Baby Granada who shot to fame as the embodiment of a new lama is now 22 years and has resigned to his fate. Osel
Hita, his real name, was born in Bubión (Granada) in 1985. His parents, Francis and Mary had met in Ibiza in 70, which also contacted the previous lama Yeshe. Converted to Buddhism, married, and went to the Alpujarras, where they opened a Buddhist center. They had five children followed, the last Osel.
few months before he died of a heart ailment Lama Yeshe, at age 49. Quickly had to find his reincarnation. Monks and nuns with prophetic qualities led to Lama Zopa, disciple and best friend of Lama Yeshe, to the cradle of Osel.
His parents took him to Dharamsala in the Indian Himalayas, for presentation to the Dalai Lama. There were ten other candidates, but Osel passed all tests, recognizing objects that had belonged to Lama Yeshe. It was enthroned in a grand ceremony when she was two years.
returned to Granada with their parents, knowing they should start preparing for four years and eight leave the family home to go live to Sera Monastery. His tutor was Basili, the first husband of Mary, who had permission from Lama Zopa to punish him when his behavior was wrong. After four years, Osel had internalized their role as leader was gradually subiéndosele to the head. It was strange because he was treated as a demigod.
In 1991, Osel entered the monastery of Sera, where he lives with 4,500 monks. Although it has a special treatment, with raised and home self-discipline is very strong. He gets up at half past five, and the study days continue for 14 or 16 hours. Although mathematics and science are given very well, are not strong subjects. Most of the time studying Tibetan calligraphy, the metaphysics of emptiness ... all based on rote learning, that he is appalled.
He befriends a monk Australian Basili help in tutoring, and together they make a getaway, for example, to eat pizza. Small acts of rebellion that mean that these are destitute as tutors. Osel then the character of change, and it feels so only eight years old asks his mother him out of there. Not idle, Mary appears in Sera and takes him to spend the summer in Granada. For the slats, was a tantrum of a spoiled child western, and after a tense meeting in London returned to the monastery. Of course, with the condition that will accompany his father and one brother, have their own cook, and let him play the Game Boy. But in reality, was the first of a series of mishaps, which were worse in adolescence. As when a year was only given permission to stay in Spain for three days, and outwit the guardians, he and his mother escaped three weeks. In retaliation, Maria spent two years without seeing him. The couple divorced, because Francisco, the father, was more amenable to the lamas.
When in 2002, relations between India and Pakistan worsened, Lama Zopa recommended that Osel return to Spain until the situation calmed down. He joined his mother in Ibiza, where he discovered he was missing youth. He decided, at eighteen, going to study in Switzerland. The lamas issued a statement announcing that until they return to Sera to Tibetan education resume, there would be no further financial contribution to their education.
Now 22 years have enrolled in an Italian school to become a film director. Is free to choose your future and your career, but whatever you do, is destined to be the leader of Tibetan Buddhism in the West, and if it so chooses, may resume in future training as a spiritual master.
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