Located at an altitude of 500 meters
above the sea level, the sacred Dunmang Tshachhu (hot spring) is sandwiched in
between steep gorges, just by the Mangdechhu. After driving for an hour from
Tingtingbi towards Gomphu, the
Tshachhu is just another hour's walk downhill from the highway.
It is a sacred Ney of Guru Rinpochey and people say
that there are 108 different hot springs in here. It is also revered to be a
cure for piles, arthritis and skin diseases, among many others.
It was a pleasant coincidence for me to pay a visit
to this area on my birthday (on 13th January).
As I went for a dip late into the night, as if in
trance, I was drawn into a conversation by the meandering Mangdechhu. Of the
many lessons it taught me, she cautioned me that I was already into the 25th
year since I was born and that I do not have any concrete achievements to my
credit. She also told me that my life was fleeting, just as her flow
downstream.
Upon asking about how I could overcome this crisis,
she just told me very bluntly that I would rust if I chose to rest and thereby,
she put an end to our conversation quite abruptly.
I am assuming, she meant that I need to conquer
complacency and work rather very hard!!!
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