one of the houses just down the trail - they will be the first to know of Rinpoche's arrival. After awhile, the monks all line up in order by height. I stroll down again and hang out on the rooftop of the monks quarters. All the monks have gathered in the courtyard with white katas (scarves). I figure Rinpoche has gone to visit his guru, Adi Rinpoche, who arrived in Kathmandu in late May to oversee the editing work of the Drupa Kagyu Heritage Project.Īt 5 PM, it's obvious everyone is now expecting Rinpoche. One of the trips is inspired by Rinpoche's mother gazing down the trail from the roof of the new retreat center - does she know something? But, no, the afternoon drags on. I make a couple of wanders down to the courtyard in front of the main building so see what if anything is happening. But as the days go by, it's getting easier. It's hard to settle in to meditate - every time I try, I come up with wonderful new changes to make to the computer programs. I spend the afternoon doing a little programming, and actually meditating. Rinpoche's office is undergoing a thorough cleaning. After just a couple of these hikes, I now can do this hill now and not feel exhausted - I arrive back here with plenty of energy to take a shower and do my laundry, having just created a fresh batch of sweat soaked clothes.Īt 10 AM there is a swarm of activity in the hall outside my room. I know that the flight from Lhasa arrives around noon, so I make my trip down the hill to buy a bottle of drinking water - and get my much needed exercise - as soon after breakfast as my digestion will allow. He's been in Hong Kong and most recently in Lhasa visiting with his wife's family. He left a couple of months ago to teach meditation retreats in America and Europe. Today is the day Tsoknyi Rinpoche is supposed to return from Lhasa, Tibet, to his monastery here high atop the hill behind Swyambunath.
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