It is really my honor to be able to welcome Sokni Rinpoche here and Sokni Rinpoche is

one of the most renowned of the Tibetan teachers training trained outside of Tibetan

teachers all around the world and has two two nunneries in Nepal and one of

the largest nunnery anywhere in Tibet that he oversees and supports has been

an amazing support for women for nuns that wanted go deep into practice it's

been a major project a wonderful one and you'd have you'll have the opportunity

to support if you'd like. In addition I just want to say personally that

Rinpoche has been one of the most influential teachers for me this incarnation

I mean it's been I think my first retreat was about 12 years ago and I was

on a certain track and I went to that retreat and the effect of dropping

deeper and touching the kind of openness who was pointing to tonight has

really radically impacted me and continues to so I have a great sense of

personal excitement that you get to be with Rinpoche tonight his book

Open Mind Open Heart will be available to you and you'll hear more about it as

we speak but just join me in this moment just to welcome and thank you for

being with us yeah I think I thought this is the right time to read the chapter

on inner space so this is a subsection of the chapter on inner space called the

first glimpse I was able to spend only a few weeks with my father at his

hermitage at Nagigampa near the end of my stay though he gave me a

listen a lesson in experiencing space I'll never forget that first lesson I was

sitting in my father's private room a small wood paneled space with a bed and

altar and enough room for maybe five or six people to sit half of the room was

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