Question asked by Wondering
Dearest Rinpoche, thank you for posting updates about your health condition…and thank you for answering my question about ways to clarify a feeling about taking on a monastic life. I will be ordering the book you noted in your response. I feel a sense of relief and deep gratitude that I am able to receive guidance from you about this. It all feels risky, leaving the life I have known, but at the same time, something about it continues to pull me in…knowing there is a way to be of benefit beyond simply for my own self-preservation. Thank you again for your response. It helps me to validate this feeling, that I'm not going crazy or something!? Rinpoche, can you share a bit about the "benefits" of ordination as it relates to one's karma? How does taking on monk/nun vows relate to "purification" of one's karma in this and previous lifetimes? Or maybe that is a misconception on my part. My apologies if the question is unclear. Palms together for offering Dharma and support in all directions and in timely, skillful ways Rinpoche, Wondering
The Dark Watchers known by early Spanish settlers as Los Vigilantes Oscuros. Is a name given to a group of entities in California folklore purportedly seen observing travellers along the Santa Lucia Mountains. The earliest written accounts of the Dark Watchers date back to the 1700s, when Spanish colonists called them los vigilantes oscuros. According to Chumash folklore, the Dark Watchers are shadowy figures that stand atop the lofty heights, silently observing the land below. The Dark Watchers are mysterious, tall, shadowy figures that have been reported in California for centuries. They are often described as wearing cloaks and hats, and are said to appear around twilight. Whatever scary it looks we have Dorje Shugden to protect us. Even though there are spirits every where seen or not seen by our naked eyes we should leave them un disturb as it is. I do believe its existence every where day and night.
Thank you Rinpoche sharing this with us.
https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/science-mysteries/the-mysterious-dark-watchers.html