Return of Extranjeros Espana (Spain foreigners).

The police of police station in San sebantain asked me to come after 40 days to collect residence visa from the day I submitted the documents but I take advantage by going before 40 days is passed. I went to collect residence visa on 35 day after I submitted documents. I was having bad dream, climbing down the hill on that night. We believe this type of dream is a bad omen. I was worried whether they will released or not thinking 40 days is not today.

I decided to go. I can visit other place of San sebantain if they don’t release. I can also visit after I collect. I arrived at Police station and cut the token. My number was displayed on the electronic board (sorry I don’t know what the board is called) and I went inside. As soon I submitted the money receipt and the document they have given, man told Bhutanese name. “Are you Jangpo (Zangpo)”? I responded quickly with excitement “yes sir”. He gave me the card.

 Holding the new residence card of Spain outside reminded me the bad dream. “Ah, one should do away with orthodox”.

By the time I finished everything it was only 10 am in the morning. I walked every corner of the street, San sebantain. If San sebantain buildings was the temple, I did merit task by making one round.

I got a time to visit bay of North Pacific Ocean on the same day. It is just next to San Sebantain. I walked along the bay of North Pacific Ocean until I reached at Concha (shell) beach I realized my leg was paining. Finally I came back to university by bus at 3pm. 

View of North Pacific Ocean.

                                   

Clear view of North Pacific Ocean

Clear view of North Pacific Ocean

Extranjeros Espana.

Extranjeros Espana mean a Spanish words which mean Spain foreigners. It is something like permit card that we are allowed to stay here. No sooner did we arrived here we have to proceed for Extranjeros Espana. I applied for Extranjeros Espana on 10^th, September, 2014.

The procedure for applying.

First, I went to Foreign office in San Sebastain (Basque Country, Spain). The document required are;

     1. The passport (all page photo copy),

     2. Visa,

     3. Demonstration of financial resources to show that you can live (example bank statement),

      4. Health Insurance,

      5. Student card.

After submitting documents they verified my documents and gave me a paper that contain my data.

It is not over there. I have to go to Police station. It is also in San Sebantain (Basque country, Spain). I submitted the documents along with the filled form given from Foreign office. They asked me to pay the fee for Residence Visa. We have to go personally to the bank and pay it. As soon as I paid in the bank, I rushed to the Police station. I might be late because it get close at 1 pm (Spanish Standard Time).

Fringe print was taken and they asked me to come after 40 days along with receipt (money receipt from bank) and document they gave.

Mess up, Food Shopping in Spain. Vinegar cannot be cooking oil.

Shopping at least once in a week become unavoidable to me because I have to eat to survive. In Bhutan, normally people prefer to do shopping on Sunday. I too prefer here in Spain but I was encounter with shocked and nothing I could bought on Sunday when I went to buy. Every shop closed here in (Basque Country) Spain on Sunday.

Now, I go once in a week to buy something to cook and buy foodstuff to sustain for a week. Walking in an open air and visiting the shop one by one in order to buy is enjoyable. It sometime become tedious if it rain.

Way back to home with mind scare of what if it rain.

Selecting the items isn’t easy. Every item is written with Spanish. Thanks to Google translator for translating me to English. But still a few funny story I got to share. I was in shopping complex without cell phone. I try to buy face cream. I randomly picked from the face cream corner. I didn’t enquired whether it was face cream because I was confident as it was in face cream corner. I never realized it was hand cream until I translated after reaching home.

Again same silly incident occurred for the second time. I picked up cooking oil with very confident because it was in cooking oil corner. It gave me second shock when Google translator displayed it was vinegar. It is difficult go anywhere in Spain without cellphone with available internet.

Now I won’t face any problem because I will utilize Google translator efficiently.

very confident in vegetable corner as I can recognize even though name tag are in Spanish.

Tragic of Zamtangkangri (Under Samdrup jongkhar) need to be followed up.

It was indeed a shocking news on top of mourning the state of one’s mind. Before I go any further on discussing the follow up, let me pay my deep of the deepest homage and condolence to the deceased parent and the deceased one. Our homage and condolence along with prayer shall always for late one. “OM MA NI PAD MAY HUNG”. May your soul rent in peace and ultimately rebirth in palace of Guru Rinpoche (Zangthopelri).

Now coming to the followed up, it is not regarding incident of DCM vehicle to be discussed but general observation by public to every vehicles from Daifam to Deptsang (Deptsang to Daifam); Ugyen Phuntsho Rangdrel has rightly said in the comment on Tshedup Zangpo’s post (United Shingkhar lauri group) incident are occurring due to overload. He also said that the drivers asked people to walk till Army check post just to escape from policemen. He is not the one who saw all those tricky being played by drivers but most of the people witnessed it. The situation need to be learned why we (Public) have do all these. They did it because there are no other option to reach to their destination. But then, is there any other better solution and prevention of incident because of overload? Will we always walk without the notice of police to make vehicle overload?

Solution could be: 1) Police Checking in certain point between Daifam and Deptsang (Ahead of Army Check post) to check weather vehicle are with traveling with excess passengers.

                              2) Public transport if possible should be looked for. (Concern Authority to look in to matter seriously).

                              3) Avoid travelling in late night.

“Hit by arrow” news is alarming.

Bow and arrow, Source: google image.

  The news of people being hit by arrow is alarming every now and then when special occasion come in Bhutan. Within a week, three case were being reported. One on 22^nd September in Mongar. (News within the Update of Lunana case dated 25^th September, Click here for detail news.), second on 23^rd in Lunana (Gasa District), Click here for detail news. and third on 29^th September in Wangdi Phodrang, Click here for detail news.. Among three case, Lunana case (Gasa District) was the serious. Even a chopper was provided to lift the injured man by arrow hit. Thank god, as PDP pledged a Cooper to recruit for emergency case and people are clamming their right. But then seriousness should look into. When somebody hit with arrow has provide chopper to reach hospital doesn’t mean all arrow hit victim will not able to access the privilege.

Now couple of question is arising in my mind: Why people are hit with arrow? How people are hit with arrow? I don’t think people hit with arrow easily. The shooter should take care of his shoot and observer should also take care of his position, where he is staying to watch. I interpret, shooter might be drunk or observer might be drunk. But I don’t think my interpretation is right when I conclude the shooter is bad shooter of all time.

I too play traditional archery game in the crowd. Haha… guess I am going to say something good about me but I have to say the truth. My arrows never go beyond the boundary of target (Bacho). There will be an audience as usual. Instead of frightening audience, they are happy with my arrow erecting strongly on the target. What I mean to say here is that bad archer are the one who make audience to hit and chopper lift necessary.

If all archer are bad archer, frequently hitting audience with arrow, then we need to think over who can participate in playing archery game. There will be no selection as such but bad archer know himself, he is bad archer. He should feel guilty himself and avoid playing.

I am keen interest in playing traditional archery and will be always playing cautiously without let chopper to lift arrow hit people to hospital. Let me pray to have safe traditional archery game whenever it is being played and no scene of arrow hitting people. God Bless every archer and observer.

Arrows: Source: Google Image

Interview with Chatral Rinpoche.

Source: From one of the Friend's (Kezang Tshering Sir) comment in the facebook.
"Question: Why did you decide to stop eating meat? How old were you when you made this decision?
Rinpoche: It is written in many Theravadayana and Mahayana texts that one should not eat meat. There is also a Vajrayana text that says the same thing, that one should not enjoy meat or alcohol. Because of this I am following the instructions of Shakyamuni Buddha. Being a religious person, I don’t take meat or alcohol and at the same time I try to tell other people not to consume these things. This is my reason — I’m just trying to motivate other people. I was forty-seven years old when I went to Bodhgaya and made a vow to all of the buddhas and bodhisattvas to give up meat and alcohol.

Question: Why do you think vegetarianism is an important aspect of practicing the Dharma?
Rinpoche: If you take meat, it goes against the vows one takes in seeking refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Because when you take meat you have to take a being’s life. So I gave it up.

Question: Some claim that one can help the animals one eats by praying for them, and thus eating meat is compassionate. Other than for the most accomplished yogis and lamas, what do you make of this claim?
Rinpoche: With supernatural powers gained through certain meditation practices, it is true that there are some realized beings who can revive animals from the dead and help them reach a higher rebirth or enlightenment by consuming small amounts of their flesh. But this is not done for sustenance, only for the purpose of helping that animal. I personally do not have that power and, because of that, I never eat meat. Eating meat in one’s diet is much different than eating flesh to liberate a being through supernatural powers. I am just an ordinary practitioner who really doesn’t have these qualities. So, if I ate meat it would be the same if you or any other lay person ate meat. I would be committing a sin and I would be getting negative karma. I don’t pretend as if I have special powers and eat meat, I just avoid it altogether.

Question: Do you see Tibetan Buddhists in exile making a sincere effort to reduce their meat consumption and become vegetarian, or has meat eating become an entrenched aspect of Tibetan culture?
Rinpoche: In Tibet, there’s only meat and tsampa [roasted barley flour] — there is no other staple food. Tibet is at a high altitude and the climate is tundralike. There are not many fruits and vegetables. After coming to South Asia, you really don’t have to follow the Tibetan custom of meat and tsampa. There are many types of fruits and vegetables, nutritional supplements — all kinds of good foods. Everything is available. So there is really no need to talk about the customs of Tibet as an excuse for eating meat. From my experience, not eating meat has many benefits. I’m eighty-eight and ever since I stopped eating meat, I haven’t had any major sickness. When I sleep, I sleep well. When I get up, I can walk right away. When I read religious texts, I can see them properly. I have very good hearing and can listen attentively. These are the qualities I have experienced from not eating meat. I didn’t get sick or die when I stopped eating meat; no negative consequences came to me. I can travel by vehicle, airplane, or train without getting nauseous or dizzy and I never get headaches. I am a human being formed with flesh and blood like anyone else and am proof that giving up meat does not make one ill like many Tibetans seem to think. I’m telling you from my own experience; only good things have happened to me from giving up meat.

Question: Some monks have told me that since insects are killed in the production of rice and other vegetables, then there is really no difference in eating those things and eating meat. What do you think about this?
Rinpoche: This would mean that you wouldn’t eat anything and would starve to death. If you say you were going to go for a month without killing insects through the food you eat, then you would die. If you die, this precious human life is wasted. So if you just let your body be destroyed, that means you are taking your own life, which is killing in itself. You can always take the insect from the rice when you see it and let it free outside. You don’t necessarily have to kill beings to eat. Although, when we walk we crush many insects under our feet. We may not see them or observe them, but still we must be killing them. Not being aware doesn’t mean that we haven’t created any sin, because after all, cause and effect are always there."