MOUNTAIN MONKS - Part 2 - Sikkim, Rumtek Monastery (KISFF Award Winner 2016)

Mountain Monks is a docu-travelogue produced and filmed in the Eastern Himalayas by Vasudeva Joly for BhakTV. Mountain Monks takes a candid look at the many similarities between two monastic traditions of Tibet and India, as seen in Lamaist Buddhism and Vaishnava Hinduism. The first half-hour of the film is set in Darjeeling and the scenic foothills of North Bengal. The second half-hour starts in Gangtok, the capital of Sikkim. In the surrounding mountains Vasudeva interviews a young lama at the ancient Rumtek Monastery, and takes us on a scary ride up a steep mountain road that was destroyed by a 6.9 earthquake in 2011. Finally we come to to the glacial Changghu Lake, 3,780 meters above sea level at the Tibetan border. The travelogue ends in an unplanned but peaceful encounter with a Himalayan black bear.

[@Abc-nb9yt]

I did also my first trip in India,, Darjeling until Rumtek by jeep 7 hours of amazingness landscape in differents altitudes, up and down from rice pad to pines...

[@ssimba2785]

Sczgp Tell me would it be possible to drive non 4 wheel drive vehicle on that road?

[@shantanushekharsjunerft9783]

"Namo tassa bhagavato, arahato, samma sambuddhasa"! Salutations to the blessed one, the Arahant, the rightly self awakened one.

[@edwardbhutia9577]

As a resident of Rumtek who lived in Gangtok mostly like to thank you for this beautiful document although it was shoot during 2016 and I was in Mumbai that time so I missed the opportunity to see or witness the filming process but am glad that I can see my monk friends there....and also thanks to KZbin for recommending this docu after 4 years and trust me I even doesn't know that this documentary exist at the first place so yeah really enjoying... Bravo

[@trulycosmos]

Watching from Gangtok, Sikkim 🤍❤️

[@dalsun226]

One of the best Documentary I ever saw - Thank you

[@antonmarino6568]

On 2 occasions I have visited Rumtek. Great experience

[@sanjanal3921]

Breathtaking scenery. The cleanest state in Northeast My family will visit someday. Are maximum population Nepalese or Lepcha. So love little monks

[@lavomitlepcha9570]

Historically, Lepcha are considered to be the real inhabitants of sikkim but they are in minority. Above all Nepalese are wonderful people. ❤

[@ashish-eo9wc]

I have been to this city of India. Such a beautiful and diverse country India is. Love from Japan.

[@fredriksvensson1080]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful documentary. Beautiful scenery, but especially fantastic people.

[@ezanadessie3829]

Thank you!

[@tenzinnyima2792]

I watched the whole video.. It is really refreshing and sentimental in my point of view.. Well thank for show the real calm and peace on earth

[@kumar2ji]

marvelous! thank you

[@ramterry]

Hari bol Vasudev, nice documentary.!

[@Peedee773]

Thank you.enjoyed thoroughly.

[@liberalManifesto68]

Wonderful documentary !!! Thanks Vasudeva . I like the bear he shows so much humanity

[@lochlannthomson306]

Awesome video Fransua Joly very inspiring thank you for the upload!

[@Geemeel1]

BEautiful episode 1 & 2 enjoyed it very much. Love and light to you ! and those wonderful people I knew little about!! X

[@samikshaxjiveshforever9754]

Very beautiful, thank you!

[@rzadigi]

We spent a few days there 15 years ago and loved every minute. We befriended the head of the younger monks who kindly showed us the whole area, including opening up closed temples to show us some gruesome artwork that I’ll never forget. Haha. The evening performance in the main hall with a hundred monks chanting and playing instruments was absolutely amazing. One of the highlights of my life. Thank you much for this lovely video 🙏 ❤️

[@agnimitrabrf4862]

Wonderful documentary, thank you Vasudeva prabhu

[@NewLife-qj9mx]

Beautiful video - thank you!

[@Meliann11]

Incredibly well done!

[@dalsun226]

Excellent Documentary -Thank you

[@user-hl1ci2ct3n]

Sikkim the land of orchids,with picturesque waterfalls, green hills,natural beauty,good hearted local people, awesome temperatures ranging upto max 27 degrees in summer. Just love this place.....to chill n run away from sweltering heat of the plains. Love Gangtok it,s capital.

[@sanjanal3921]

Bhutanese are also there? Pl tell how many communities and name of maximum population in Sikkim

[@sanjanal3921]

After lockdown and covid pandamic I m planning to visit Sikkim Darjeeling etc

[@jessicaschreiter7593]

Really enjoyed this! Thank you. Hare Krishna!

[@JustFiddler]

😊

[@Betterthantelly]

Jessica Mokrzycki Hare Krishna dear separated soul.

[@sushilkushwaha9911]

Hare Krishna

[@calypsochilds6448]

Vasudeva joly that was such a pleasure to watch n listen to.😀

[@uniquesantro]

Aum Namah Shivay....🙏🙏

[@Srinathji_Das]

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare!!

[@darleneworks3397]

Awesome video. Thank you for sharing your travels. Much love to YOU.

[@paolatartara318]

Grazie ! 💙🙏💎

[@shewan4]

This is amazing !!

[@vegakata]

Hare Krishna, this video and the previous one are wonderful, informative and uplifting. many thanks for them as they give inspiration, too....I am happy to see them many times...:-) Love to you all!

[@user-ly4zx3qp2i]

Very good and thank you very much.

[@sonalighosh4268]

My gratitude for sharing your journey......🙏

[@sen2002WestIndies]

thanks verymuch for sharing this video. enjoyed verymuch.

[@kahvitahbeegun2776]

Very interesting documentary,feels like going there.Thank you for sharing

[@MrGopaaniyath]

Thank you for sharing this part of incredible India.

[@pbbasnayake2609]

Wonderful.I like Tibet.I am Sri Lankan.

[@Earth-360]

Great video. Thanks!!

[@iangraeme5005]

Thank you for a wonderful video. And so wonderfully, clearly. Well narrated .

[@bekindbehumankind8429]

I walked from Tadong to Rumtel age 14. Although, I don’t remember observing this vibrant life in and around the monastery

[@NghePhapNgamCanh]

Thank you for sharing your experiences..

[@DrPalden]

beautiful documentary

[@bradbryant332]

Lovely video, thankyou.

[@khmerbaby1990]

Thank you for sharing 🙏🙏🙏

[@harshapatel3846]

Both parts were awesome 👏🙏🙏🙏

[@Govinda462]

Wonderful prabhu, thank you

[@ManifestingDaily1111]

Very much enjoyed ty 💗👌

[@chetannegandhi7017]

Thanks so much for the video 🙏🙏

[@bishnupadadas6596]

My favorite location and hill station. I love you Sikkim

[@dmktmasterformulareadytipsd]

A nice place for self discovery........ But all is in the mind. I visit this place everyday when I close my eyes.

[@helentucker6407]

Very interesting, thank you 😊

[@shalinikalathilkunnoth112]

Awesome video !

[@ajaymehta685]

Beautiful ॐ मणि पद्मे हुम्

[@subhadeepsantra9143]

Wanderful , Netai Gour Hari Bol, love from Mayapur

[@priyabratabarua4110]

Sir, Excellent Work.. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@khariharalalgupta1242]

🙏🌹🇮🇳 Jai Hind

[@TreborEioval]

Référé par ma page d’acceuil, merci pour le voyage. Namasté!

[@rakeshpanwar5075]

Lovely hare krishana...

[@janetginger8571]

Thank-you, yes it is true we as humans are given chance to seek living Master of our time.

[@michaelpeng8984]

Good filmed and good edited, thanks for sharing.

[@bhavikpatel6748]

Peaceful 🙏

[@paperpusher4244]

Thank you for sharing jai hind

[@anantasagar4851]

Very very great job

[@gc009535]

Would like to visit !! Enjoyed it

[@KhawaJong]

Very beautiful video. I watched full

[@alkaagrawal6793]

V nicely made Really enjoyed this 👍👍

[@parimalkumarnanda6319]

Hare krishna, prabhuji bueatyfull

[@ashareddy8724]

Nice video thank you for sharing

[@rauleyshar3635]

No credit cards to pay off, no anti depressants to be on to cope stress or depression, not to worry about traffic tickets, no need to work like a robot and waste life, not to worry about carcinogens. Western life is way too inferior compare to these monks living simple life. It is the quality of life which matters.

[@Maedelrosen]

perfectly said. Western civilization only worships the god of commerce, simplicity no longer plays.

[@amoreazione3563]

Though I perfectly agree with your statements, I would like to remind the both of you that the ancient Indo-European civilization was the very opposite of the materialistic, anti-spiritual, western civilization that we know today.

[@LordDeathAku]

in gnosticism, archons are the material Demons or vices or karmas that try to delude us to their order to take us away from the path to illumination. they want everyone to be under theyre level and to do under their laws. that excactly what MAJORITY not all! of western culture has in store! That is for the mixed Religion Politics or what i like to call Politigion or Religitics..

[@LordDeathAku]

Americas past may have had some people attacking them, but most involved america runing things for land like taking native americans land in founding of america by christopher colombus and doing so to be the top of the food chain like animals..

[@LordDeathAku]

cause religion and politics tend to work together in the western world

[@satyendrakumar3066]

*Live and let live 🤗*

[@susanshepard4688]

such a change from our western life, so beautiful but i think id rather walk that mountain road!

[@zipsteri]

Susan, Western life is all about acquiring things. When you walk on that road , you'll forget your being and dissolve into the ambience around you. Ournewscience.com has many articles and papers on this subject. Pl. do send me an email and we'll talk, if you wish.

[@paperpusher4244]

Sikkim is beautiful

[@pbbasnayake2609]

Wonderful.I am Sri Lankan.

[@LebeimJetzt]

the picture from the mountains looks like here in Karma Gön, Buddhist Center in Spain, nearby Malaga ...

[@souravsaha3140]

Excellent

[@orangeturbandrummer1]

Lovely docu ! I like you Attenborough like diction ! Hare Krishna

[@arturboras6615]

Monk's love lasts forever..,

[@kemosabe168]

Respect monks. No asking such unpolite questions

[@meggamanfarstrider9998]

Very good. Keep your traditional.

[@Hari-vg3gy]

Nice informative video

[@gurpreetarts8491]

let the teacher professors and lecturers join this group of monks lamas and budhs..... for the good of our ancestars and present as well as future generation.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@philiphoward2875]

Wheel of Dharma. Buddhist history, philosophy, and the teachings from the time of Buddha to the present day. An absolute treasury of knowledge and wisdom, it's very understandable the reason why so many people wish to dedicate their lives to learning these sacred teachings and vital instructions (immortality and enlightenment). The basin foundation of many beautiful world religions, purification of one's own mind is obviously the first step along the path way. 🙏💛💫

[@niallmacceide4603]

Nice man that monk

[@ThusanthaWaduge]

Wow

[@shehansl2602]

♥️♥️

[@dorjechang6777]

Om Ah Hung(aa) Benza Guru Pema Siddhi Hung(oo)..

[@nishan.tmg7]

Om mani pedme hum

[@outdoorsangler]

Very nice documentary, but i have some doubt about clip 30:00 i think it is Darjeeling Zoo black bear not changu lake, its only a doubt

[@bruceshelton1498]

Nice

[@JCpatel-ry7cv]

Sadhu sadhu sadhu namoh budhay

[@gurpreetarts8491]

also by their communities🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@TravelwithAbhiDubey]

I have visited here

[@migueltroncoso457]

Muy buenos los videos, pero por favor hagan la traducción al español

[@mittarupeshreddy]

can anyone tell me the background mantra that is playing ?

[@rajaneeshgopinathkuttan9669]

Himalaya is the spiritual part of india

[@sandyr4031]

A wonderful video. Where can I get a copy of the chant music during the first 5minutes of the video?

[@manishsat]

I am also looking for the chant starts lie hoo ma hoo

[@blumenthal7528]

its guru rinpoche mantra

[@w4nft974]

A very fascinating video, enjoyed it very much. What that music on the opening of part two?

[@WinarisWinnower]

Jago

[@w4nft974]

+Blue Aura Caroline Jago?

[@tsetan4792]

It is Buddhist chants.

[@w4nft974]

I found it, thank you.

[@w4nft974]

For anyone who wants to know the title is Padmasambhava Guru Rinpoche mantra.

[@thanuradineshwanigasekara4315]

No money to pay for this. You owe everything I have 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@zipsteri]

How can you mention "money"? Can't part with materialism! Hope this helps you to change your mindset. Good luck. Ournewscience.com has more.

[@witnesswala]

Hello, can you please share the details of the music which we hear first at 1:37 & then again at 2:00 ? The voice of the monks is very nice. Thank you.

[@owltv6401]

it's the mantra of padmasambhava (guru rinpoche)

[@IntombiPictures1]

a memory from one of your past lives bhai

[@ravanlucifer2291]

I was looking for the same music thanks you ask for it

[@Mahure786]

Our ITBP troops provide Security to Roomtek monastery

[@bishnutamang2200]

It is true 01 to 09.

[@ivormectin9889]

Only because the Indian government refused to let the 17th Kar

[@gc009535]

I wish I can be monk now