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Dalai Lama Teachings-McLeod Ganj
We attended 2 days of HH the Dalai Lama’s teachings for the Russian buddhists this week. The registration process to get upstairs to the courtyard outside the actual temple where he spoke was confusing, but we managed it. I didn’t register until the 2nd afternoon, & did it at the temple, as the Security Office staff were all at the temple.
We listened to the teachings through English translation on an fm radio. Some of them I found useful, while at other times my mind wondered. He spoke about emptyness & about ending suffering (samsara). At one point his message ovderlapped with other messages like ‘new age:’ & Christian ones: “Put others before yourself & your desires will automatically be fulfilled”. Even if one doesn’t listen to the teachings at all, being there in the temple, surrounded by that spiritual energy is a very healing experience.
The heavy security in the upstairs courtyard (Indian army & police with rifles & Tibetan & Indian plain clothes men) was at odds with the energy of the place & of the teachings. Their actual presence was likely meant to send a strong message.
Two days later we returned to the temple to have prayers said for my friend & her 2 daughters (the mom & 1 daughter are seriously ill). The energy in the main Dali Lama temple, empty save for one monk, was incredible. I could feel it when I moved my hands through the air.
I discovered almost by accident, that we could light butter candles for our friends in the candle room, just a few yards from the temple. Two nuns & a lay woman were making the candles. Don & I lit 100 small candles with 2 tapers. It was a very moving experience & I’m sure our friends will feel these healing prayers being sent to them through the ethers.
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Ellen