BIRKENSTORY #27 - Nicholas Vreeland, Abbot of the Rato Dratsang Monastery in Southwest India - OLD from the diplomat Watch Video
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Description: “He will never be an abbot. His nose is too big.” nHis Holiness, the Dalai Lama, about Nicholas VreelandnnA regular day in Rato Dratsang starts shortly after five o’clock in the morning. The community of the old Tibetan monastery which is more than 600 years old starts the day with meditation, prayer and breakfast. More than 100 monks from Tibet, India, Bhutan and Nepal live in the simple buildings in accordance with the teachings of Buddha. nThe fact that their monastic life is still poss