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| The author with Chadral Rinpoche at Godavary |
'The transformative presence of a living Guru is by definition a great threat to the status quo of the ego."
Ram Alexander, Death Must Die.
During the blessed years back in the early 1990s when i was able to serve and be around my teacher Chadral Rinpoche a lot, there were many occasions in which i was tested. I knew that Rinpoche watched me very closely. He never contrived situations, these merely arose naturally in his presence.Around him there was always a fertile ground for all the gamut of human reactions and emotions to play themselves out. Chadral Rinpoche is from the old school of Tibetan Buddhism. Following time-tested methods, but always in completely fresh and spontaneous ways. He lives, moves and breathes in the egoless air of a completely realized Being, offering all those who come near him a glimpse of 'That'.
Living near him was always very intense. There was a lot happening. The power of the Guru is so pervasive and so profound. It is like standing in front of a flame and being continuously singed by tongues of fire. Of course, i speak metaphorically, and what is 'singed', ruthlessly and constantly in the Master's presence, is one's ego. That sneaky, persistent little devil, that, like one's own shadow is the constant companion of ordinary people, like you and me...
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