10-11-2013, 05:25 PM
Hmm, I don't know if it made me more humble per se but more appreciate the power of humility. It did help me see and realize that even Tibetan Lamas' are people just like everyone else and they are just genuinely following their path. I would say that it made me more comfortable and confident with being humble and compassionate and made me realize deeply that it doesn't matter what your experiences have been on the inside, but how you handle those experiences and translate them to other selves.
This monk was like he was straight out of a movie, totally classic, silly and very humble. However, I read over some of his "credentials" and he shared some experiences, such as that he escaped from Kathmandu with 11 other Lamas', so he is a refuge, and he has done things such as the Dark Retreat, which is 49 days spent in total darkness. He is also learned in Dzogchen, which, as an example, uses a technique called the Tregchod which the individual uses to offer themselves as food or in whatever other way to any being or entity or deity which they may have karmic ties to, often done in desolate places or graveyards where the energy of karma and isolation are strongest. This, of course, only being done after the individual has learned to sustain themselves in the five lights of mind to insure the technique doesn't just damage the psyche rather than act as a release.
Needless to say, the intensity and at times terrifying nature of his experiences aren't even hinted at in his character. It is not like some individuals who go through intense experiences and then become intense themselves in order to cope with the intensity. He was in such a state of peace with himself and his experiences and THAT is what was truly humbling, his total self acceptance.
This monk was like he was straight out of a movie, totally classic, silly and very humble. However, I read over some of his "credentials" and he shared some experiences, such as that he escaped from Kathmandu with 11 other Lamas', so he is a refuge, and he has done things such as the Dark Retreat, which is 49 days spent in total darkness. He is also learned in Dzogchen, which, as an example, uses a technique called the Tregchod which the individual uses to offer themselves as food or in whatever other way to any being or entity or deity which they may have karmic ties to, often done in desolate places or graveyards where the energy of karma and isolation are strongest. This, of course, only being done after the individual has learned to sustain themselves in the five lights of mind to insure the technique doesn't just damage the psyche rather than act as a release.
Needless to say, the intensity and at times terrifying nature of his experiences aren't even hinted at in his character. It is not like some individuals who go through intense experiences and then become intense themselves in order to cope with the intensity. He was in such a state of peace with himself and his experiences and THAT is what was truly humbling, his total self acceptance.