His Holiness talks about DPPL
Drukpa Publications Pvt. Ltd. (DPPL), previously know as International Drukpa Publications (IDP), is my personal idea. My only motivation is to benefit beings, especially my students and the people who follow my teachings, so that some of them may be inspired and some kind of knowledge can be exchanged.
The idea of setting up IDP came about through some students and friends, who were very eager to have some books published of my teachings; they asked me many times whether or not I could arrange publication, but at the time I was not really interested in doing this. A few years later, I began to see several magazines and booklets being printed, based on my teachings; some were nice and some were not.
Since transcribing from a tape recorder is not a very big deal, perhaps they printed these booklets out of their compassion and kindness. Some of them were new students unfamiliar with my way of teaching; as you all know, I have a unique way of expressing through my inadequate vocabulary, since I have never studied English in my life. So some of the new comers were inspired and they printed booklets and magazines based on my teachings. However, because they didn't really know my language, they made many mistakes that distorted my messages in the teachings.
In the end, I decided that it is not a good idea to let people do what they want with my teachings as this might mislead others. Therefore, I established DPPL.
As you can see, we have published not only some of my teachings, but also the Tibetan calendars and lately, 'The Dragon' biannual periodical. I believe we are developing slowly and through these kinds of forms, I am quite sure that many people will benefit and will be happy.
