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My Reincarnation (2011)
Master or Father
"My reincarnation" is the film about Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, Dzogchen teacher. The film is documentary and about bibliography of the teacher. Film mostly consists of life episodes and the dialogues between father and son. These dialogues are very important because they reveal the relationships between them. It seems that the son is not satisfied with their relationships because they look like relationships between master and his student but not as between father and son. The son of the Dzogchen teacher really does not understand this and refuses to accept it. However, this can be explained by the fact that Namkhai Norbu was deprived from his parents when he was little and was taught and grown up in by Tibetan Buddhists. The film is full of episodes, which show the life of Dzogchen teacher and how he spends his day. He spent much time on students and other people who came to him and ask him a help. Therefore, Namkhai Norbu helps them, gives them advices, and teaches them some practices that are very useful. He has very big responsibility and he feels that he should take care of many people that is why he cannot be an ordinary father to his family. The film itself is called "My reincarnation" because it connects the birth of Namkhai Norbu, which was assigned with a big amount of flowers. Many people believe that he is a reincarnation of saint and revere him because of that. However, people just do not understand that he is not saint; first, he is a human. "My reincarnation" shows how should real people live and how to live with a sense of consciousness. There was an example about usefulness of practices that he uses in his daily life. He said that the practices he used were helping him to get rid of illness. In addition, mantra practices were used for relaxation and stress relieving, that is why people find it useful to them. This film shows not only the advantages of Buddhism, it also discovers the life of Buddhists. How difficult it can be to be a Buddhist, to serve for the sake of other people and missing the relationships with family. The role of relationships in a family is clearly designated in this film. It is seen that Dzogchen teacher's son is feeling lack of father's love and does not want to be his student. However, that is the current situation and Namkhai Norbu is more a "Master" than a "Father".