SUPER HERO DOG, COMPANION OF THE ELDER

Metta, huge Tibetan Mastiff with a more than human lifespan. Constant companion to the Elder.

In caves and on freezing mountaintops Metta guards the Elder as he practices the profound occultism of Tibet.

CENTURIES BEFORE THE ELDER MET THE THE THUGS IN A CITY ALLEY, A YOUNG MAN WHO HAD BEEN NAMED, DAWA, BY HIS EARTHLY PARENTS, SAT HIGH ON A MOUNTAIN TOP IN THE HIMALAYAS, THE ROOF OF THE WORLD. SINCE HIS EARLIEST YEARS HE HAD SHOWN AN INNATE ABILITY TO MASTER CERTAIN OCCULT PRACTICES PASSED DOWN BY TIBETAN MASTERS. WHILE STILL A CHILD, HE HAD LEARNED TUMMO, THE YOGA OF PSYCHIC HEAT. AT TWELVE HE COULD CONTROL THE EFFECT OF GRAVITY ON HIS BODY AND WAS A SKILLED LONG GOM PA WALKER, ABLE TO WALK AS FAST AS A RUNNING HORSE. BUT HE HUNGERED ONLY FOR THE BUDDHA’S PERFECT BLISS.

Dawa, the youthful Elder and Metta pass through the rhododendron forest in the lower elevations of the Himalayas.