And on three occasions, I met with the workers and exhorted them to conduct themselves properly and carry out their work efficiently. I visited the local Home for the Blind, attended a program at Yeravda, met the Indian cricket team, took the mandali to see three films, listened to Soman's Marathi manuscript of a play that I had asked him to write — all this besides the items of daily routine.
Although it seems three months have just simply passed by, so much work has really been done. All this is apart from my Universal work which I have been doing continuously.
During this entire period, the condition of my health has been very bad; I have had fevers, headaches and stomach pains. I have been suffering a lot and no one can ever have any idea about it. Just as no one ever expected me to be able to walk again freely without the help of canes, nowadays no one really expects me to break my silence. Even those who are in my intimate contact don't expect it and even fear that if I do so, there would be nothing special about me, as my observance of silence is the one unique thing about me.
But I tell you, when I break my silence, many things will happen. The breaking of my silence does not mean my talking like any other ordinary person does. It will be the speaking of the Word of Words. I assure you that the time for that to happen is very near. I have often referred in the past to the present world conditions and the anti-God trends prevailing the world over — Tibet being no exception.1 Leaders do not trust each other, and the entire world is getting more and more steeped in rank materialism.
What I want from those mandali who live with me at Guruprasad and those lovers who frequently visit me is to help me during the next 40 days until the end of July, by strictly obeying me 100 percent. Try your utmost not to give me any cause to get upset. Although each one will necessarily have his own difficulties and problems, for the next 40 days I want you not to bring such matters to my ears at all. I want no meetings of any kind and no discussions of any sort to be held in my presence during this period. I want you to do your best to remain cheerful and never to give in to moods in my presence.
Footnotes
- 1.In March 1959, the Chinese brutally suppressed an uprising against their nine-year occupation of Tibet. Ten thousand people were killed before the rebellion was crushed. The Chinese destroyed thousands of Tibetan monasteries, and the Dalai Lama fled to India with 100,000 of his followers.