Shartsé and Jangtsé colleges held a debate contest session for two days where most of the debates were on the Abhidharma. Since many years had passed since I took the examination, I could no longer remember enumerations in the Abhidharma. As stated in Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life (5.25):
Whatever has been learned, contemplated, and meditated upon by one who lacks awareness, like water in a leaky pot, will not be held by the memory.
As most of the topics had been stolen by the thief of forgetfulness, I was not able to judge the quality of the debaters’ erudition. I gave gifts to young novices of the two colleges who had memorized either the Ornament of Realization or Entering the Middle Way or both and advised them of the importance of putting effort into their studies. On the fifteenth, I gave prenovice and novice ordinations to fifty young monks of Shartsé and Jangtsé including Phara Tulku. On the morning of the eighth, I left Mundgod by car for Belgaum, from where I flew to Delhi. There I stayed at Lama Guru Deva’s house.
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The Third Trijang Rinpoche, Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso (1901–1981)
Book :The Magical Play of Illusion: The Autobiography of Trijang Rinpoche
ASIN: B07CLRN3KV
Publisher: Wisdom Publications (October 2, 2018)
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