Consulting Nechung Oracle...
Early morning departure for Ling Labrang where the Nechung Medium has been invited to go channel the State Oracle of Tibet
In trance, Nechung Oracle presents a universal offering to H.E. Ling Rinpoche
They speak
And ask Khyongla Rinpoche to join
Oracular pow wow
Nechung's spirit leaves the medium's body
Ling Rinpoche and Khyongla Rinpoche read what Nechung said
and discuss
and then
relax
Kullu Valley...
Greetings from the Naggar Castel
Prayers are said at the Castel Chapel each morning
Rinpoche says his own prayers on his verandah
and peers over to watch the badminton games
and listen to the lovely sound of old vehicles warming up
This is our other temple, across the street
And this is the laundry man drying our sheets before a storm
His wife and her friend knit sweaters
The storm arrived
and the mountaintop was white with snow the following morning
All is well in Kullu Valley
Singapore...
His Eminence Ling Rinpoche, the reincarnation of the Senior Tutor of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, visited Singapore recently. I was asked to translate for Rinpoche, and was not able to resist taking a few pictures...
Inauguration of a Dharma Celebration
Rinpoche performs a self initiation before bestowing the initiation on others
Ritual for removing obstacles to the bestowal of the initiation
Blessing the participants...
Preparing for teaching
Teaching
And speaking to the Singaporean students of Buddhism
A young disciple
Rinpoche with monks and the wife of the former Prime Minister
A devotee after the teaching