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LAMA ZOPA ENDORSES SRAVASTI ABBEY

Lama Zopa
Venerable Chodron has been dreaming, had this dream to establish Abbey for so many eons (laugh). For so many eons, so now it happens, now it's actualized and I think it's very wonderful. I didn't have this visualization before I came (laugh). I have slight different visualization, I thought when I came from down there, when you can see the house, it felt like going to see a very precious temple or holy place. That was the feeling. So I think feeling is good. Not that I have clairvoyance or anything, but in general case that it is helpful for Dharma practice. I think people that come here to practice, I think lucky people, lucky people. It's good.

So therefore I want to thank very much to Venerable Chodron for having established here beautiful place here Abbey, its given opportunity for people to live morality and on the basis of that practice the spiritualized path. Given opportunity, conducive place as well as guide to practice. Of course, not only that, the abbey gives the skies full of benefit to sentient beings because they can meet the Buddhadharma and hear Lama Tsongkhapa’s teachings. So, the same time I would like to take this opportunity to thank her for all that for so many years did very hard work for this teaching, taking responsibility teaching dharma at many FPMT centers in the past, so many years teached. For all that it is not easy thing to do, but it's the most important thing. Dharma activity, teaching Dharma is the most important thing in the world. We can understand now the world situation about that world situation that there is nothing more important and best thing is to practice Dharma. And of course, somebody has to teach.

So for all that I would like to thank very much. Normally I don't thank, normally I don't thank people. I should practice that. I tell people to do but I myself don't do much (laughs). I think I have to practice more awareness. Very rare to say thank you to people.

 
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