« When my mother was young, she had a very loving heart and really cared about the welfare of others. She liked to help poor people and animals. This was one of her main qualities as a child. She especially cared about the Law of Karma and was very careful about even her small deeds.

While still very young, 13 or 14 years old, she took teachings in Tibet from different teachers and started the ngondro preliminary practice. She continued to do ngondro even while staying in Sikkim and when she came to Nepal. If we count them all, she completed the 500,000 aspects of ngondro practice thirteen times. In addition to that, she engaged in many sadhanas and recited many mantras. In short, my father told me he never saw her waste a single day; she was always doing some kind of practice.

My mother was very lucky to take teachings from my father, Tulku Urgyen, and especially from His Holiness, the 16th Karmapa. From the Second Jamgon Kongtrul, named Palden Khyentse Oser, she received many different kinds of teachings, oral transmissions, and initiations and, in particular, mind teachings. At that time, she gained complete confidence in her practice and since then has had no doubts about her understanding of buddha nature, so her trust, devotion, and compassion was always increasing.

In short, my mother made a great gathering of merit with reference point. She liked to build monasteries, and her main wish was to create a place for monks and nuns to do serious study and practice. She always gave this advice to whomever would visit her, “Please chant.” Yesterday, two Nepalis came to tell me that once my mother told a young Nepali girl, “Just chant Tara’s mantra, a few malas every day. Even if you don’t know much about a practice, just feel devotion for Tara. That will be very good for you. You won’t have any obstacles in this life and you’ll have a good rebirth.” In this way, my mother gave different types of help and teachings to people.

For example, a young American woman came to Nepal a few years ago. She was interested in the Dharma, but she didn’t want to take refuge with a male Lama. She wanted a female teacher. She liked my mother and went to her many times asking if she could take refuge with her, but my mother said, “No, this is not the proper way. You should go and see this Lama, that Lama.” The American girl said, “If you won’t give me refuge, I will not take refuge at all.” So my mother gave her refuge and teachings. In those days, the American girl was quite young and it seemed to me that she was doing some kind of practice afterwards. She has returned to America, so I don’t know what she’s doing these days. These are just simple examples.

Through the combination of devotion, interest, and compassion, my mother was able to realize her buddha nature. She practiced many years, and when her illness manifested with the terrible pain of cancer, she never uttered even one word of complaint. We all were asking how to relieve her difficulties, but she never said a single word about her pain. Instead, she was often quite relaxed. »

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