I just spent an hour trying to log in to Gmail and Blogger. Now I have to logout to go to a reading transmission Khenpo is about to give.
We met HH Sakya Trizin and his wife and one son yesterday, along with another Rinpoche who is the "right hand man" for the family. Sveta knew him well from several years ago so they were like old friends.
Last night was a celebration with a nice meal of thupa prepared by the local Tibetans. Then Khenpo organized a big fire puja, the first ever on the property. About 80 people altogether. Everyone participated offering the mounds of food to the ceremonial fire. This is a generosity practice and we visualized offering the food to the mouths of all buddhas, the mouths of all sentient beings. We chanted a lot of mantras and did kora around the fire. Khenpo is the master of fire pujas and this one was really amazing. One of the Tibetan men offered some fireworks at key points during the ceremony. That was a new one for me, and given that they were uncomfortably close I was a little concerned.
Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche's tulku attended last night and today with his family. I got to chat more with his dad, Choying. He hopes to establish a presence in America for his son.
This morning there was a nice breakfast prepared by the Tibetans. A group of us went to a nearby home where they were manufacturing bells and dorjes and phurbas. The quality was good, and the prices fair, so a number of us bought some.
So far the hard drive in the laptop is still not spinning up, so I'm investigating data recovery services here in India.
I better head back for the lung (reading transmission). Tonight we pack up and get on the bus around 11 PM for an all-night journey to our next stop on the tour.
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