Remembering Uncle Bill

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Yangdu

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In year 2003 Lama Jigme came to Reno from Dharamsal India.
Soon we met the Lama and he came to our place two three times
a week to share the meditation, yoga and dharma spiritual
lessons with us. In return Uncle Bill taught him English. We all
had a great time helping each other.

Sadly in year 2005 Uncle Bill had passed away. By that time
Lama Jigme was traveling around the US and over seas
teaching the dharma, yoga and meditation to those who are
wiling to learn. When he returned to Reno and came to visit with
me and my father, he found out Uncle Bill passed and he was very
saddened to hear the sad news. He offered to do the prayers
and reading Moo for him. This very special reading of Moo is
done after a person's death to find out his or her other life.

According to Lama Jigme's reading Moo, he said Uncle Bill will be reborn
in a very close friend or family. He will be the first born boy in
this family. And the good thing is, Lama said I will meet him in
this life. It would be so nice if and when he comes to visit me
as a young Khukuri customer.

Uncle Bill had two favorite things. One is his El Camino and
other is the Salyan Khukuri which he received from his adopted
son, Govinda, from Nepal during his visit in Nepal. If and when the
young boy visits here in Reno and picks up the Salyan Knife
and admires the El Camino and I will have to believe it.

I thought I would share this very personal story with all you
forumites who have been very supportive to continue his legacy.


Enjoy the story!
 
Hope Govinda comes soon Aunti! A Salyan and an El Camino! Doesnt get much better than that;)
 
Thanks for sharing the story.
Perhaps the boy will visit as a young adult (10 years from now?)
 
A very special story and thanks so much for sharing with all of us.

I admired the El Camino under the car cover when I was there, I could tell by the outline what it was. I wanted badly to lift the cover and look but only just meeting you for the first time and then getting the greatest blade show and tell of my entire life I didn't feel worthy of taking a peak. To hear from you recently that it was Uncle Bills favorite toy made me even more sad that I didn't ask to look at it.

I know you told me you keep it as a keepsake for the happy thoughts it brings you. If I ever get back down for a visit (I hope, I hope) and the day is nice maybe we could sneak a quick peek?
 
Yangdu said:
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Uncle Bill had two favorite things. One is his El Camino and
other is the Salyan Khukuri which he received from his adopted
son, Govinda, from Nepal during his visit in Nepal. If and when the
young boy visits here in Reno and picks up the Salyan Knife
and admires the El Camino and I will have to believe it.
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You should have some secret tests too that you haven't told anybody.
 
I will have couple of
secret test beside the Salyan khukuri and Elcamino!
 
Bawanna, when you visit Reno again I will be more then happy to show you Uncle Bill's Elcamino
 
Uncle Bill's adopted son Govinda lives in Nepal and works for Gorkha Auerbadhk project and he may not come to Reno.
 
Thank you for sharing Auntie. Very moving story.

In all the mystical questions about life I have. I always wondered when the soul starts to inhabit the body vessel.
Conception, birth, later...

My personal belief is that the strong souls like Uncle Bill's can follow the people he love and influence them for an undetermined time. If it's the case, that could possibly delay the rebirth.
 
Thank you for sharing that with us Auntie!
I often think of the early days on the HI forum and all I learned from Uncle Bill, Rusty, Yvsa and all of the other great old timers.
Great times with great folks.
 
Thank you, Yangdu. <3 Uncle Bill.

So many years ago I saw one little add in a magazine, I can't remember which, about khukeri. This led my path to here and Yangdu, and so many wonderful pals over the years.

Namaste
:)
 
Lama Jigme will come to Reno for visit, Tara and Bhairab puja this week.
I will post update when he arrives here this week.
Thank you all
 
Some previous information about Lama Jigme, as written by Uncle Bill:

Bill Martino said:
Meet the newly appointed Himalayan Imports Chaplain, Lama Jigme Rinpoche.

Before anything else is said Chaplain Lama Jigme and Himalayan Imports welcome everybody -- Buddhist, Hindu, Moslem, Christian, Jew, agnostic, atheist -- it doesn't matter to him or us since we believe we are all brothers...

Background:

Lama Jigme comes from a long line of what I call "Jungle Monks" and I hold them in the highest regard. These are monks who practice Tantric Buddhism and it falls upon them to do a considerable amount of solitary praying and meditation. In Jigme's case he spent nine years in a cave in the jungle doing just that. The experience changes your life and very being.

Jigme was born in the same village as the Dali Lama and is of the same caste. His family maintained a monastery for 800 years until the Chinese destroyed it and confiscated all valuable contents when Jigme was about 4 or 5 years old. In this 800 year old tradition it was and is the duty of the oldest son of each generation to maintain the monastery and offer food, shelter and spiritual assistance to anyone who came in need. This was Jigme's duty but it seemed inpossible with the destruction of the family monastery. Have I mentioned that "Jigme" means fearless? Read on.

At age 11 Jigme took up the study of Tantric Buddhist under the guidance of Lama Rinzin Jigme. At age 18 he went to the cave and prayed and meditated until he was 27.

After the completion of the nine year stint in the cave Jigme started his mission of rebuilding the family monastery. Finding this impossible to accomplish in Tibet Jigme escaped, crossed the Himalayans, and found his way to Dharmasala, India and to the Dali Lama.

Against impossible odds and I do mean impossible Jigme got a family monastery built in the jungle outside Dharmasala which is called the Padma Rigzinling Nyingmapa Monastery.

Today this monastery is the home of 15 Buddhist monks and Jigme's wife and two sons. It is the duty of this Tantric Monk to marry and have a son who can keep the 800 year old tradition alive.

But often as is the case with success comes unexpected problems. Jigme got the monastery built and populated but because it is in the jungle and off the beaten path not a lot of folks visit and a monastery needs visitors who pray and contribute to the welfare of the monastery and its monks.

Fearless and undeterred and armed with a letter of introduction and some instructions from the Dali Lama who knows about such things, Jigme came to the US to try to generate some cash for his monastery. Karma led him to Reno and to my door....

The pix I'm showing is at the grand opening of his monastery back in Dharmasala. The Dali Lama came to personally bless and help get the monastery on the air. If you don't recognize the Dali Lama he's the monk on the left and Jigme is the one on the right helping him down the path.

The crass note: If anybody wants to help Jigme's monks back at the camp you can send the donation to me and I'll get it to Jigme and he'll get it to his monks.
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Bill Martino said:
The HI Chaplain got it done yesterday -- about 4 hours non stop. I've seen a lot of holy men do their stuff -- in just bout every category -- and I've seen probably more than a thousand Buddhist monks do their puja. As I've mentioned I respect and admire people who do their job well and with fervor -- from kami to kings. I can say without reservation that Lama Jigme offered up one of the most "intense" pujas I've ever seen. He gave it everything he had and gets (and deserves) a 10/10 for his effort.

I'm just going to post 3 pix to give you a rough idea of what went on...
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