
Atagethree,GesarTsewangArthurMukpo,sonofrenownedTibetanBuddhistteacherChogyamTrungpaRinpocheandhisBritishwifeDiana,wasidentifiedasthereincarnationofthelateJamgonKongtrulofSechen,oneofhisfather’sownteachersinTibet.LivinginBoulder,ColoradoandthenHalifax,NovaScotia,Gesarbalancedcompetingculturesandstrikinglydifferentdefinitionsofself.HislifewasfarfromthatofanordinarycontemporaryAmericanorCanadian—hisfatherwasaworldfamousBuddhistteacherandauthor—buttherewasnomonasteryupbringinglikethatofperhapsthebestknowntulku,theDalaiLama,orevenlikehisfather.ThefilmgoesbeyondautobiographytoexploretheTibetantraditionofrecognitionofreincarnationsofBuddhistteachers.Othernon-TibetantulkusareinterviewedaswellasrenownedTibetanteachersincludingDzongsarKhyentseRinpocheandHHOgyenTrinley,the17thKarmapa.
