The Gyalwang Drukpa is the honorific title of the head of the Drukpa Lineage, one of the independent Sarma (new) schools of Vajrayana Buddhism.

1. GYALWANG DRUKPA
My Heart Full of Tears
I spent one whole day in Tatopani in Sindhupalchok, the worst
affected area in the April 2015 earthquake, where 300 of
Sengdrak Rinpoche's nuns and yoginis lost their homes, many
thousands lost their lives and many more lost their beloved ones.
I was quite happy to see that rebuilding process is taking place
gradually and most people are moving into temporary homes,
and hopefully permanent buildings will be ready soon. When I
came back to Kathmandu, I was taken to a hotel where a
celebration was organised by my nuns and some of my old
friends and dignitaries for my western birthday. It was an
evening well spent with old and new friends, full of Nepali
traditional dances, laughters and good vegetarian food.

2. However, just half an hour ago, I received a call from one of my
friends in India, requesting prayer for a young boy of 16 years
old known as Dorje Tsering, from Dehra Dun, who died due to
self-immolation. I couldn't control my tears hearing this
heartbreaking news. My prayer goes to his family and everyone
who loves him and more so, my heart goes to him.
There have been almost 150 self-immolation cases in our
Buddhist society. I don't see any positive result in this. Please
investigate and check whether there is any point in doing this.
From the Buddha's point of view, human rebirths are considered
to be very precious. We say that it is almost impossible to attain
a human body and once you have it you should not waste it
because it is unlikely to come around again. A precious human
life is one that is complete with the favourable conditions, such
as being in a place where you are free to practise spirituality,
having all the human sense faculties, to be born where spiritual
teachings have been taught and to be interested in those
teachings.
Since we have human form, we have to use it for individual and
collective purposes. If you want to serve your own society, you
have to have body and if you want to serve yourself, you have to
have body. If you agree with me, we should not kill ourselves

3. any more; instead we have to keep ourselves well and healthy
enough to live long to serve Buddha Dharma and all sentient
beings, and to reach our goals.
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