Tashi delek! In late March I traveled to Boudhanath, Nepal, to receive the empowerments of the Nyingma Kama—the long, historical transmission—from His Holiness Moktza Rinpoche, the high lama of Katok Gonpa. Katok is the oldest Nyingma monastery in Eastern Tibet and the mother monastery of Chagdud Gonpa. I had not planned to attend, having already received all but two of the Kama empowerments. However, Moktza Rinpoche sent word urging me to attend, and I considered the auspicious interdependence for this and my next life and the responsibility of maintaining the Nyingma tradition. I put aside concern about my health and the difficulty of extended air travel and decided to go.
I arrived in Nepal feeling quite unwell, and I found it very hard to walk. Moktza Rinpoche concluded the empowerments with Duddul Dorje’s treasure of Vajrakilaya, complete with wealth and long-life transmissions. My energy improved from that moment on.
Another source of energy and joy for me was seeing the new maturity and dharma progress of my grandson, Orgyen Tromge. He attended the empowerments accompanied by my son, Tulku Jigme Tromge. Any doubts that remained about the wisdom of sending him for training at Mindroling Gonpa have vanished, and I have great hopes for his future.
During this visit to Nepal, I moved ahead on the construction of Katok Ritröd, a retreat facility near Parping. Katok will select about eight excellent practitioners to enter retreat for three or five years. Other rooms for shorter retreats will be available for Western as well as Tibetan practitioners.
I spent time discussing the plans and estimates with the people who carry out my activities in Nepal, and they are looking for a knowledgeable, honest builder.Good-quality construction there is quite expensive—nevertheless, the project has its initial momentum. Ten thousand dollars have been offered by the Roy, Lindley,and Rogers families in the name of their late mother, Jo Ann Oxley Roy; and ten thousand more by Lama Dorje in the name of his late father, William D. Miller. Also, my wife has offered much of the income of her recent U.S. tour. I feel that the retreat component of monastic studies is essential, and that this Katok retreat center will prove to be a very important star in the Katok constellation. I look forward to seeing you again. Unbelievably to me, I really am an old man now and have limitations I never expected.
But this old man’s happiness grows powerful and pervasive when he sees the children of his heart.
In the dharma,
Chagdud Rinpoche
Tashi delek! In late March I traveled to Boudhanath, Nepal, to receive the empowerments of the Nyingma Kama—the long, historical transmission—from His Holiness Moktza Rinpoche, the high lama of Katok Gonpa. Katok is the oldest Nyingma monastery in Eastern Tibet and the mother monastery of Chagdud Gonpa. I had not planned to attend, having already received all but two of the Kama empowerments. However, Moktza Rinpoche sent word urging me to attend, and I considered the auspicious interdependence for this and my next life and the responsibility of maintaining the Nyingma tradition. I put aside concern about my health and the difficulty of extended air travel and decided to go.
I arrived in Nepal feeling quite unwell, and I found it very hard to walk. Moktza Rinpoche concluded the empowerments with Duddul Dorje’s treasure of Vajrakilaya, complete with wealth and long-life transmissions. My energy improved from that moment on.
Another source of energy and joy for me was seeing the new maturity and dharma progress of my grandson, Orgyen Tromge. He attended the empowerments accompanied by my son, Tulku Jigme Tromge. Any doubts that remained about the wisdom of sending him for training at Mindroling Gonpa have vanished, and I have great hopes for his future.
During this visit to Nepal, I moved ahead on the construction of Katok Ritröd, a retreat facility near Parping. Katok will select about eight excellent practitioners to enter retreat for three or five years. Other rooms for shorter retreats will be available for Western as well as Tibetan practitioners.
I spent time discussing the plans and estimates with the people who carry out my activities in Nepal, and they are looking for a knowledgeable, honest builder.Good-quality construction there is quite expensive—nevertheless, the project has its initial momentum. Ten thousand dollars have been offered by the Roy, Lindley,and Rogers families in the name of their late mother, Jo Ann Oxley Roy; and ten thousand more by Lama Dorje in the name of his late father, William D. Miller. Also, my wife has offered much of the income of her recent U.S. tour. I feel that the retreat component of monastic studies is essential, and that this Katok retreat center will prove to be a very important star in the Katok constellation. I look forward to seeing you again. Unbelievably to me, I really am an old man now and have limitations I never expected.
But this old man’s happiness grows powerful and pervasive when he sees the children of his heart.
In the dharma,
Chagdud Rinpoche
Tashi delek! In late March I traveled to Boudhanath, Nepal, to receive the empowerments of the Nyingma Kama—the long, historical transmission—from His Holiness Moktza Rinpoche, the high lama of Katok Gonpa. Katok is the oldest Nyingma monastery in Eastern Tibet and the mother monastery of Chagdud Gonpa. I had not planned to attend, having already received all but two of the Kama empowerments. However, Moktza Rinpoche sent word urging me to attend, and I considered the auspicious interdependence for this and my next life and the responsibility of maintaining the Nyingma tradition. I put aside concern about my health and the difficulty of extended air travel and decided to go.
I arrived in Nepal feeling quite unwell, and I found it very hard to walk. Moktza Rinpoche concluded the empowerments with Duddul Dorje’s treasure of Vajrakilaya, complete with wealth and long-life transmissions. My energy improved from that moment on.
Another source of energy and joy for me was seeing the new maturity and dharma progress of my grandson, Orgyen Tromge. He attended the empowerments accompanied by my son, Tulku Jigme Tromge. Any doubts that remained about the wisdom of sending him for training at Mindroling Gonpa have vanished, and I have great hopes for his future.
During this visit to Nepal, I moved ahead on the construction of Katok Ritröd, a retreat facility near Parping. Katok will select about eight excellent practitioners to enter retreat for three or five years. Other rooms for shorter retreats will be available for Western as well as Tibetan practitioners.
I spent time discussing the plans and estimates with the people who carry out my activities in Nepal, and they are looking for a knowledgeable, honest builder.Good-quality construction there is quite expensive—nevertheless, the project has its initial momentum. Ten thousand dollars have been offered by the Roy, Lindley,and Rogers families in the name of their late mother, Jo Ann Oxley Roy; and ten thousand more by Lama Dorje in the name of his late father, William D. Miller. Also, my wife has offered much of the income of her recent U.S. tour. I feel that the retreat component of monastic studies is essential, and that this Katok retreat center will prove to be a very important star in the Katok constellation. I look forward to seeing you again. Unbelievably to me, I really am an old man now and have limitations I never expected.
But this old man’s happiness grows powerful and pervasive when he sees the children of his heart.
In the dharma,
Chagdud Rinpoche
Tashi delek! In late March I traveled to Boudhanath, Nepal, to receive the empowerments of the Nyingma Kama—the long, historical transmission—from His Holiness Moktza Rinpoche, the high lama of Katok Gonpa. Katok is the oldest Nyingma monastery in Eastern Tibet and the mother monastery of Chagdud Gonpa. I had not planned to attend, having already received all but two of the Kama empowerments. However, Moktza Rinpoche sent word urging me to attend, and I considered the auspicious interdependence for this and my next life and the responsibility of maintaining the Nyingma tradition. I put aside concern about my health and the difficulty of extended air travel and decided to go.
I arrived in Nepal feeling quite unwell, and I found it very hard to walk. Moktza Rinpoche concluded the empowerments with Duddul Dorje’s treasure of Vajrakilaya, complete with wealth and long-life transmissions. My energy improved from that moment on.
Another source of energy and joy for me was seeing the new maturity and dharma progress of my grandson, Orgyen Tromge. He attended the empowerments accompanied by my son, Tulku Jigme Tromge. Any doubts that remained about the wisdom of sending him for training at Mindroling Gonpa have vanished, and I have great hopes for his future.
During this visit to Nepal, I moved ahead on the construction of Katok Ritröd, a retreat facility near Parping. Katok will select about eight excellent practitioners to enter retreat for three or five years. Other rooms for shorter retreats will be available for Western as well as Tibetan practitioners.
I spent time discussing the plans and estimates with the people who carry out my activities in Nepal, and they are looking for a knowledgeable, honest builder.Good-quality construction there is quite expensive—nevertheless, the project has its initial momentum. Ten thousand dollars have been offered by the Roy, Lindley,and Rogers families in the name of their late mother, Jo Ann Oxley Roy; and ten thousand more by Lama Dorje in the name of his late father, William D. Miller. Also, my wife has offered much of the income of her recent U.S. tour. I feel that the retreat component of monastic studies is essential, and that this Katok retreat center will prove to be a very important star in the Katok constellation. I look forward to seeing you again. Unbelievably to me, I really am an old man now and have limitations I never expected.
But this old man’s happiness grows powerful and pervasive when he sees the children of his heart.
In the dharma,
Chagdud Rinpoche
Tashi delek! In late March I traveled to Boudhanath, Nepal, to receive the empowerments of the Nyingma Kama—the long, historical transmission—from His Holiness Moktza Rinpoche, the high lama of Katok Gonpa. Katok is the oldest Nyingma monastery in Eastern Tibet and the mother monastery of Chagdud Gonpa. I had not planned to attend, having already received all but two of the Kama empowerments. However, Moktza Rinpoche sent word urging me to attend, and I considered the auspicious interdependence for this and my next life and the responsibility of maintaining the Nyingma tradition. I put aside concern about my health and the difficulty of extended air travel and decided to go.
I arrived in Nepal feeling quite unwell, and I found it very hard to walk. Moktza Rinpoche concluded the empowerments with Duddul Dorje’s treasure of Vajrakilaya, complete with wealth and long-life transmissions. My energy improved from that moment on.
Another source of energy and joy for me was seeing the new maturity and dharma progress of my grandson, Orgyen Tromge. He attended the empowerments accompanied by my son, Tulku Jigme Tromge. Any doubts that remained about the wisdom of sending him for training at Mindroling Gonpa have vanished, and I have great hopes for his future.
During this visit to Nepal, I moved ahead on the construction of Katok Ritröd, a retreat facility near Parping. Katok will select about eight excellent practitioners to enter retreat for three or five years. Other rooms for shorter retreats will be available for Western as well as Tibetan practitioners.
I spent time discussing the plans and estimates with the people who carry out my activities in Nepal, and they are looking for a knowledgeable, honest builder.Good-quality construction there is quite expensive—nevertheless, the project has its initial momentum. Ten thousand dollars have been offered by the Roy, Lindley,and Rogers families in the name of their late mother, Jo Ann Oxley Roy; and ten thousand more by Lama Dorje in the name of his late father, William D. Miller. Also, my wife has offered much of the income of her recent U.S. tour. I feel that the retreat component of monastic studies is essential, and that this Katok retreat center will prove to be a very important star in the Katok constellation. I look forward to seeing you again. Unbelievably to me, I really am an old man now and have limitations I never expected.
But this old man’s happiness grows powerful and pervasive when he sees the children of his heart.
In the dharma,
Chagdud Rinpoche
