On my recent trip to the himalayas I visited the Norbulinka Monastery, near Dharamsala, where the head lama is the karmapa. I attended some of his teachings, which were very simple and beautiful, centred on how to develop love and compassion in our hearts. At the end of the teaching all those who attended presented their katas to him and then he gave us each a red thread on which he had made a small triple knot. I have 3 such threads and i wear one, on which I have a small silver pendant of the sun. He has a very wodnerful spiritual presence, I made eye contact with him on one occasion and it was like a huge enormous surge of energy within me, I was left quivering, my limbs shook, I was full of this amazingly wonderful feeling. The very same was given to me before by my guru Swami Tejomayananda also. What beauty there is is such people, it filled my heart with joy. Om shanti shanti shanti...
wow!! you met His Holiness the Karmapa? amazing! i am so happy for you...it must have been eye opening to say the least. unfortunately it may be some time till he comes over to the UK as his movements are restricted by the PLA of China....... but nonetheless i am so happy for you to have had this experience. he really is an amazing person isn't he? HH the Dalai Lama was in EDinburgh recently and a few of out Tibetan society members from the university met with him. hopefully we will be holding the next conference over here for the tibet support groups round the world and then i too will have my chance to meet him! much love and light, in Dharma uma x x x
Hari Om blessed one! Yes, His Holiness is so beautiful...His face radiates calm and poise, an inner peace that goes unfathmably deep. When I was 3 years old was taken to live in the Tapovan Ashram in Sidhabari, walking distance from the norbulinka monastery. This was the time when the karmapa was coronated, as a very young child of about my age. I was taken to meet him at that time and we played together with his little red toy car. I didnt remember htis very clearly until my mother told nme about the incident, now I have a faint recollection of it and of a stone wall with a window sill on which we rolled the car. May His grace fall abundantly upon you, Om!Om!Om!
