Taipei Course Canceled
Due to the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak in Mainland China, international travel is becoming increasingly difficult. Many of you have had your plane tickets canceled by airline companies and it is yet uncertain how serious the situation around the world could become by March. Therefore, Lama Ole has decided to cancel the Mahamudra Course in Taipei.
The decision is best explained in Lama Ole's open letter, which follows:
臺北大手印課程取消通知
由於新型冠狀病毒疫情持續蔓延，導致眾多朋友無法來台灣，歐雷・尼達爾喇嘛於2020年2月3日宣佈取消臺北大手印課程。請見以下喇嘛歐雷公開說明：
Lama Ole Nydahl's Open Letter
Irkutsk, February 3rd, 2020
Dearest Diamond Way students and friends everywhere,
In connection with calamities and wars, responsible people will always choose to save their assets. This is because timeless knowledge may easily be lost and accumulated wisdom may not reappear in a world of so many changes. For that reason, we, the Diamond Way practitioners and teachers must absolutely create the spaces for the knowledge of our lineages to survive and in every possible situation to revive this wisdom and again pass it on.
So, with the heartbreaking disease hitting the world from China at present, it’s our job to do this. Most of us have practised for many years and are well educated to overview our present situation which has been increasingly worse.
We, therefore – and with great pain towards you, who became our dharma family and close friends – cannot presently visit Vladivostok, Taipei and Glentui. Here, it’s our responsibility to preserve this living wisdom which we hold and which is the lifeblood of our lineage.
After the course in Irkutsk, we will, therefore, use our time for preserving and passing on the teachings in Europe. It will hopefully be just for a short time and when the sky will again be free, we will be able to pass on these living transmissions under safe and responsible conditions worldwide.
We deeply hope that you are all safe and please focus on our Diamond Way practices that you already enjoy. They are exceedingly meaningful.
Look forward very much to seeing you soon again,
Yours from Irkutsk in Siberia, only with -25 degrees,
Lama Ole and friends.