May I humbly suggest that it might be best to not use the "Living Buddha" title. Rinpoche ("Precious") is much less-apt to be misunderstood as a description of this High Lama. It would be more accurate, in Buddhist terminology, to refer to him as a "Bodhisattva" (a reincarnated, compassionate higher being). Although he has not yet attained complete Buddhahood, he is on the "Bhumis" (the 10 very high, incremental levels that lead to Buddhahood). It's impossible for "ordinary beings" (like us) to even conceive of his spiritual state, but the important thing is that he is here, voluntarily, to benefit sentient beings, and will continue doing that in all of his future lives. Thank you Mr. Dumbrill, for kindly posting this beneficial video.
Hi Brad, good point. May I point out "Living Buddha" is exactly the best translation because only in Tibetan Buddhism all sorts of "the precious" can reincarnate into young boys. I would say this translation perfectly reflects the very nature of this institution. In addition, 活佛 has been a term used since Ming dynasty, according to Emperor Qianlong (乾隆) in his article "The Discourse of Lama" (喇嘛说).
@@fighterman8808 That's exactly my understanding, Kenan. All lamas and even Western, "ordinary" practitioners take the Bodhisattva Vow. In this vow they pledge to NOT attain "full Buddhahood until they have helped every other sentient being to do so first". Those that have realized Buddhahood, like Gautama, the Shakyamuni Buddha, no longer take a "Nirmankaya" (bodily) form. This is because fully enlightened Buddhas have extinguished ALL Karma, which is necessary for the production of a physical Human body. On the way to Buddhahood, beings pass through 10 stages of development known as "Bhumis". Beings on these Bodhisattva levels are reducing their Karma more and more with each level they ascend into. By the time they reach the highest Bhumis, (like 9 and 10) their Karmic traces are so fine they are almost indistinguishable. You may remember that the Shakyamuni Buddha had a "headache: on the last day of his life. That, and the bad food (stomach ache) which caused his death (Parinirvana) were the very last Karmic payments he had. After that he was free of all Karmic debt generated through all of his previous incarnations, and became the fully enlightened Buddha. Now he resides in his Buddhafield within the Dharmakaya (a realm of complete Truth and Bliss). He, himself no longer takes bodily form, but works through infinite ways, using a Buddha's skillful means, to continue benefitting sentient beings throughout infinite time and space. That is my understanding. (I am a 30+ year student of the late Dzochen Master, Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche (Jigdral Yeshe Dorje), and the late Chadral Rinpoche. H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche, who has already reincarnated in the form of Dudjom Yangsi Pema Shepa Rinpoche, and resides in Kathmandu, when he not traveling internationally, giving teachings and empowerments.
Thousands or hundreds but if you are of intelligence, wisdom, enlightenment and respected and defined by their people as a living Buddha, I say “wow” again and again .. your attempts of minimalism are futile
I went to many temples in India (many many people). I would like to visit some in Tibet one of these days! It will be so nice to spend a month in a temple!
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tsering dickey Sure. Yelling “CCP propaganda!” has become so political correct in the western world lead internet that you don’t even need any proof to say that.
Hey. Daniel. I just want to say thank you be able to make those videos. That video is absolutely wonderful. I'm also a Tibetan from Amdo. Obviously, there are so many dark histories was going to, and as life goes on. We are going to realize, people are people. As social animals, we all just want to a happy and peaceful life. That's all. I came to the US as an international student. Meantime, I play baseball for college. It was really awesome for me to see those videos about my hometown. Anyway, just want to say thanks to you.
The living Buddhas working and study very hard their entire life. I feel so sorry Dalai Lama left China. I honestly believe that was not his real will to leave and he is probably very regret of leaving his people behind.
Yes, because he lives such a good life that's why internet, TV good just like heaven isn't it? If he is a living buddha he should go down the street in Tibet and serve foods to millions poor Tibetan not let them serve him...
@@tibetan.music.universe Hey, dude I am not judging I am simply speaking of the truth, and whoever want to serve him be my guess but I know it isn't going to be me!!!
@Hartono I'm going through HSK 2 material at the moment. Current goal is to ace level 3. Ideally I'd like to get to 4 but depends how I do in practice.
@@tenzinkungyal5726 you must have too much evil karma in your ears and eyes. That's why you cannot see the truth or the bright. Even Buddha cannot save you if you go too far in continuing this agenda.
This living Buddha is so kind, humble, wise, knowledgeable and honest, my best wishes to him. And thanks Daniel for your coverage of your footage to Xi Zang.
@@tenzinkungyal5726 Well, Tibet is part of China after all, so the Tibetans in Tibet are Chinese citizens by birth (it says so on their Resident Identity Card) and there's nothing wrong with being Chinese.
霍去病 hope that he will be able to learn more and also communicate more with the people and followers around the world so that we all can learn from him too.
Tibet is never part of China Chinese illegally occupied my motherland Tibet but we Tibetan will and always fight back.Watch out for karma China the spirt of god and goddesses will hunt you down soon.How can you say it Tibet is part of China when ours language we speak n write,face Structure,clothing we wear,religion we follow,way of living,National flag and on on is totally different than Chinese.
Tenzin Kungyal hahahaha how angry you are.go back to school and learn the history,whether you think xizang is China or not means nothing,so enjoy your selfsatifaction on Internet and your dream,poor guy
@R WG I know that. They are different from us. They have spiritual knowledge and matured mind than normal people. They get specialized teachers to norture them. They are blessed one.
I'm amazed by his mandarin. He can talk so naturally, fluently and effortlessly. I thought he might be brought up in the mandarin language environment. It turned out he learnt it all by himself! And I really like the way he talks and his positive attitude towards his career and the world. Love and peace! 🙏
Now in China’s most famous temples especially for Buddhist monks, you need at least finished an undergraduate degree to join them, because the scriptures are difficult to read and understand, many characters are rare and unfamiliar to common Chinese people’s language level. So Buddhists like him are really wise and knowledgeable people.
@@91诸葛先生 if you have watched the video, then you will know why he is amazed. because the living buddah didn't went to the regular school as the others, and he is living in an environment with tibetan language, but he was able to learn Mandarin by himself.
@@Alvin-Sy You're still not answering my question, forget about the story behind the video, ofc I watched it. A simple question why amazed by a Chinese speaks Mandarin?
Woo, Daniel, this is a big surprise! Go go, meeting a living buddha in real life will be definitely something special, not just a meeting a person, but meeting will bring you fortune, healthy.....
It's nice to see Chinese government putting emphasis on the development of every part of China equally. To see that Tibetan language is still used in education means the language is still not just alive but continues to be developed, which so is opposite to the perspective you get from the western media, where you're told that the Chinese government is shoving Mandarin down the throats of the minorities.
waoo I like the buildings there, so beautiful! and the living buddha is young and modern, honest. some living buddha try to keep mystery and distance, but he is very kind and open one. Lucky Daniel.
Thanks for giving us that interesting view. I appreciate this break from your other types of videos. It's been so awesome to see tibet. I can't wait to travel there one day!
As so young age, he is already very wise and also very friendly. Respect him! Great video! So Daniel, you got wechat of living buddha! haha. The western media is still lying that China Gov destroying the local language. Your videos show me the real life in Tibet! thanks!
It's a really hateful thing when westerners say "development and urbanization is ruining the traditional culture" in Tibet, Africa, South America etc. what they are really saying is "development is spoiling my instagramable safari" they rather the lives of people don't improve to give the tourists a "authentic experience". Selfishness meets patronization.
You’re absolutely right. I hate it so much when they say things like that, as if they care anything about other people’s cultures. They only like the romance of ancient cultures, never cared about people’s lives.
Full agree! The people saying in village and high mountains e.g. Tibet, Sichuan, Guizhou are really had very difficult life in the past. The transportation difficulty, low natural resource. similarly for many people in middle east, latin america, Africa, they must be living in this life (so call "tradition, culture" in wester media) for ever? Culture is part of life, tradition is way of living. But it does not mean never changed. People are equal, they should have right to develop own economics and improve living conditions. Chinese people in Tibet or other provinces have new way to connect to other locations, electricity and clean water supply, they have more new technology and materials to build house, more tools to work and enjoy life. Why not? Many places also got high way, high speed train, internet, broadcasting and telecomminication coverage. That is good things for locals. Their tradition and life style will change a bit to adapt new living conditions. That is normal.
The Chinese say “Living Buddha” and it’s such a fantasy-filled adjective. The Tibetan word is “Rinpoche” རིན་པོ་ཆེ། which literally means “the precious one”. I’ve seen people call them “Reincarnated Master/Teacher” which seems appropriate. This particular Rinpoche for example, himself says that he hasn’t reached enlightenment, and therefore not a Buddha. I’m so impressed of him being so true to the teachings of the Buddha Dharma and not succumbing to temptations of people wishing to hear some magical description of Buddhism and the state of enlightenment. So, thank you Rinpoche. I wish the interviewers would’ve shared His name or title. They said “Chungpo” in the beginning as they were entering the monastery, but that just means “little brother” or name of an ordinary boy.
@@tanujsharma8427 Yeah - fuck 'em for: i. the emancipation of the majority (95%?) Tibetan folks who are now free to earn a living & not have to support their nobility ii. improving the living conditions of the monks - running water, electricity, etc iii. modernising the transport systems to improve travel & connectivity like the IoT to enable Wechat, etc iv. the provision of academic study translated into Tibet so the locals can broaden their knowledge & skills in the comfort of their own language v. fuck em for not allowing the locals to continue living in the stone age
@@spidermann1256 and at price? killing of hundred of thousnds and monks and desructon of over 6000 monasteries? it is better to live peacefully in a stone age then in modern era which foundations is laid by rivers of blood and tears. and for your infofrmation , before the occupation tibet was not a stone age. it was a paradise of kind peoples and thriving dharmas.
@@mrtenzin6713 Or so you claim. I've never been there, nor likely to but there's nothing in Daniel's presentation would suggest that the upheaval was as bad as hyped out to be. I'm just going by measurable data (facts) & they all point to a significant improvement in their living standards. I have no way to form a view on the Tibetan spiritual side. This is also backed up by Chris Nebe: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Xsoc4-QnplY.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-l2TvRYPthPo.html
@@spidermann1256 people are still suffering in Tibet. More then 100 of Tibetans , specially monks has self immolated for Tibetans freedom. It's Chinese propaganda when they speak of good things they claim to have done and removing the history of the dark foundation they laid.
very interesting. He is definitely wise man and deserve the title of living buddah. Buddha is not a person but state or level of mind purity/wisdom. Everyone can achieve buddhahood.
When I press the #IntoTibet2020 link, the RU-vid prompt a channel "free tibet" seems just started just a few days ago and host by some Indian looking guy?😂
A wonderful interview! Thank you for sharing. Some humble suggestion for the translation: 癡：ignorance (instead of illusion). Because of ordinary person's ignorance, they don't see the truth of reality, therefore, what they perceive is illusion. 苦：suffering (instead of pain). Pain is one type of feeling of sensation. Suffering in Buddhism refers to mental stress or discomfort. Does the Buddha have sensation? Yes, he does. Therefore, he can feel pain. But he is free of suffering. 空： emptiness (instead of sunyata). Not because "sunyata" is wrong, it is because "sunyata" is a word of Sanskrit, not well known by most English-spoken persons. Emptiness means that persons or things are lack of inherent existence. When you realize emptiness, you will see the truth of reality. 有愛心的人：compassionate persons (instead of loving persons). Compassionate means feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others. In Buddhism, love and compassion (慈悲) is a big topic. Love, in Buddhism it means the wish for others to be happy, while compassion means the wish to free others from their sufferings. enlightenment: 開悟 （not 頓悟). 頓悟 is sudden enlightenment, opposite to gradual enlightenment (漸悟). 極樂：bliss (not Pure Land 淨土, although 極樂淨土 can be translated into Pure Land). Bliss means an extremely pleasurable, comfortable and joyous feeling, mainly experienced during deep meditation, or when you are enlightened. 度化：liberate and help others to be enlightened. (instead of take across); liberate sentient beings from sasara (the cycle of existence in three realms of suffering, 輪迴) 特異功能：special powers (instead of magic). Unlike magic that is performed by magicians, Buddhism practice can help persons to develop their potential mental powers. In Buddhism, quite often we talk about clairvoyance, including reading people's minds, knowing your or others's future or past life. But, as Jampa Gyaltsen mentioned, that is not supposed to be your focus in your journey of enlightenment. Why? Let's make an analogy here: if your destination is New York city, you don't want to be trapped by the street view of Buffalo city. Finally, I rejoice your your opportunity of meeting with Jampa Gyaltsen. Wish you would learn more about Buddhism, so that you can ask more profound questions in your next meeting with him. May Buddha's teaching benefit you!
can't agree with you more, except for the translation of "空“， because emptiness can be somewhat misleading. people who don't know much about the concepts of Buddhism may think of this word as nothing existed, all is empty.
This video means a lot ! Tell the world how the western media lies to the entire world. Like “China don’t have freedom of religion “. Please CGTN correct the western world, Tibet is called Xizang, Tibet is the name which western world gave them （you can see the western vlogs always put Tibet and China in parallel way ) , just like they separated Xiang gang (HK) parallel from China.
Yes. Not too long ago you could still call Mumbai "Bombay" but now people in the West don't even realize that that is considered "politically incorrect," they just think it is old-fashioned. Original Chinese names are not afforded this consideration.
@@petagonkyi According to your words, Tibetan should call Chinese han areas like Shan xi, Beijing,Guangdong etc རྒྱ་ Han people རྒྱ་པ. Kaskastan,Turkistan etc should call China Chinastan. Different places got different languages. Even one ethnicity got different languages as well. You've never been to China, foreigner! You'd better shut up. LS is American. Your kinda persons r Americans.
Amazing interview, the living Buddha is so nice and so knowledgeable . Dalai and Panchen are the most prominent Buddha, there are also other living Buddha. he was one of three candidate for Panchen.
A fine video series on Tibet! My interview would have went slightly different, starting off with the softball question, "Yeti. True or false!?" Eventually ending up at, "In The White Palace there is a secret library with thousands upon thousands of ancient texts (still untranslated), and these ancient "books" were written more than twelve thousand years ago, and they contain the true origin story of mankind. True or False!? Good thing Daniel was conducting the interview...
20:20 or so, the translation is wrong. Daniel was asking about the core doctrines of Buddhism, but she translated as core requirement of Buddhism. There're some good video about the child Buddhas at school.
Awesome... This is Eyes opening moments for many. All the Antichina haters (especially the Formal ruling elites slaves owners Tibetans overseas) This guaranteed will ruin your day. Hehehe Hehehe
Thanks for the great interview, have learned a lot from it. You are lucky to be blessed by the 'living Buddha" and reveive a bracelet directly from him :)
Daniel we who usually live in low lands should never underestimate the effects of high altitude even being young and healthy. In your first video of this series, Journey into Tibet, I gave you the medical instructions and the medicines that alpinists and andinists usually take before, during and after climbs. These precise instructions were given to me and my friends group by a neurologist and we always follow them whenever we go to high altitudes in the Andes mountains. The danger of suffering a cerebral edema should be avoided. It's no joke.
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Wow, his mandarin is so good I don't even notice any accent. It's also great to know that they study everything in Tibetan! The local culture seems well preserved.
In Inner Mongolia, Chinese Mongolians also study their own language. It’s also written everywhere alongside mandarin. In Mongolia, they don’t write the Mongolian scripts anymore, instead replaced by Cyrillic script due to Russian influence. Chinese government really works hard to preserve our minority cultures, as we Chinese people are all very proud of them, yet always being smeared to be a party that goes around China committing culture genocide. It’s really unfair and insulting.
U mean u don't think the questions r not good? I do like her questions cause for us none Tibetan they r kinda mysterious. Good to learn what their normal life is
@@HJ-wg3nw exactly. Those are the questions I am curious about. I don't really care about his religion theories but I want to know the difference between us.
Thanks for sharing this Daniel. There is a positive vibe from the Living Buddha. There is this wise sage vibe about him that made everyone at ease. I have seen this from people who walks the path of empathy and compassion.
Until the Chinese government liberated Tibet, local nobles still used human skin to make drums, which called "sister drums（阿姐鼓）". Tibet before liberation is so cruel than your thought.
Raj Kumar Negi I invite to watch an American made documentary which has historical footages that clarifies the truth. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Wvo8MXny5XI.html&bpctr=1566568485
@Wangbei Gao next time your skin gona make drum,,i think i should learn Tibetan practice,,, waw girls skin i like ,, what about pig skin ? let me know ,,,,i heard Chinese never do any prayer practice than how come make skin drum???and practice,,,ha ha ha its very strange,,
I have to say something about the very different interviewing style of our two hosts. Jingjing is a very lovely host, but she lacks the interviewing skill to elicit in-depth responses. She simply threw all the prepared questions at the guest one after one and barely paused to react to his responses. This, pardon my bluntness, made the Living Buddha sound like a propaganda tool. And this kind of questioning did not show full respect toward a guest (let alone a Living Buddha). Contrast that with Daniel's interview, which started from a very simple question about his religious journey to his path of personal growth and religious thoughts, with gradual build-up and smooth transitions, gave us a much more profound understanding of the Living Buddha, as a real human being with his own thoughts and feelings. Anyway, congratulations to Daniel for this great interview.
That is the interesting way of starting conversation, that why daniel choose as the last interviewer, open with simple and just like normal chitchat then continue with serious one. I think this is perfect combination between her and daniel. I like this interview very much, its structurally well and build well and that make it more interest from the beginning. Maybe we have different way of how interview should be conduct. Any way, i hope you dont mind with my comment. I like both of this interviewer and i like more to this living buddha, the way of his answer enlighten to what buddha is. Thank you daniel for this one
According to Chinese Buddhism history, the so called "Living Buddha" was a title given to Tibetan Holy Masters (who was proven to be reincarnated from previous life) by an Emperors hundreds years ago. The living Buddhas are actually still on the way to achieve the Buddha state. It will takes many life times to cultivate enough merits/wisdom to get there.
He said he learned to speak Chinese by himself! He would have expressed even better in his Tibetan native language. Next time bring a Tibetan translator.
Thanks for sharing this Daniel. There is a positive vibe from the Living Buddha. There is this wise sage vibe about him that made everyone at ease. I have seen this from people who walks the path of empathy and compassion.
It doesn't have to be necessarily has some special experience after enlightenment, especially when you focus on the body experience, then you might lead to another bad circle. Even if you have some special gift that would definitely come from the Buddhist teachings, Which tells you that you should neglect all the staff and recognize that everything is temporary. all in all, Buddha is normal person but different mindset.
Namo Amitabha Buddha!!! Daniel asked great questions!!!! SInce you got his wechat, I hope you will consult him more with how to cultivate and achieve non-duality!!!!
Will you quickly stop🕊evil Koreans from ‘translating mostly to Korean’? I prefer hearing English as English not translated to Korean; such unwanted English translation or unwanted broadcasting&leak is spiritual🧚🏿♂️abuse
So that pretty much debunked the propaganda that China is systematically destroying Tibetan culture and language. Straight from the mouth of a Living Buddha - his education, including secular subjects, was almost entirely in the Tibetan language.
