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October 2009 
Time with The Dalai Lama
Posted on Apr 13th, 2008
by 
*Ladybear~
*Ladybear~
The photo above is of Lama Govinda with Dr. Ajari Warwick.
Dr. Ajari was always in the middle of everything that was happening in the
San Francisco area.
I first met him on Alan Watt's houseboat when Lama Govinda was staying there.
Dr. Ajari & I got into an argument about Sai Baba. Turned out he was right.
Back in the '70's, all the yoga centers had his phone number next to the
phone in case of emergency.
He financially supported many of the Lama's visits to the US with his business called
"The Golden Nagas".
I think they were the original futon company in SF.
All this excitement about H.H. D. L. being here in the US has stirred some memories.
In 1979 when H.H. was in San Francisco I was connected with the group of Fire Walking Buddhists, led by Buddhist priest, Dr. Ajari Warwick.
Dr. Ajari and I have a karmic connection.
This brought me into some interesting & wonderful situations.
Dr. Ajari brought a small group of us to the San Francisco City Center when H.H. was meeting with then Mayor Diane Feinstein.
We went upstairs into the mayor's office with H.H. while he & the mayor visited.
The following day H.H. was giving a seminar at a seminary in Mill Valley where I was desperately trying to get a KATA scarf to H.H.
The security was unbelievable, even with snipers on the roofs.
I still could not get that kata to His Holiness.
I had not brought it with me the day before to the mayor's office!
But this turned out to be a blessing.
So here it is Sunday. We go to Oakland for H.H. to give a lecture.
We arrange the flowers on the stage.
This lecture was following a concert there by the Christian singer Andre Crouch.
Andre comes up to me preaching that if I don't accept JC as my Saviour
i'm going to burn in hell.
Well thanks for the warning buddy, but i'm sticking with loving compassion.
We continue to arrange the flowers.
H.H. is about the arrive. We take our seats in the first and second rows with
Dr. Ajari sitting on the stage.
His Holiness speaks and the thing I remember the most out of all of the lecture was
him saying not to be attached to loyalty to 'your' country.
This too changes and is illusion.
Well the lecture is about to end, I see H.H. is getting up with the crowd standing,
the security all around him, I make a mad dash from my seat to the steps
where he will come off the stage to leave & get into the car.
Now at this time I was just recovering from my last dose of chemotherapy
and my hair was about 1/4" long,
I was wearing a yellow Tibetan chuba dress with my arms & the Kata extended
out to H.H.
I get to the side of the bottom stair as H.H. gets there and he catches me out of his
peripheral vision.
He stops, leans over to me, blesses my head and places the Kata back
around my shoulders.
I WAS IN BLISS!!!
this photo is of Dr. Ajari before he was in robes standing on the right with
Sufi Sam & Allen Ginsberg.
Dr. Ajari passed on a few years ago, but his stories remain.
And fortunately for me, I have some of them to share.
4/21 added....
A priest friend, Keisho, was with us that day & wrote me last night adding this.
Thanks for your April 13 blog. I was there too and remember the Dalai
Lama's talk, but a different part than you remembered. I was struck,
pleasantly surprised, that he talked directly about the rivalry and
infighting going on among the Buddhist community, and urged them to live
in harmony.
Gassho, Keisho
Dr. Ajari was always in the middle of everything that was happening in the
San Francisco area.
I first met him on Alan Watt's houseboat when Lama Govinda was staying there.
Dr. Ajari & I got into an argument about Sai Baba. Turned out he was right.
Back in the '70's, all the yoga centers had his phone number next to the
phone in case of emergency.
He financially supported many of the Lama's visits to the US with his business called
"The Golden Nagas".
I think they were the original futon company in SF.
All this excitement about H.H. D. L. being here in the US has stirred some memories.
In 1979 when H.H. was in San Francisco I was connected with the group of Fire Walking Buddhists, led by Buddhist priest, Dr. Ajari Warwick.
Dr. Ajari and I have a karmic connection.
This brought me into some interesting & wonderful situations.
Dr. Ajari brought a small group of us to the San Francisco City Center when H.H. was meeting with then Mayor Diane Feinstein.
We went upstairs into the mayor's office with H.H. while he & the mayor visited.
The following day H.H. was giving a seminar at a seminary in Mill Valley where I was desperately trying to get a KATA scarf to H.H.
The security was unbelievable, even with snipers on the roofs.
I still could not get that kata to His Holiness.
I had not brought it with me the day before to the mayor's office!
But this turned out to be a blessing.
So here it is Sunday. We go to Oakland for H.H. to give a lecture.
We arrange the flowers on the stage.
This lecture was following a concert there by the Christian singer Andre Crouch.
Andre comes up to me preaching that if I don't accept JC as my Saviour
i'm going to burn in hell.
Well thanks for the warning buddy, but i'm sticking with loving compassion.
We continue to arrange the flowers.
H.H. is about the arrive. We take our seats in the first and second rows with
Dr. Ajari sitting on the stage.
His Holiness speaks and the thing I remember the most out of all of the lecture was
him saying not to be attached to loyalty to 'your' country.
This too changes and is illusion.
Well the lecture is about to end, I see H.H. is getting up with the crowd standing,
the security all around him, I make a mad dash from my seat to the steps
where he will come off the stage to leave & get into the car.
Now at this time I was just recovering from my last dose of chemotherapy
and my hair was about 1/4" long,
I was wearing a yellow Tibetan chuba dress with my arms & the Kata extended
out to H.H.
I get to the side of the bottom stair as H.H. gets there and he catches me out of his
peripheral vision.
He stops, leans over to me, blesses my head and places the Kata back
around my shoulders.
I WAS IN BLISS!!!
this photo is of Dr. Ajari before he was in robes standing on the right with
Sufi Sam & Allen Ginsberg.
AjariAllen
Dr. Ajari passed on a few years ago, but his stories remain.
And fortunately for me, I have some of them to share.
4/21 added....
A priest friend, Keisho, was with us that day & wrote me last night adding this.
Thanks for your April 13 blog. I was there too and remember the Dalai
Lama's talk, but a different part than you remembered. I was struck,
pleasantly surprised, that he talked directly about the rivalry and
infighting going on among the Buddhist community, and urged them to live
in harmony.
Gassho, Keisho
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