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Rinpoche: Yes in November, this year, I have been requested by the Newari Buddhist community of Patan to give another initiation. Fifty thousand people are announced to come, but I won’t be surprised if again more than 100,000 come to attend.
Q.: You stated on your website that you are not interested in encouraging young people to become monks or nuns. Can you say some more about your reasoning here?
Rinpoche: Concerning the youth, instead of making children nuns and monks at a young age, there should be a school where subject on Basic Buddhism should be taught to all young girls and boys. In this way, the younger generation will learn about Buddhism throughout their school years, and by the time they are ready to graduate and look for a job, they will have a good basic knowledge of Buddhism. If some of them should decide to enter the Dharma in a committed way, such as entering a monastery, they will be able to make their decision on the basis of an already acquired knowledge of the Dharma. It will then be very easy for them to absorb the Dharma in a profound way. The lamas who teach in the villages should do so without sectarian politics, without any regard to the lineage in which they have been trained in. They should simply teach the Dharma.

Q.: So, just to make sure it's clear, you were not satisfied with the ceremony you held in November 2010. Is this correct?
Rinpoche: I have to add that despite the objections that I have pronounced here in regard to big initiation events, there has been one great pleasure and satisfaction upon coming to Nepal last year, and that was seeing the unification of all the indigenous Buddhists in the Nepal Federation of Indigenous Peoples. I do believe that such a Federation of unified Buddhists can contribute an important part to re-establishing peace and prosperity in this country.
Source: Shamarpa.org - 31.08.11
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