Felt the warmness and aroma of butter lamp while stepping
inside the shrine. The entire front space was filled with butter lamp and the
statue was unable to see clearly as it was covered up with silk. The glittering blue
ferocious face was shining along with the reddish yellow radiant of the butter
lamp making more frightening. The hair will be disturbed whoever sees such frightening statue.
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| rain start falling ... |
Nearby, father Phentsok uplift his face and prostrate
thrice stretching his body and hold his palm toward forehead while
kneeling down. He pray “Oh!! deity, as you know. Although I take birth in
human life but due to lack of merit accumulation, until now I spend my life in
depress and hard labor. Now for the sake of next life, with intension to get
bless from venerable Sakyamuni of Potala, I came for pilgrimage and it’s been
six months since I left my village and till now more than forty pilgrimage
sites and monasteries were visited. Now I came by you deity. Tomorrow is the 15th
day of the lunar month and Saga Dawa as well; now it’s time to get bless from
venerable Sakyamuni. Till then I request you to protect us from obstacles”
father Phentsok took the cane nearby knee and slowly stands up while putting
right hand on the shoulder of young boy who stands by left. He keeps glancing again and again at the statue
while walking away from it.
Suddenly
thunder start thundering and lighting, watching the black clouds rolling
in the sky, father Phentsok knew that rainstorm will fall so, took a shelter nearby. Father Phentsok recites Mani while rolling
beats of rosary through his right fingers, before completing a circle, rainstorm start and quickly he kept the boy in his lap and continues reciting and wishing it to stop sooner or later. The lady of house come to know
that there are people sheltering under her roof. She saw an old father and
son cuddle with each other when she checked the door. Afflicted by hunger and
exhausted, fatigue, sallow and thin old man was holding a young boy in his lap. She understood the circumstance when father Phentsok honestly response the question the lady asked.
When
she examine from head to foot, old father’s chupa was covered up with patches while
kneecap were reveal out as a trousers was tore. Bare foot touches the earth as
the sole of the shoes has worn out. A young boy has nothing to wear even no
trousers that he was covered with short ragged clothing cloth. His hair
matted together and became disheveled, dirt has form as if coal was put on
a face. Through nostril the snot hang up and down with the inhaling and
exhaling process.
TO BE CONTINUE.....
