His Holiness Underlines Study Of Buddha’s Teachings in Jispa[Friday, 20 August 2010, 5:08 p.m.]

Dharamshala:
The texts and commentaries preached by Buddha and other learned
Buddhist masters must be used as text books rather than treating them
as mere idol of worship, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has told Buddhist
devotees in Jispa.His Holiness was addressing local people in
the Buddhist region of Jispa in Himachal Pradesh on 18 August. His
Holiness arrived at the Druk Choekhor Monastery at 2:30 pm, where he
was received by people with incense sticks, khatas and bouquets amid
sound of monastic trumpets. His Holiness first met local dignitaries at
Tsuglagkhang and then addressed the local people.His Holiness
said as the local residents here are familiar with the canonical texts
of Kagyur and Tengyur, they should study their contents. The essence of
Buddha’s teaching is the principle of interdependence, which is
explained in more than 300 volumes of Kagyur and Tengyur, he added. His
Holiness praised the local people’s unwavering interest and faith in
Buddhism. Expressing his appreciation of the region’s infrastructure
development, His Holiness commended the local people for maintaining
their ancestral Buddhist religion. His Holiness also thanked
the local people for their warm reception. Members of every household
were seen lined on the road sides to receive His Holiness on his
arrival in the town.  Before arriving in Jispa, His Holiness
spoke to around 200 local people at Kyelang on his way from Manali to
Jispa. His Holiness had lunch at Kyelang at 12:30 pm.In his
address, His Holiness said he had earlier visited this place and
recounted his inspection visit to Tibetans working on road construction
link to Rotang pass. He said he was in Kyelang on his way to Jispa for
Kalachakra teachings.His Holiness told the local people to make efforts in studying the teachings of Buddha contained in Kagyur and Tengyur.His Holiness was scheduled to give the Heruka (dechok) initiation today and a teaching on Saturday.–Based by report filed by Kelsang Khedup, Editor-in-Chief of Sheja