When he came from Tibet after the invasion by Communist China in 1959, he was asked where he would like to establish his monastery. The placed was selected by His Holiness Lama Karmapa himself. It was partially erected by the Maharaja of Sikkim with the help of the Indian Government. His Holiness’s monastery is about 25 miles from Gangtok. Compared to the climate in Bombay one would feel cold there during the rainy season. It was very cloudy, and one can hardly see. I felt very anxious to go there, and that is how I came to know about His Holiness. (It is named “Pal Karmapa Densa Shed Drup Chho Khorling”, in the Tibetan language).

This is the monastery run by His Holiness Lama Karmapa. They suggested that I visit the monastery at Rumtek, which is near Gangtok-the capital of Sikkim. I found at the tourist office at Darjeeling that they had complete information on monasteries. So naturally, when I was travelling in Darjeeling in June 1972 with my wife and two daughters (age thirteen and ten), I was interested in seeing their monasteries. Many times I had heard Bhagwan talk about the Tibetan mystics, of their occult sciences, of how they are meditating and of the things that they have learned from Buddha. When one approaches Darjeeling, many monasteries are seen on the way. Swami Govind Siddharthji, would you please tell us in detail about your visit to the Monastery of the Tibetan Lama, His Holiness Lama Karmapa?ĭarjeeling is full of monasteries. The search for spiritual truth is less about history and more about the mystery of the spirit. My own advice would be not to look on this story as fact, but more as an indication of a mysterious communion.

I am posting it here, well aware of the possibility of exaggerations and inaccuracies.

And, because of this firsthand experience, I am comfortable sharing this story. But, as I have written in Osho and the 16 th Karmapa, I experienced a certain spiritual camaraderie between the Karmapa and Osho firsthand, in my own meeting with the Karmapa in his hotel room in Calcutta.

This interview appeared at the end of one of Osho’s books, The Silent Explosion, which has since gone out of print.Īfter my own reading of this account in 1976, I held it with a great deal of skepticism, being well aware of the tendency of devotees to increase the stature of their own Master.

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