Nalanda University
in northern India drew scholars from all over Asia, surviving for hundreds of
years before being destroyed by invaders in 1193. Guru RINPOCHE had also
studied and came from Nalanda to Bhutan and Tibet to spread Buddhism.
During those days
the Buddhist monks can perform many types of miracles.
To give an example,
once during an annual puja the head lama asked his junior to bring 20 ltrs of
milk for making offering within 5 minutes. It was impossible for the junior to
get the milk within such a short time. However, he was so learned monk and can
perform any types of miracles. He immediately made a cow's drawing on the wall
and started milking from it. He gave the milk to head lama in time.
(Cow sketch made by the monk)
༄༅ ། ། དཔལ་ལྡན་ཟླ་བ་གྲགས་པ་ཡིས།། རི་མོ་བྲིས་པའི་བ་རྣམས་ལས། །འོ་མ་འཇོས་པས་གཞན་རྒྱུད་ཀྱི།། བདེན་ཞེན་ཟློག་པ་ངོ་མཚར་ཆེ།། ཞེས་གསུངས་སོ།། །།
The drawing is
still seen today on the ruined wall at Nalanda.
I managed to see
the faded drawing twice during my visit to Nalanda. I want to ensure that these
important facts are not lost over the period. Even many Nalanda tourists guide
don't know the story.
So enjoy it friends
and don't forget to see when you visit the Nalanda on the way to Bodhgaya.
