Today we meet at Lama Sonam’s retreat place in the Hyolmo region of Nepal.
Some of what Sonam shares includes:
00:01:00 Growing up in Hyolmo and the societal shifts
00:08:00 Sonam’s spiritual upbringing raised with a village Lama
00:10:00 Meeting and studying with a wandering yogi, astrologer and amchi from around the age of ten.
00:18:00 Learning dharma art
00:25:00 Personal experiences with impermanence
00:28:00 Retreat periods, Lama work and what motivated him to build a retreat center
00:37:00 Rebuilding after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal
00:40:00 Sonam shows us the inside and outside of the temple
00:44:00 About the three year retreat space
00:46:00 Building 108 stupas and carving manis
00:48:00 The Guru Rinpoche statue and concluding words his teacher shared on not worrying.