My Dream House in Nepal Mountains
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This has been my dream all my life. To live in the mountains with greens, fresh air and simple houses. I stay here and just do retreats, offerings, meditations and dharma readings. If I can retire from my position now, that is what I wish to do so much. I got these pictures from Nepal when I was there. The pictures show Nepalese villages or homes. I had these pictures framed and kept with me. I would look at them often and pretend I lived there. I have no such luxury of course.
I can see me in the house on the left (above) with yellow flower fields..and to the right is assistant’s homes…and the assistants would perhaps go down the mountain once a month to get supplies. I would see the mountain peaks daily and be away from all the samsaric bustle that I would not miss in any way. I would have a large 7ft Vajra Yogini statue in my home here, with butterlamps, offerings and many flowers daily. We would cook fresh food to offer Vajra Yogini Daily and do her sacred pujas and meditations. How intoxicating and exciting. My heart is beating fast and hair stand on end even as I type this.
When I found these pictures in Nepal last year, my heart skipped a beat and I was so excited. I wanted so much to live here and be here. I don’t like the city, or city environments. I do not want to do business, or teach, or have big temples/centres or meet hundreds of people. I want to be in a house in the mountains with a few people, my sacred Vajra Yogini statue, with my Mumu, no nearby neighbours and be in quiet and peace. Engaged in retreats. This is what I wanted since I was a very young child. Whatever I am doing now is the instructions from my gurus or I would be not here. For now I can just look at the pictures and wish. Just hope one day in this life or next, I can be in a place like this so much…….I wish to be here so much…so so much.
With great sadness, Tsem Tulku
Look at this picture above…imagine myself in this house with not many neighbours nearby. Grow some vegetables. Grow flowers for offerings to the Buddhas. Make fresh incense offerings daily (sangsol). I would not be bored at all.
Look at this beautiful place above. It is just so dreamy for me to be here and live here. So maybe I can stay in this house too?? But I prefer the first picture with the reddish houses.
Then maybe once a month, my assistants climb down the mountain to this village (above) and do our shopping and get supplies. So surreal. Like Shangrila.
Look at the prayer flags hanging off the flagpoles in this village. The multi-colored prayer flags brings blessings to the environment when the wind flutters through them…the sacred mantras are carried by the wind to all the beings and environment in the area. So nice to be here.
Dear Rinpoche,
These are beautiful images: I can see why you’d like to retire to the mountains. It all looks so peaceful and serene. I can imagine the last image especially having been painted by Van Gogh, such is its delightful yet simplistic beauty.
To live as you described would be to live completely, in the heart of nature. In short, it would be bliss.
I hope you receive your wish to eventually live your dream. You give so much to so many others, tirelessly and without condition; you deserve every happiness and peace.
It is sad to see that you feel great sadness in the longing for your dream, Rinpoche. Whenever you feel like this, please remember that I – along with countless others – are filled with wondrous joy in having you as our teacher, guide and continuous inspiration. No doubt, if we could, we would offer you your dream house in the mountains as a small gift for your being our greatest gift.
With gratitude and warmest regards, Rinpoche,
Sandy
WOW… I can “see” now why Rinpoche loves the mountains especially in that part of the world. To have such an amazing backdrop to wake up to every morning would be absolutely wonderful. I can imagine what a spectacular sight to behold it must be at pre-dawn… sigh!
I wish to visit Nepal and Tibet one day… To go to where these pictures were taken even. And most of all to share this with Thierry… We want something just as magical in our own backyard. Perhaps not with snow capped mountains but at least somewhere idylic and peacful… somewhere cooling, breezy, misty… somewhere like KWPC??? In a little cottage build into the hills.
Wow these are beautiful. Now i know why Rinpoche likes to live in the mountains, fresh air, openness, peaceful and calm. It is so serene and away from the maddening crowd.
May Rinpoche’s dream be fulfilled with the manifestation of KWPC!
True words from the heart of H.E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche. It is incredible how much such great attained masters will ‘sacrifice’ in order to benefit others. Yet it is not really a sacrifice, merely a manifestation of “sacrifice”. That’s how I see it anyways. It is also an example to everyone to give up their selfish needs and wants for the greater benefit of others. This is not the first time that RInpoche has spoken about his longing to be in the mountains, yet he remains everyday with us students, advising us, teaching us, guiding us, even learning to blog, tweet and facebook in order to reach out to more and more people across the world. In truth, Rinpoche dislikes all this technology, preferring to remain in the seclusion of the mountains yet he does it anyway.
Every time I think about it, I am humbled, moved and inspired all at once. May I and others like myself never sway in our determination to make Rinpoche’s vision manifest.
A manifestation of “Sacrifice”…
I have read a few accounts and watched a few videos of Lamas who say that they hate teaching and would like to retire away, go back to their spiritual homes. And yet, they stay on for our sakes, because they cannot bear to see us the way we are. They give up every of their personal likes just to be able to make even a small change in one person and move their hearts towards practice.
More than that, in spite of whatever Rinpoche does not like or feels uncomfortable doing (or he manifests that dislike), Rinpoche will still do whatever he needs to do perfectly, to the best of his ability and with great passion. It is not about what he does or doesn’t like but about the fact that doing something well could make a profound difference to someone else.
I am humbled but also ashamed that in response to all that Rinpoche has “given up” to be here with us, I am doing so little. May we each be able to learn true gratitude for all that our Gurus do for us and, more importantly, pay it forward so others can connect to this same precious path.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing the beautiful pictures of Nepal mountains and forests. Although I have not been to Nepal to see the mountains and forests, I can feel and imagine the tranquility in those simple huts enjoying the quietness and peace. Although you have a place which you call your CAVE here in KL. It would not be the same. You cannot find natural surroundings in the city. Rinpoche I know you have not been happy for a long time until now. As you grow older with age you yearn for the natural mountains and trees. And I sincerely wish from my heart that your dreams and wishes will come true very quickly.
Anila just told me that if it is Rinpoche’s wish to stay in the mountains, then I should wish the same for Him.
Dear Rinpoche,
As Rinpoche described your dream home, i too can imagine being there and i too have longed to get away from it all. Long before i even met anyone from Kechara, my dream was to retreat into the deepest forest preferably somewhere up in the hills with my dogs…and just be. So to some measure i can identify with Rinpoche’s feelings and longings. And it saddens me to remember yet again that Rinpoche has had to give up so much for the sake of your students.
Since meeting Rinpoche, that dream to retreat from life has taken a back seat. My purpose and yearning is to learn and practice the Dharma and to tell and share it with as many people as i possibly can.
My dream to be in the montains have not disappeared but the longing for peace is fulfilled each time i hear Rinpoche’s message, whether its delivered in person or via videos. In that sense, for as long as i have the merit to study from Rinpoche, the fresh cool montain air, the flutterings of the prayer flags, the scent of the grasslands, the gentle whisperings of the winds…are all already in me. The rest is just geography.
Nevertheless, i am blessed to have Rinpoche even though i am sad to feel Rinpoche’s sadness.
Much Love,
Martin
those picture are so nice, the scenery are just breath taking, peace and calm…perfect for retreat and meditation
Rinpoche when he was young had to overcome so much obstacles to do what he yearns in his heart or burns in his heart. So much non acceptance, so much resistance, so much obstacles yet he prevailed. Then now he is in a ‘barbaric’ land when Dharma consciousness is not pervasive how much he had to struggle to benefit us students. We must not forget Rinpoche’s difficulty and sacrifice in bringing the Dharma to those of us in Darkness!
Oh Tsem, if I could only take your sadness away. Of course I could offer to you to do your job, but I don’t think I have all this bunch of qualifications and knowledge of the scriptures you have. To be honest in a way I seem to be a completely different person. And if I would live in malaisia, who would care for my parents, how would I finance my old age pension… and who would possibly hold the Vadjra Yoghini flag up in the west?
Sounds a little silly doesn’t it? But I also don’t have much money to travel and I had some unfortunate experiences on longer journeys to Israel, Crete and New York. Love, Knut
My dream home too.
Dear Rinpoche,I am the animal lover from facebook,and I absolutely know how you feel. I feel the same.For whatever reasons I find myself in cities always helping others,and I love the mountains. I went to The Andes mountains and I fell in love with the mountains of Peru,similar to the Nelalese mountains. I long to live in a place like this. Never give up,I know in my heart your dream of living in the mountains will come true in this lifetime!!
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Om Maha Yakcha Tsa Soha. I wish that guru Rinpoche will be able to fulfill his wishes to live in an environment like this in the future. Since young, I had also truly enjoyed views of the cold mountains… so it is understandable where guru is coming from. A life of spiritual dedication in the most heart-opening of places. May it be done.