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Thought for Friday on Inner Light (read in Eng,Sp,Fr,Ger,It)

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I was in Mumbai, India several years ago, accompanied by a number of students on our way to His Holinesses teaching. Since it was my first time in South India, we walked around Mumbai for a while. We came upon a large number of Tibetan sweater sellers with their knitted wares displayed in the open air off a busy street. They began to crowd around me and my two students, wanting me to bless their babies, their sweater businesses, as well as telling me their sufferings. It was an intense experience with cars whizzing by. Finally, I had to be taken away because too many people were crowding in. One Indian man followed me, imploring my helpers to be allowed to talk to me. They were saying, “No, now Rinpoche is finished,” but he was so insistent that I finally said to let him talk. He said, “You know, 16 years ago, I saw the God light!” I said, “That’s very good.” But I could also see this man was a bit disturbed; not only had he seen the light, but he could never get back to the light no m...