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guardian god Wei Tuo in every Chinese temple, so in
each one I have asked him for his help.
My guru, Nuo Na Rinpoche, went to Mount Lu and was
impressed by the favorable aspect of the place. He saw
there eight small mountains like lions, and so instructed
that, after his death, his ashes should be brought to that
place and a pagoda built there to enshrine them. After a
few years he died and Gangkar Rinpoche duly brought
the remains and established the pagoda. At this time I
had just written out my vows on blue silk with a special
red medicine-ink. As my guru's heart remained
unburned, a silk pocket was made for it and the heart
together with my vows were placed inside and these
relics were then enshrined in the center of the pagoda.
What a fortunate circumstance that these vows might be
preserved with my guru's holy remains! Shortly after
this, the Japanese Army came, destroying many things.
Many small stupas suffered from their pillaging, but this
great pagoda still remained intact. After that, the
Communists arrived, but even they, though destroying
many Buddhist monuments and temples, have left my
guru's reliquary alone.
I am indeed sorry that my vows are still so far from
realization. I have made no progress and so also, I have
not repaid the kindness of all my gurus.
Every man has his own special ideas regarding vows.
My special vows are numbers six and seven. When I
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