My dear fellow practitioners
I decided to enter this forum because I feel I have something to contribute.
My root guru Kyabje Zong Rinpoche always used to say “DS must be controlled, don’t let him take you over”. He rode the tiger. So did my other teacher, HE Trijang Rinpoche. DS has always been good to me, done incredible unbelievable things which I won't recount here because you would not believe it, causing thousands of deaths. But I am realistic because I don’t let DS rule me – I use him when I need him. As Kyabje Zong Rinpoche showed us how, I’m the boss. This is the trick some of us are missing I think, hung up with acting the victim, making jumped-up claims and criticising others instead of looking at what you do yourself. A motivation check is needed - what do we want to achieve, what is feasible, why are we doing this? Clarity is needed but confusion reigns and we are (to be blunt) pissing in the wind here. Let's find more positive and realistice means of action.
If our NKT students are discovered propitiating Guru Rinpoche or were found to have attended The Dalai Lama’s teachings, what happens? We throw them out before you can say “Jack Flash”. That’s the NKT’s right, because it’s our organisation, we make the rules, we do what we like. Nobody can complain.
Same thing in India. The monasteries and settlements belong to the CTA. They make the rules, if we don’t do what they say, we get thrown out. We cannot complain about that, no more than dissident KNT students expelled for worshipping Guru Rinpoche or attending Dalai Lama talks.
Let’s face it, brothers and sisters! It’s reality, isn't it?
So please let's get real. We are actually banging our own heads on a brick wall, and nobody will benefit, least of all ourselves. If our practitioners in India are not allowed in the monasteries or the settlements because the owners don’t like what they do, let's take a hike to more friendly pastures. What do we expect to achive except creating more tension and disharmony? Wake up, go to your cushions, quietly do our own thing, and try to sort our heads out.
John Mitchell
