My friend Zhaga
As we grow older, we have fewer and fewer friends, but true friends are always in our hearts.
is like Zhaga.
Zhaga is one of my best friends while working at Ganzi .
Zhaga spent his childhood in the temple.
When he was young, his uncle was the lama of Ganzi Temple. When he got older, Zhaga went to the temple to take care of him and stayed there for more than ten years.
While taking care of his uncle in the temple, Zhaga learned Tibetan and helped the temple with some things.
He is very smart. It didn't take long for him to learn simple nursing knowledge such as infusion and simple electrician skills. The living Buddha monks in the temple liked him very much.
On the day of his uncle's death, Zhaga stayed in the empty Zhakong, chanting sutras until the sky gradually darkened. He cleaned up Zakong, took one last look at the temple where he had lived for more than ten years, and returned home.
Zhaga remembers that day was Wednesday, and until today Zhaga is vegetarian every Sunday.
My friend Zhaga
The living Buddha of the temple mobilized him to stay in the temple because he already met the conditions as a monk. Zhaga declined, but said that as long as the temple needed him, he would do his best.
He started to run a small shop and did clothing business, making a living with difficulty. During this period, he learned that the temple needed to go shopping, so he resolutely closed the store and spent more than half a month dedicating himself to purchasing supplies for the temple free of charge.
When I met him, he was already the provincial-level intangible inheritor of Ganzi water tsampa washing.
He has short hair, wears Tibetan clothing, is full of energy, always smiles, and gives people a very warm feeling.
Although he runs a good Zanba Industrial Park, he does not feel like a businessman. I carry a backpack with my laptop and Leica camera in it every day. I go to take pictures at dawn and read books in the Himalayan cafe during the day.
Although he did not go to school for a day, his level of Tibetan is very high through self-study, especially Tibetan calligraphy, which is at the master level.
Zhaga and his friends
are a little bit weak in Chinese, but he is quite proficient in using a laptop and camera.
For example, for photography, he only uses a Leica m9, and he cannot speak difficult terms such as aperture, focal length, and sensitivity. However, his photos often appear in the media and have won many awards. People asked him, and he said, I felt comfortable, so I pressed the shutter.
"Zhaga is a person who brings good luck to people", many people say so.
This is also what I think. For example, every time I go out to shoot with him, I will encounter double rainbow , Jesus light, and even Buddha light.
The Fo Guang filmed with Zha Ga
He also won the first place in the province in the entrepreneurial experience speech given by master Ru Lin. He is so awesome. He made all the speech materials and PPT himself!
He is very kind and low-key. I have worked in Ganzi for more than ten years and we have become very good friends, but he has never made any excessive demands.
I couldn't do anything to help him, and I still feel a little guilty about this to this day.
The morning I left Ganzi, I didn’t tell him because I didn’t like to hurt the atmosphere of separation. He actually knew it and didn't come to see me off. He stood not far from me. He sent me a text message that made me burst into tears. This text message is still on my mobile phone, "As long as you are kind-hearted, there will be a brilliant double rainbow wherever you go. I wish my good friend Tashi Delek ."
My wife once made a short video for the two of us, with "Good Brothers" as the background music.
There is a saying that goes well, a true friend should be rooted in character, respectful in virtue, and lasting in love..
I think Zhaga and I are such friends!
Sunrise shot with Zhaga
