My Reincarnation
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Filmed over 20 years by acclaimed documentarian Jennifer Fox, My Reincarnation chronicles the epic story of exiled Tibetan Buddhist master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and his Western-born son, Yeshi. As Namkhai Norbu rises as a teacher in the West, Yeshi, recognized from birth as the reincarnation of a famed Buddhist master, breaks away to embrace the modern world. Can the father convince his son to keep the family's spiritual legacy alive? With intimate access to both the family and H.H. The Dalai Lama, Fox distills a decades-long drama into a universal story about love, transformation and destiny. Winner, Top 20 Audience Award, 2010 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Produced in association with American Documentary | POV.
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Chögyal Namkhai Norbu gives a teaching on how the nature of life is just like a dream.
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Chögyal Namkhai Norbu dreams of his daughter giving birth, and remembers his brother's death.
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Chögyal Namkhai Norbu talks to a student about what he was like as a child.
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Acclaimed filmmaker Jennifer Fox discusses filming a documentary over the course of 20 years.
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As Chögyal Namkhai Norbu rises as a Buddhist teacher in the West, his son Yeshi, recognized as the reincarnation of a Buddhist master, breaks away to embrace the modern world.
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While Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche believes that his son Yeshi is a reincarnation of his uncle, Yeshi tries to dismiss the belief and live his life in modern society.
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A Tibetan master rises as a Buddhist teacher while his son embraces the modern world.
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Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche explains the meaning of the word mandala in Tibetan Buddhism.
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Yeshi Namkhai visits to the monastery of his previous reincarnation.
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