Rinpoche gave me a sideways glance. “You can’t simply—decide—to be impartial. You have to have the strength, capacity, and realisation to be impartial …” [pause] “Power …” Rinpoche concluded “… relies on being able to let go of everything. “You must be able to allow everything to fall apart. Power rests on the ability to let everything for which you’ve worked be destroyed. You can’t have power whilst there is anything that you want to keep intact. This is why Paltrül has the power to command this local protector.[171] Paltrül can—not—be
