Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Khadro-la and earthquakes
Although Khadro-la, the young Tibetan lady, has been publicly recognized as an oracle she is
much more than that. She is beyond that; she is beyond all of us. The story of what she saw
when she went to Mount Kailash is just unbelievable. It is not at all what we common
people normally see.
When she was in Chamdo, in Kham, she had been unaware of the big problem of Dolgyal
but when she reached Mount Kailash this problem appeared everywhere, in all the four
traditions. So, when she was at Mount Kailash she went to Tushita, the Joyful Pure Land,
Lama Tsongkhapa’s and Maitreya Buddha’s pure land, to find Thagpo Dorje Chang. Not
many people would have heard of Thagpo Dorje Chang but he was a great, great lama and
one of Pabongka Rinpoche’s gurus. In his past lives he used to see Tara Cittamani all the
time, and receive initiations, commentaries and all the various activities of Tara Cittamani
from Tara herself.
Because Thagpo Dorje Chang was in Tushita, Khadro-la went there to ask him about
Dolgyal. She has a totally free mind so she can do that. His Holiness has said that the
previous beliefs were incorrect, that he had never seen the explanation about following
Dolgyal in the collections of teachings Thagpo Dorje Chang received from Tibet. I think
Lama Tsongkhapa asked who would protect his teachings and Thagpo Dorje Chang in the
pure land said that he would do it.
Thagpo Dorje Chang was giving teachings to hundreds of dakinis, highly realized female skygoers,
and Khadro-la went to him and asked this question, “What did people believe in, in
the past? Did you say it was correct to practice Dolgyal before or not?” He replied he had
not, that this was incorrect. This concurred with what His Holiness had said. By going to the
pure land Khadro-la was able to confirm this.
What she told me is something not known by common people but, in order to believe these
stories, you need to understand her capacity.
In Dharamsala quite a number of years ago she told me there was going to be a huge
earthquake endangering hundreds of thousands or even millions of people. It involved the
whole Himalayan range of mountains. I think there was probably going to be a volcanic
eruption or something and so many people would die. She could see everything and could
see that there was great danger.
After she told His Holiness, he gave her the responsibility to prevent it. She wanted to build
several stupas around His Holiness’s palace. They were not exactly the same as normal
stupas; they looked much the same on the outside but there were some differences on the
inside. Because these were not normal stupas His Holiness’s Private Office and his
attendants didn’t listen to her and so for a long time they refused permission. In the end His
Holiness told them to do whatever Khadro-la said. She explained the stupa to His Holiness’s
attendants and that its details were in a particular text by a great lama, which was confirmed
when they checked. Without ever having looked at the text herself she knew exactly where
this was mentioned, even giving the page number. They were very surprised when they
found it was there as she had said. Generally Khadro-la does not read scriptures quickly
because she has never been trained, or so it appears externally.
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