True Transformation

It's been a week of big up 'n' down swings, so I'm happy to at least cap it with a high note. Mongolia is not exactly the land of instant gratification, but a couple days ago, finally, I got something I'd wanted to share with you for some time: a photo of the nine young Mongolian women we helped send to India for Buddhist training, decked out in their nuns' robes.

Let's recall how they were before...

...and here's how they are now, posed in front of HH Penor Rinpoche's temple which depicts Padmasambhava's pure land known as the Copper-colored Mountain:

Can you stand it? Though they will be under Penor Rinpoche's incomparable care, please include them in your prayers for their ongoing health and happiness. Let's hope that they may be utterly transformed by this experience and bring great purity, compassion, and wisdom back to their native Mongolia some day.

And since Zendette asked so nicely in the comments section of the previous post, here is the last photo I have of a new painting by Soyolmaa called "35 Buddhas":

Comments

[ani yeshi]

hi konchog,

you were right! your posting gave us a lift. how amazingly beautiful to see them in their robes and at the temple...keep up the good work!

love,
anis yeshi & sonam

[Rinchen Gyatso]

The nuns look wonderful, but oh my word...I've never seen such an ornate temple in my life. Do you have any shots of the temple itself?