Article about the son of Chögyam Trungpa and Buddhist Film Festival

zenff

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/apr/14/western-tulku-buddhist-film-festival

Gesar Mukpo is a tulku, the reincarnation of a Tibetan teacher. He is also the son of an English mother and Chögyam Trungpa, who brought Buddhism to the west by means of cigars, heavy drinking and affairs with students. By John-Paul Flintoff

I just thought this would be interesting for those who feel a connection to Tibetan Buddhism.
The article contains a brief story about Chögyam and his son.

The article is triggered by the Buddhist film festival.
http://www.buddhistfilmfoundation.org/events/ibff-continues-10th-anniversary-season-in-london/

andyrobyn

Good time to be in London if you enjoy and find seeing films beneficial as well as enjoyable -
as I do.

person

I've been wanting to see his film Tulku. His name on You Tube is chewyguru if anyone is interested.

Dakini

I have the film, Tulku. I highly recommend it. It's available on Amazon.

person

I have the film, Tulku. I highly recommend it. It's available on Amazon.

Its $25 on amazon. I found it for $5 for SD and $10 for HD download here, I think for $5 I'll download and watch it. Thanks for inspiring me to look.

Jeffrey

Thanks for posting this as I feel a strong connection to Trungpa and it is liberating to see other people and their stories and specifically how they found their own way in relating. They chose not to be Tulkus and bolts of lightning didn't occur nor any animosity towards Trungpa. Freedom.

Dakini

Gesar seems like a really nice guy, struggling to find meaning in his tulku status.

person

Gesar seems like a really nice guy, struggling to find meaning in his tulku status.

Yeah, just finished watching the film. I did like him, I really liked Wyatt (the 23 year old tulku) a lot. It'd be interesting to see how one of these people teach Buddhism, if it ever comes to that for any of them.

Dakini

@person Which one was Wyatt? The one who was Chagdud Rinpoche's protege? I liked the Dutch one, who'd lived in monasteries in Nepal and/or India. I appreciated the frank view on monastic life. These all seem like very nice guys.

What did you think of Dzongsar Khentse's statement that "if Tibetan's aren't careful, the tulku system is going to destroy Buddhism"? Aside from being a bit overly-dramatic, what do you think it means? I almost posted a thread based on that quote, to see what people thought.

person

Yeah, that was Wyatt.

The idea of locating the reincarnation of past masters so that they can continue learning and teaching seems like a good idea to me. I've benefited from these people. Mixing politics and religion though always seems to lead to corruption and maybe fundamentalism.