KYABJE KHAMTRUL RINPOCHE JIGME PEMA NYINJADH

The First ADC was a wonderful success and brought together many individuals from all over the globe to work for one cause - the preservation of our 800-year-old Drukpa Lineage. I am extremely grateful to all those individuals who made the 1^st ADC possible; each one was as dedicated and devoted as the other to the tough and sometimes seemingly impossible tasks at hand. 

It was extremely admirable to witness the harmonious joined efforts and the fruitful results borne; and especially to witness the wishes of His Holiness being fulfilled. Even His Holiness recently mentioned that the aim of the Annual Drukpa Council had been achieved through the success of the 1^st ADC.

The ADC belongs not, to one monastery, one region or even a country, but it belongs to the entire Drukpa Lineage; it is an event that belongs to many countries and millions of people, therefore we must realize that it will take much effort and time to make improvements and work out issues for positive results to bear fruit.  Nonetheless, the 1^st ADC has indeed put positive consequences in motion, though they may be small and slow, they are significant and fundamental to the changes needed for the greater association and integration within our Drukpa community.

A few of these successes that I