From: Thomas Pritzker
To: "G. Max" cIMI IM >
Subject: Re: (no subject)
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 05:44:17 +0000
When Rinchen Zangpo was born, a beautiful bird appeared his mother's head and it was seen
as an auspicious coming. Sure enough, Rinchen Zangpo was unique. Bright and personable, it
was apparent to all that he was special. At the age of 13 he took his vows and became a
lama. By the time he was 17 he had been chosen by the king to cross the mountains into
India and retrieve the original teachings of the Buddha. In order to do so he travelled on
foot to Kashmir to get the teachings. Along the way he met a pandita, a teacher, who gave
him the teachings known as The Teachings of Swift Footedness (should be in italics, but I
don't know how to do that on email). With these teachings he was able to cover the breadth
of India, learning from some of the renowned sages and launch the Tibetan Renaissance, the
Second Diffusion. Later he was able to used Swift Footedness to simultaneously build 108
monasteries throughout the land.
You were in PB on Monday, NY last night and now in PB. So the point of the above is to
note that you and Rinchen Zangpo have at least one thing in common ... your travel habits.
Good Night,
tjp
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