Meet Nyima
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| Nyima |
Nyima has to be in his late 60's. We met in the chia shop over a breakfast of chapatti, omelette and chai. He does not speak English so we had a funny conversation with me practicing my very bad Tibetan and Hindi, the shopkeeper filling in the blanks and lots of hand and facial expressions. I just love these conversations with older Tibetans because when in doubt they just laugh, which is a great policy which I have trying to adopt more.
Anyway I believe Nyima came out of Tibet 50 years ago not long after His
Holiness fled to India. He is a skinny, tall man but by no means frail. Looking
at Nyima, I bet he has lived through tough times, with basic amenities and very
little luxuries. His robes were well worn and shoes broken and re-stitched.
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| Tso Pema |
He lives in Tso Pema in Himachal Pradesh which is a holy lake of
Guru Rinpoche. The lake has a few ministries as well as many meditators in the
hills surrounding the lake. I would have like to know if he was a meditate and
asked his advice on practice but I think his teaching to me was to laugh more.
Nyima is also here for the teachings and will also visit Bodhgaya before
heading back to Himachal Pradesh.
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