Our Life - On The way to Karmapa
  Second Pilgrimage to India
BY Karma Pema Wangmo
     
 

From America, first I stop by HK to meet my e-mail friend for the first time.

 
His Holiness after 14 days
retreat
With HH 17th Karmapa blessing, I received two empowerments: one from Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche and other from A-Ten Phuntsok Rinpoche. I even attended a Life Release ceremony by KTR with a group of 700 devotees on a ferry in HK.
 
With Thrangu Rinpoche on the boat for the Life Release Ceremony

Ten days later, I went to Dharamsala in India while His Holiness was on a 14 days retreat, then I went to Sherab Ling to study with Khenpo Tashi Gyaltsen, who is a head abbot of this Kagyu institute. When His Holiness gave me a private audience, I came with two brothers monks from Sherab Ling. We got to see the big parek white bird and touched His Holiness' dog. For me, after one year I saw HH again, He has growing to become a more powerful Buddha. I saw His eyes with full of love and compassion toward me.

  At the meeting, I talked to His Holiness about my Rinpoche said: in Tibet the position of monks is above nuns, although nuns are very respect over there. I asked His Holiness, why it's so unfair to nuns, they even don't have enough nunneries like those monks? His Holiness said : He didn't know much about the history of this situation, but maybe they don't have much nuns and they don't need a lot of school like monks in Tibet. He said : life is not fair, if we make life is fair, it will create a lot of change and it can not happen. Then I told Him about the story of Rosie. She is a German shaper dog of the guesthouse at Sherab Ling. One morning, I had a piece of bread with cheese and jam on top. Since I signaled to call the dog, she came and waiting for the food. I separated my bread became 2 pieces: one small piece was for the dog, and the big piece was for me. Just in one second, the dog took the big piece. All I can do was laughed. The dog was big, faster than me. It made me think of life, the strong one got it all. His Holiness smiled. I bowed and hear His Holiness said "Thank you". Later, I received 4 public audience, His Holiness always began with a long mantra prayers for all sentient being and 3 days He taught about the three poisons: desire, anger, ignorance. About love, compassion and bodhisattvas, His Holiness taught one example about the soil, we need to water them with the right seed, and then we'll get good fruit. The last day, I got to said good-bye to His Holiness and thank you for the entire blessing He has gave to me. His Holiness smiled and said thank you .
 


Sherab Ling Institute

One day, I got a private meeting with Bokar Rinpoche; he is a very wise Rinpoche. He said compare to 10 or 20 years ago, the western had more change to study in the west with many centers, even the nunneries are become available. He laughed when he hear I said I want to become a monk because it give me more change to study near so many good masters. He suggested I can study some courses Tibetan language and ... After spent a day in New Delhi with my monk friend, I went back to HK and I became a student of Khenpo Jigdal Dorjye, then I crossed the border to China to see my A-Ten Rinpoche. He asked me to come to celebrate the Milarapa construction at Chodrak monastery in north west Tibet in 2002.

 

Karma Pema Wangmo


My A-Ten Rinpoche, I am his first Student from Western
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