The spiritual teacher of Chakmas His
Holiness venerable Nanda Pal Mahathero, accompanied by his five close
disciples arrived in Lathao, Arunachal Pradesh on 13 June. Believed to
be a rare event to witness, His Holiness was warmly welcomed by ex-MLA
of the region Pinthika Namchoom, who took the privilege to greet him at
Dibrugarh airport.
The drive from the airport to Lathao
has, undoubtedly, emerged as blessing for the devotees and his
followers. He will be staying there for two days and is then supposed to
leave the place to take a trip over the Vana Vihar of Jyotsnapur
village, the biggest host of monks’ honor and reverence in Chakma
dwellings over the Changlang district.
The villagers are destined to make
appreciation of having the opportunity to hear His Holiness’ teachings.
His Holiness had already toured the area in past few years.
He was in Navincherra of Tripura earlier
week, attending an important occasion of gathering of grouping
ordination, and on 10th of this month he took a flight to Kolkata from
where he reached Arunachal Pradesh.
After completion of his task in the
vihara, blessing three people for high ordination, he will move to
Bijoypur village where the villagers will donate an auspicious offering
of land, an extent of open area to institute and construct a new temple.
We all appreciate the altruistic deed of
the people, although it seems this should have been done much earlier,
but anyway it earns the greatest compliment and deserves our admiration
for this huge offering.
On 21 June, his respective schedules
will be escorting him to Bodhgaya, believed to be the most sacred place
on earth for Buddhist pilgrims. We do hope everyone will be waiting for
his next visit so that many may be benefited. So we should pray for his
long life and health.
Probably one might wonder what
difference his visit might make in the society. To know it we recommend
experiencing it by oneself.
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