Crown Jewel of Wisdom & Compassion

For starters a real highlight and crown jewel culmination of our pilgrimage, we met the Dalai Lama early this morning in a blessing line at his Leh Ladhaki residence. The amazing spiritual presence of this great inspirational being, and Carl was moved to devotional tears which seemed to delight His Holiness. One cannot help but feel like one is meeting the maha bodhisattva as if the Buddha himself.

"Every drop of bodhicitta is an ocean of compassion"

Over a month now we've been in a remote Ladhaki mt monastery hermitage on retreat and no cell signal with a small group 8-9 monks, nuns, and lay yogis aspiring to develop universal bodhicitta compassion and liberating nondual mahamudra meditation. The donation sponsored traditional vegetarian meals of dal bhat, cooked veggies, chapati, sweet or butter tea with roasted barley tsampa flour, and mud brick room accommodation offered are simple and sufficiently supportive for undistracted intensive practice in accord with one's intention and ability.

The 14,000 ft rugged mountain Death Valleyesque terrain with miles of hikable yak, goat, and wild sheep trails in every direction amidst wide open skies with snow peak views and high Himalayan medicinal summer wildflowers in bloom under foot, are a delight for nature lovers and a relaxing break of morning and evening outdoor walking meditation and exploring from the many hours indoor sitting in one's room or at the shrines. One dusk a few days after stumbling on a sheep kill I saw what looked a ghostly lone wolf watching me then vanish into the night.

Atitse Hermitage at Lamayuru Monastery in Ladakh

This hermitage is especially renowned for it's Naropa cave, after the famous 11th century mahasiddha yogi of Kashmir, a forefather of this Drikung Kagyu lineage of cave yogi style practitioners, and the ancient timeless now nondual meditation energy in there is oh so palpable. There have been continuous extraordinary yogi meditaters realising special psycho physical abilities and enlightenment in these remote caves and mountain hermitages since and may it be so presently and hopefully long into the future.

"Dear Naropa it's not your perceptions which bind you but clinging, so give up your clinging Naropa"

So now back in Delhi for a few days R&R and health checks at famous Apollo hospital, probably just a dentist visit for me. Carl needs a visa renewal soon so he'll pop over to Kathmandu, and I'm about ready to fly back to USA, with a friendly visit stopover in the SF Bay Area before returning to Arizona and Dharma Treasure.

Hoping all are well and all auspicious circumstances prevailing. Wishing well much love and superb summer splendor adventures sarva mangalam.