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Nicholas Vreeland, also known as Rato Khen Rinpoche, Geshe Thupten Lhundup, is a fully ordained Tibetan Buddhist monk who is the abbot of Rato Dratsang Monastery, a 10th-century Tibetan Buddhist monastery reestablished in India.
May 25, 2024 · A journey to Vrindavan where Lord Krishna spent his childhood. Prabhupada worshiped him under the Krishna Tree in NYC. I then visit Rikhiapeeth for the centennial celebration of Swami Satyananda who suggested calling emptiness God. then on to Rajgir where emptiness was explained.
Nicholas Vreeland is the Abbot of Rato Dratsang, one of a few important Tibetan Government monasteries under the patronage of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Vreeland is also Director of The Tibet Center, the oldest Tibetan Buddhist Center in New York City.
Venerable Khensur Nicholas Vreeland is the Director of The Tibet Center. He holds a Ser Tri Geshe Degree from Rato Dratsang, a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Karnataka, India, where he studied for 15 years. In 1998, he returned to New York City to assume administrative and teaching responsibilities.
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Feb 1, 2022 · 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 ...
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Nicholas Vreeland is the author of An Open Heart (4.15 avg rating, 9133 ratings, 331 reviews, published 2001), A Profound Mind (3.61 avg rating, 656 rati...
Tricycle‘s Fall 2012 issue features the stunning, black-and-white photos of Nicholas Vreeland: a monk, professional photographer, and newly-appointed abbot of Rato Dratsang monastery. (He also happens to be the grandson of fashion icon Diana Vreeland.)
