Thanks for Maitreya Buddha Thangka

Dearest one,
I was extremely happy to receive your kind letter and the very beautiful thangka of Maitreya Buddha. Thank you  very much. Everything went extremely well in Bodhgaya at the teaching of His Holiness. His Holiness visited the land to bless it and to give advice; it was unbelievable. In the tent that was set up there, there were one thousand sets of offerings to Maitreya Buddha for the pujas that were done. There was a large fire there and the whole tent was flamed by fire. In the morning it was unbelievably beautiful, but by the afternoon it was completely gone. Only the Maitreya Buddha thangka was untouched by the fire, which is regarded as very auspicious for prosperity. I wish you had been there.

The thangkas of the Sixteen Arhats are so beautiful. I haven’t yet seen the thangka of the Twenty-one Taras. I will see it soon.

From my heart I wish to send billions of thanks to Rinpoche, the head of Kumbum Monastery, for his contribution toward publishing our books. Please tell Rinpoche what happened in Bodhgaya. Also, please tell Rinpoche that I hope to meet him in the future when I come to China.

Either in the Beijing library, or perhaps you can ask Rinpoche, there is a collection of Kurukulla texts called phe pung. I would very much like to have copies of that collection of texts, as well as a copy of the commentaries on Hevajra by Khedrub Rinpoche. If you can help with that, I would be very appreciative.

For your father, I will sponsor the Medicine Buddha puja five times at Dharamsala, to be done by the monks of the Tantric College, for whatever is best for your father to happen. 

At the moment, I haven’t decided yet, but I will definitely come to China sometime, to spend a little time and perhaps to do some retreat.

Thank you so much again. Please write to me regarding anything you need to tell me.

With much love and prayers ...