In recent years, many things have unfolded along the Amochu (Toorsa River, Phuentsholing), near Aum Dungtima Ney. These include the miraculous survival of two security guards who were swept away by the raging river. For the past few weeks, severe floods and landslides have brought immense suffering to communities living around Phuentsholing. Homes have been inundated, businesses disrupted, and the Samtse-Phuentsholing and Phuentsholing-Thimphu highways repeatedly blocked, affecting thousands of travellers and livelihoods. A lone Elephant has remained standing in the middle of the river. Many believed it would be swept away during the recent heavy rainfall.Yet, despite relentless rain and powerful currents, the Elephant is still there calm, unmoved, and resilient along with the sacred Ney, one of Bhutan’s sacred hidden places associated with King Dondrup, regarded in Buddhist tradition as a previous life of Lord Buddha. According to the sacred biography of the Buddha, King Dondrup endur...