“I’d like to request for ordination…” at 5:11… This was the last video we ever expected to see, the moment when Tsem Tulku Rinpoche, my guru, requested from ordination from His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Truly deserving of an ‘Oh my Buddha’, whether gasped under a hushed breath or exclaimed. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

If there is any point during the movie that always makes me cry, it is the point where His Holiness is asked to choose what ritual implements are his. What a groundbreaking moment that must have been for the entourage to witness something as special as that, for that was the moment the world regained […]