At our center we've been blesses with two wonderful teachers in as many weeks. Lama Inge visited us from Spokane, Washington. She is a remarkable woman. The thing I noticed most about her is that she is joyful all of the time, and it is infectious. This week Lama Norlha Rinpoche is visiting, who is a very high Lama. He has all sorts of plans for us. One of our sangha members has some rural land, and Rinpoche wants to build a stupa and a dharma center. Last night, my wife and I went to a pot luck expecting the usual sort of thing, but the group ended up planning a nonprofit organization for the project. Rinpoche says he will spend half his time here and will send us several graduates of his three year retreat program every year as teachers. We can't believe our luck, especially as this came completely out of the blue.
A stupa, by the way, is a large monument which is infused with hundreds of thousands of prayers, and they are reputed to have the ability to balance the elements and mitigate natural disasters. It will also help to purify the region's negative karma from slavery and oppresion of native americans.
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