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It is not very often that one gets an opportunity to meet someone of the stature of His Holiness, the Twelfth Gyalwang Drukpa, head of the 800 year old Drukpa lineage. I did for an exclusive one-on-one chat on the eve of his pad yatra from Manali to Leh starting on May 23, 2009. Click here to know more about it.
The Drukpa Lineage follows the Mahayana Buddhist tradition in philosophy, i.e. the philosophy of “getting enlightened for the benefit of others†and the methods are based on the Tantrayana teachings passed down from the great Indian saint Naropa, who was born in 1016 in a West Bengal royal family. The Drukpa Lineage is one of the main Buddhist schools throughout the Himalayas including Bhutan, Tibet, China, Nepal and India, with four to five million students. The most revered monastery in Ladakh, the Hemis Monastery, comes under the Drukpa school. Click here to read more about the lineage.
Click here to read the interview on my travel blog, Kunzum.
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Dear Ajay,
I happen to be a fellow DCE alum and a writer.
Got to know about you from the alumni profile page and went through your blog and profile.
Totally looking forward to your book.
Would love to have your feedback on my first published novel titled ‘A Sunny Shady Life’
Hope to hear from you soon.
Sachinn Garg
Hi Sachin, when people now ask me what is an engineer doing writing, I will say ask Sachinn too. I think I wrote to you about using BookWag.com to promote your book. Would be happy to help in any way. Cheers.. Ajay