Togden Ami, one of the first 8 yogis who came to India from Tibet in the late fifties because of the Chinese occupation.
Last year while visiting Himachal Pradesh in India I went to visit Tashi Jong the monastery where the Tibetan yogis still go on lifelong retreat in pursue of realisation of the mind, or realising the source of mind.
While in Tashi Jong I encountered the figure of Togden Amit and visited a private house where his relics are conserved. I felt a strong peaceful energy in this place, the same as that felt in Ashram of Ramana Maharshi in Tiruvannamalai.
Somehow felt to share the photo of Togden Amit’s beautiful face, may he light up your way.
For more information about the Tashi Jong monastery and retreat centre and the Togden tradition visit
“Only once in a hundred times
Can this precious human body occur.
With the meaningless eight worldly concerns,
One takes great care to do wasteful activities.
Opportunities for death are abundant.
Opportunities for life are very few.
This life is like a butter lamp in the wind;
Holding it as permanent, one is very confused.
This life is like the shadow of the setting sun;
Though you try to escape a hundred times, it comes nearer and nearer.
One cannot find freedom by running away.
So it is said in the song of Jetsun Mila.
From virtuous karma comes the joy of fruition.
From the karma of neurotic crime, suffering occurs.
Never be deceived by this.
Therefore, guard cause and effect like your own eyes.
With revulsion towards samsara and deep yearning towards the path,
Day and night, without interruption, cultivate virtuous karma.
With great devotion and faith, be mindful without wandering.
This is the path of all the Buddhas of the past.
All the Buddhas of the present are traveling on this path.
If you enter on this path, you will never be deceived.”
Togden Ami, one of the first 8 yogis who came to India from Tibet in the late fifties because of the Chinese occupation.
Last year while visiting Himachal Pradesh in India I went to visit Tashi Jong the monastery where the Tibetan yogis still go on lifelong retreat in pursue of realisation of the mind, or realising the source of mind.
While in Tashi Jong I encountered the figure of Togden Amit and visited a private house where his relics are conserved. I felt a strong peaceful energy in this place, the same as that felt in Ashram of Ramana Maharshi in Tiruvannamalai.
Somehow felt to share the photo of Togden Amit’s beautiful face, may he light up your way.
For more information about the Tashi Jong monastery and retreat centre and the Togden tradition visit
“Only once in a hundred times
Can this precious human body occur.
With the meaningless eight worldly concerns,
One takes great care to do wasteful activities.
Opportunities for death are abundant.
Opportunities for life are very few.
This life is like a butter lamp in the wind;
Holding it as permanent, one is very confused.
This life is like the shadow of the setting sun;
Though you try to escape a hundred times, it comes nearer and nearer.
One cannot find freedom by running away.
So it is said in the song of Jetsun Mila.
From virtuous karma comes the joy of fruition.
From the karma of neurotic crime, suffering occurs.
Never be deceived by this.
Therefore, guard cause and effect like your own eyes.
With revulsion towards samsara and deep yearning towards the path,
Day and night, without interruption, cultivate virtuous karma.
With great devotion and faith, be mindful without wandering.
This is the path of all the Buddhas of the past.
All the Buddhas of the present are traveling on this path.
If you enter on this path, you will never be deceived.”
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