Episode 57: Guided by Your Inner Guru with His Holiness, Khedrup Rinpoche
“If you wanted to have a good memory tomorrow, it’s very important to do something today that is good and that is benefitting others.”
In this episode and Part Two of our Bhutan series, Khedrup Rinpoche, the fifth successive reincarnation of the first Khedrup who lived and served Bhutan in the 1700s, the Founder and incumbent President of the Khedrup Foundation, and the head of the Sangchen Ogyen Tsuklag Monastery in Trongsa, joins us to share his personal journey and the spirituality of Bhutan. Rinpoche also discusses:
4:05 - The meaning of the Rinpoche title
6:40 - The recognition process for the fifth successive reincarnation
9:30 - The prophecy for a cure to an illness
12:30 - His journey from his teenage years to now
20:30 - The monks of the Sangchen Ogyen Tsuklag Monastery
25:30 - What life is like for the young monks
31:45 - How a campfire unites people
35:30 - The inner guru in each of us
45:35 - What is enlightenment
49:30 - Advice for people in the Western world
52:40 - Closing remarks
See below for photos shared from the Bhutan adventure.
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