Nicholas Vreeland - First western abbot of a buddhist monastery | BIRKENSTORY | BIRKENSTOCK

"He will never become an abbot. His nose is too big" His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Nicholas Vreeland.
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Shortly after five o'clock, life awakens at Rato Dratsang. With meditation, prayers and breakfast, the community of the over 600-year-old Tibetan monastery begins its day. More than 100 monks from Tibet, India, Bhutan and Nepal live in the simple buildings according to Buddha's teachings.
That their monastic life is still possible today is thanks in part to Abbot Nicholas Vreeland, the first Western head of a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in India.
Nicholas' story begins in the early 80s, when the former diplomat's son puts his expensive custom-made shoes on the street, decides for a different life and simple sandals. The Birkenstock team visited him and met a very extraordinary person.
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„Er wird niemals Abt werden. Seine Nase ist zu groß“
Seine Heiligkeit, der Dalai Lama, über Nicholas Vreeland
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Kurz nach fünf Uhr erwacht in Rato Dratsang das Leben. Mit Meditation, Gebeten und Frühstück beginnt die Gemeinschaft des über 600 Jahre alten tibetanischen Klosters ihren Tag. In den schlichten Gebäuden leben über 100 Mönche aus Tibet, Indien, Bhutan und Nepal nach den Lehren Buddhas.
Dass ihr Klosterleben auch heute noch möglich ist, verdanken sie unter anderem Abt Nicholas Vreeland, dem ersten westlichen Vorsteher eines tibetanisch-buddhistischen Klosters in Indien.
Nicholas' Geschichte beginnt Anfang der 80er, als der einstige Diplomatensohn seine teuren Maßschuhe auf die Straße stellt, sich für ein anderes Leben und einfache Sandalen entscheidet. Das Birkenstock-Team hat ihn besucht und einen sehr außergewöhnlichen Menschen kennengelernt.
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[@MicheleVreeland]

Such a lovely piece. Thank you for covering this and bringing awareness to the monastery. I love how you Incorporated his Birkenstocks. It was so artfully put together. I wear mine every day as well. Even on stage when I perform.

[@yeshitsomo3092]

So much respect how he changed his life….❤️❤️❤️

[@sweetdreams8399]

❤❤❤❤

[@joehamiltonsongs]

Very nice short piece.

[@soonsmyth9981]

I like to listen to talks and thank you for sharing this 🙏🙏🙏

[@hellboundtruck123]

Amazing story.

[@tenzjimmy9387]

Thank you 🙏 khu tse ring khenpo la

[@user-fm1wl6uw5i]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@mariareginamenendez3866]

Simplesmente emocionante. Muito além da marca, um conceito!

[@taidelek9994]

Chaktsal khenpo la 😇 Om Ah Hu 🙏

[@ElenkaT1957]

"........it takes funds "

[@OgdenM]

This title is utterly incorrect! He might the first Abbot of a Tibetan Buddhist Monastery... Probably IN Tibet. There are plenty of other westerner Abbotts in other schools of Buddhism.
And it's about time Tibetan Buddhism got with rest of the schools.

[@hellboundtruck123]

Not easy to grasp vajrayana. Maybe Theravada abbots, their main focus is the vinaya.

[@tenzinnorzin2461]

No, actually; he is the first appointed western abbot of a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in exile in India, which is highly commendable.

[@gyadre]

In Tibet foreigners are strickly controlled so the question of becoming abbot is out of question. Foreign tourist are even discourage/warned not to talk to Tibetan while in TIBET.

[@Aham-Na]

@@gyadrebut yet here he is as abbot

[@Aham-Na]

@@gyadreand yet the absolute audacity to cry of racism by whites or in western countries etc whites must wake up, everything is corrupted and a societal contradiction

[@Aham-Na]

Buddha was sankhya these people were of Scythian!!!! He was indo European yet today we are the foreigners 🤣🤣🤣