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Monk with a Camera

● "改變他人來解決問題，是一般人。改變環境來解決問題，是中等人。改變自己來解決問題，是智慧人。"
這句話令我難忘，是電影裡藏傳佛教上師引述伊斯蘭教的箴言。
●鄭重推薦電影「時尚僧侶新視界」。 紐約時尚天后的孫子，放棄繁華，剃度進入藏傳佛教，在印度弘法，靠自己攝影佳作募款，建立寺廟。並成為住持重要藏傳佛寺的第一位西方僧侶。
●這是一部還想再看的佳片。
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk_with_a_Camera

林中斌 2017.7.24

● " Changing others to solve problems is the lowest approach. Changing the environment to solve problems is the middle-ranking approach. Changing oneself to solve the problems is the wisest approach." I was struck by this quote uttered by a Tibetan master who cited a Muslim adage.
●  The documentary film "Monk with a Camera" was thoughtfully and artistically made about the life story of Nicholas Vreeland, the grandson of Diana Vreeland, the grand dame of fashion. Nicholas gave up a life of high society of refined taste to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk.
●  He built a monastery in India with the fund raised by selling his artistic photographs, and was later appointed abbot of an important Tibetan Buddhist monastery in India by Dalai Lama. 
●  It is a film that I would love to see again.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk_with_a_Camera

Chong-Pin Lin July 24, 2017