Unmistaken Child Page #3

So that's why Rinpoche has already

sent the name to Dalai Lama.

To check.

Both Rinpoches said,

even though he stays in family

for the moment, keep clean.

Keep clean... like that.

So today is one of the

shaking days for my life.

I want to go to Grandma Lhamo.

So this is the letter.

A letter from the Dalai Lama.

It was sealed by His Holiness.

"I received a request from

"the devoted Lama Zopa Rinpoche,

"on behalf of his monasteries.

"To check the reincarnation candidate

"of the late Lama Konchog

"Accordingly,

I conducted checks and tests.

"Therefore, with a comfortable mind

and very good divination,

"I recognize Tenzin Ngodrup

"as the reincarnation

of Gen Lama Konchog.

"Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso,

"a monk of the Shakyamuni tradition.

"17th December 2005."

So, this is it.

His Holiness wants to see him,

so we must be ready.

Sit still.

Sit still and it won't hurt.

Don't cut my hair. Don't cut.

Don't move, OK?

I want to wash my head.

You are not allowing me

to wash, Big Uncle.

Ani's shirt got dirty, didn't it?

Your shirt is not dirty.

Don't move your head. Don't cry.

More water.

Wait a moment, OK?

Wait, we will wet it.

Catch with your hands.

Catch the hair with your hands.

It's falling on the ground.

My eyes are burning.

I will wipe your eyes. OK?

Aren't you a good boy?

Don't cut. Wash.

Are your eyes burning?

Don't cut, don't.

OK, nearly finished.

Wait. Don't cut.

Don't cut. - Wait.

Wait, wait.

It's almost done... almost.

Come to Uncle.

I want to go.

Where do you want to go?

Does it burn?

Don't you want to shave

before Grandma Lhamo arrives?

Shave the rest. Then when Grandma

arrives, you'll be clean shaven.

We will quietly shave in the tent.

Quietly in the tent.

- Welcome.

- He looks very fresh and clean.

In reality we must begin

by contemplating the teachings:

Consider whether it is possible

to become a Buddha

who is free from faults

and full of perfect virtues.

In general, liberation,

including the highest virtue

of omniscience, is a possibility.

When you recite:
"In order

to benefit sentient beings",

you are not aspiring

to become a Buddha

or to have happiness,

with a selfish motive.

In fact, you are praying

to become a source for everyone

to have inexhaustible

well-being and happiness.

Zopa Rinpoche will go

and then we will go together.

Welcome, welcome, Rinpoche.

Here. Here. Like this.

OK, do it like this.

It's OK.

Now I will put it there.

It's alright. You can keep it.

There is no tuft on his crown!

Never mind, never mind.

Oh, like that.

It's OK now.

New name...

- What was his former name?

- Tenzin Ngodrup.

Was it Tenzin Ngodrup?

Lama Konchog

was called Lobsang Phuntsok.

Lobsang Phuntsok.

In his previous life.

His current name is Tenzin Ngodrup.

What was his name before?

- Gen Lama...

- What was his name?

- Lobsang Phuntsok.

- Lobsang Phuntsok, right?

That's right.

Then let's say Tenzin...

Then let's say Tenzin Phuntsok.

Now your new name is Tenzin Phuntsok.

Understand?

You have changed your body

and your new name is Tenzin Phuntsok.

Become a perfect holder

of the teachings.

Understand? It's OK now.

Where is Grandma?

Let's see if she is there.

Tenzin Ngodrup...

I mean,

Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche.

Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche.

He is going to see his parents

this afternoon,

maybe at late evening.

They will know

that he was recognized

as a reincarnated Lama

and they have to consider

whether they can give Rinpoche,

give up to the monastery.

So I hope and I pray that

they will definitely agree,

because they have great respect for

the previous Geshe Lama Konchog.

- There, there.

- Yes.

Buddha. Buddha.

See how he closes his eyes.

What shall we do now?

Tell him not to cry.

- Shall I cry?

- You will not cry.

You are a Lama,

you will not cry.

The cow kicked me.

Kicked me with its legs.

I see.

Oh. What if I fall off?

I am here now...

Be careful. Get up.

- Where is the retreat?

- Up there.

- Where?

- The flags up there.

Up there, that is the one.

That one.

Big Uncle, you come here.

- From here.

- Yes?

- Up this way?

- Yes.

Dad will come up now.

Where is it coming from?

Oh, I think it is flu.

Wait.

- How should I wipe it?

- Wait.

- Wipe it at the retreat.

- What?

At the retreat.

- At the retreat?

- Yes.

Wait, wait.

Look up, blood is coming out.

If I look up?

Then the blood won't come.

Don't do it.

I am going to find some herbs.

Hold him.

Wait, wait.

Now Dad will come.

- What is the medicine?

- What?

What is it?

- Sangkhanpa.

- I see.

We need to rub it? Wait.

Put it up his nose.

- It's too much.

- Put it all in.

- Don't do too much.

- Wait.

Don't do too much.

- Now let's go.

- Go down?

No... to the retreat.

To the retreat.

Let's go.

My retreat. My retreat.

I need a white scarf.

I need a white scarf.

- White scarf?

- Yes.

How did this hole get here?

Now there is a way to go.

Now it's very good.

You had a big body

and I was very small.

Come here, I will show you.

We used to sit like this.

You recited:

May the supreme jewel Bodhicitta

not arisen, arise and grow;

7hat arisen not diminish,

But increase more and more.

More and more...

Then what?

Lobsang Drakpa,

at your feet I make requests.

We used to sit like this.

All these flowers were planted

by you.

I will repair everything

for Rinpoche, OK?

- That?

- I will repair that too.

- AII?

- I will repair them all.

That one?

I will fix them all

and build a wooden fence,

then you will recite prayers and

do meditation here again, right?

I want to stay here.

I want to stay in Tsum forever.

Lama Ngodrup.

Lama Ngodrup.

Your father is calling you.

Slowly, slowly.

This is the letter of confirmation

from the Dalai Lama

recognizing your son,

Tenzin Ngodrup,

as the unmistaken reincarnation

of Lama Konchog.

His Holiness not only

sent this letter,

but also did his

hair-cutting ceremony

and gave him a new name,

Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche.

As a Rinpoche, he has to go to

Kopan or Sera Monastery. Right?

Will I get to see him?

I am not sure

if I will ever get to see him.

When someone is a Lama, he has

to be taken away to a monastery.

He is taken away even though

he is a family member.

We don't know when

he will return home.

I think it would be difficult

for him to return.

It would be difficult even to see him.

So how do you two,

father and mother, feel...

about your child... your child...

being taken away to the monastery?

How do you feel about that?

So what do you feel?

- I don't feel...

- You don't...

If he was an ordinary boy,

he would marry

and work in the fields.

But he is a reincarnated master

who was revered all over the world

and had many students.

Your son, Tenzin Ngodrup,

should assume those responsibilities.

So do you think

you can give the child up?

Yes, I can.

It seems Ahpe is not ready to give...

If he works for the benefit

of sentient beings,

then I can give my child up.

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