Fri, 07 Nov 2008
Doctor Drupon
I suppose i should post again so my few readers don't think I was swallowed alive by a bear at the retreat. The group doing the retreat was small, eight people, including Drupon Thinley Nyingpo and his brother Lama Gyaltsen. Probably this was because doing the retreat meant taking vacation time. Also, the yidam we were practicing, Amitayus, is not particularly "sexy." But I was glad to do the practice so that I could dedicate the practice to Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche's long life. The practice went well, with not too much physical soreness and no more mental wandering than usual. But I did come down with a cold and was sniffling and blowing my nose a lot the first day. Drupon gave me some Tibetan medicine which made the cold go away. I haven't been impressed by Tibetan medicine in the past, but this experience changed my mind.
