Thanks for posting this, Michael. I had noticed it in the queue after the clip
I posted, but didn't have the time to watch it earlier. I really like this guy.
I don't know about you, but for me it's just a revelation to stumble upon a
spiritual teacher whose spiel doesn't make me want to throw up in my mouth.
This guy makes me laugh, he makes me think...what's not to like?
From: "Michael Jackson [email protected] [FairfieldLife]"
<[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] A high dharma talk from a teacher who once
impressed Turq
Words Of My Perfect Teacher: Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche Interview
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From: "TurquoiseBee [email protected] [FairfieldLife]"
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To: FairfieldLife <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 11:26 AM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] A high dharma talk from a teacher who once impressed
Turq
Really. You guys have been complaining about FFL not being spiritual enough
for you, right? Well, here's some spirituality.
This fellow -- Khyentse Norbu -- once impressed my socks off, the one time I
got to meet him in Santa Fe. He is the director of the *excellent* film "The
Cup," and was in Santa Fe trying to raise money for his next film, "Travelers
and Magicians."
He is also a Tibetan lama ("The Cup" was set and filmed in the monastery he
presided over at the time). Also, in Tibetan Buddhist culture he is considered
a "recognized tulku," meaning that in their system they absolutely flat-out
believe that this guy is the reincarnation of famous saints from previous
centuries. This is what Wikipedia says about his lineage:
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche was born in far Eastern, Bhutan in 1961. At
the age of seven he was recognized, by H.H. Sakya Trizin Rinpoche, as the third
'incarnation' (Wylie sprul sku) of the founder of Khyentse lineage of Tibetan
Buddhism.
The first incarnation was Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892), who helped found
the Rimé or ecumenical school of Tibetan Buddhism, centred in Dzongsar
Monastery in Sichuan. Followers of this non-sectarian school sought to identify
and make use of the best methods from the various long-competing and isolated
schools of Tibetan Buddhism. This approach led to a blossoming of scholarship
and writing beginning in the 1880s.
The second incarnation was the renowned lama Dzongsar Khyentse Chokyi Lodro
(1893–1959), who figured prominently in the export of Tantric Buddhism to the
West as the root-teacher of a generation of influential and forward-thinking
lamas.
I don't know about any of this. all I know is that the night I ran into him was
at a fundraiser attended by many rich and famous people in Santa Fe. I
officially met him only during the 20 seconds in which I walked up and thanked
him for "The Cup," but then I walked over and leaned out of sight on a nearby
wall and watched him closely for a couple of hours. His *equanimity* blew my
socks off. Rich/famous person after rich/famous person walked up to him and
tried to get some "noogies" from him in terms of the "Oh, you're so famous that
I should treat you specially" toady-ness they're used to, and They Didn't Get
It.
They didn't get ignored or shunned, either. They got *exactly* the same amount
of this guy's attention and love as the girl working for $2.75 an hour who
brought him his tea. I've *never* seen that kind of "completely self-sufficient
equanimity" demonstrated as well.
Anyway, for some reason today I got to thinking about this guy, decided to
Google "interviews with Khyentse Norbu" and this is what I found. It's a very
different setting, and a very different kind of response, but I still find the
guy interesting. YMMV.
Khyentse Norbu (Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche) on Buddhist Pilgrimage
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