The Very Long Journey

Early in February we went form Sera to Bangalore in a taxi, and then from Bangalore to Delhi by train.  I enjoyed it very much in the train and slept very well.  I stayed a few days in Delhi and then went to the Taj Mahal — I enjoyed it pretty much.  Then we flew to Kopan.  I had a very nice time in Kopan.  I also had my birthday in Kopan — February 12.  We had a lunch with all the geshes and lamas of Kopan and then after that we had a tea party with all the monks of Kopan.  Then after that came Losar, Tibetan New Year, and I also had a very nice time then too.

Then on February 26, I flew from Kathmandu to Delhi and stayed in Delhi for three days, to wait for Kunkyen, my brother, and then we went in a train to Patankot.  From Patankot we went by the Tushita Jeep to Tushita, Dharamsala.  This is where I am now.  And then I received from His Holiness the Dalai Lama teachings on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation.  I enjoyed it very much.  And now these teachings have finished and today is a holiday, so tomorrow and the next day an initiation will be given, then teachings on Lama Chöpa.

Comings and Goings

Kunkyen has come back from Singapore and knows a little bit of Mandarin.  But nobody else has come or gone!

Good News & Bad News

Good News:  We are building a new floor on top of the house at Sera.  We have already destroyed the stairs and have put them somewhere else.

Bad News:  I am now 14, so I cannot play as much and I have to study more, without as many breaks as before.

Dictator – Tenzin Osel

Director – Tenzin Osel

First Class Coolie – Sally