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Despite a domestic flight delay at Delhi airport towards Dharmashala, we accidentally but surely, karmically ‘bumped’ into His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, who was also taking the same plane as us.<\/span> The delay turned out to be a blessing in disguise! Everyone was excited, as most of us, from various countries, were taking the small 40-seater jet to hear his upcoming 3-day teachings! Once the plane took off, passengers started crowding to the plane’s tail end, where he was seated, to give money offerings, bow or snap photos. It got to a point when the stewardesses had to urge passengers to go one at a time, as the shift in weight might tip the plane backwards!<\/p>\n The captain even announced that it was an honour to have HHDL onboard, and later walked out of the cockpit cabin to get his signature! <\/span> Immersed in the excitement, I tried to get excited too, and got ready a red packet to offer. Then somehow, it occurred to me that it wasn’t really ‘me’ to be a ‘fanboy’ in this manner, and HH probably needed some rest and privacy too. We’re going to hear him in person delivering the Dharma anyway. What ‘mundane’ thing do I want from him now? I kept the money for offering, which I later offered directly at his office. I later heard from a friend that HH doesn’t quite like taking money from devotees, and would rather the money be accounted for, for various necessary uses at the office.<\/p>\n The good news is that I met him in person up close later, thanks to a special arrangement by a friend. I offered him something special, which I might share about later. I looked at him really close in the eyes, and offered him a recycled katha, and had a very brief dialogue with him. His eyes are kind and light brown, and his hand with which he grasped mine for a photo was gentle, warm and soft. He is as the others say! He offers you full attention and compassion in the moment he is with you (even though I am a nobody). May HHDL live long to benefit many!<\/span><\/p>\n Next India Adventure:<\/span> https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2010\/09\/india-adventures-19-heavy-misgiving-light-result<\/a> Despite a domestic flight delay at Delhi airport towards Dharmashala, we accidentally but surely, karmically ‘bumped’ into His Holiness the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[57,139],"class_list":["post-7397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travelogue","tag-compassion","tag-karma","wpcat-38-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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