Spoken in Merigar, November 3rd, 2007, during the Shang Shung Lottery extraction, at the end of the Chang Chog of Namcho Shitro Retreat:
"I want to say people of the Shang Shung Institute are working very well and I want to say thank you very much. Because it is something important, Shang Shung Institute and our organization of ASIA, because each of these organizations, there is a very precise aim for realizing something. You know, the Dzogchen Community is more community for spirituual field and they are more interested in the teachings and practice, but then if we are interested in teachings, we must understand from where teachings are coming, until today who maintained these teachings, (kept them) alive. Most of the field of teachings is Tibet. For example, we say in ancient time from India, Oddiyana, Shambhala, etc., but everything is history today. All teachings, Sutra, Tantra, Dzogchen, etc., ancient texts, for example, at that period, were translated in Tibet, and in Tibet, they are alive until today. so we must maintain Tibetans, Tibetan culture, and spiritual knowledge. The base we are supporting. And doing like Shang Shung Institute and ASIA, is for that reason. So, they are working very hard, and, also, I want to say to all people try to understand, and to collaborate."
