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| Mingyur Tulku with Ivy, his maternal grandmother and Erik, 1980. |
On the same day that I received the
pointing out instruction from Tulku Urgyen up at Nagi Gompa I was standing
outside chatting with someone on the lawn in front of the temple when I felt
this strange feeling in my little finger. I swung my head to see who or what it
might be but no one was there. Then I looked down and there was this lovely
little boy, with ears like a little elf, rubbing one of his ears against my
finger. He looked up at me and gave me a big smile.
Later, I happened to see him sitting in his
room and he was running the whole show, ordering everyone around including his
grandfather (who happens to be a respected lama himself) and his mother. He
knew where everything was supposed to be and was acting like the head of the
family. He was very sweet and very determined at the same time. I later
discovered that this was no other than Tulku Urgyen’s youngest son Mingyur
Rinpoche. And as he grew up it became apparent that no one could change his
mind about anything, so it is a good thing that he is playing on the right side
of the force.
Today Mingyur Rinpoche is a world-renowned master in his own right and founder of numerous monasteries and Tergar centers.
