Gabriel Mizrahi

Well, this is also very interesting because another crazy fact, he was one of those kids who was chosen to be a llama when he was like a year old.

Depending on how you look at it, he was training before he could even speak.

Also a fun fact in the sixties and seventies, when he was coming up, there were very few Tibetan Buddhist teachers in Europe and North America.

So guys like him who were very charismatic and smart and provocative were

apparently had enormous influence with Westerners, and he spoke English, and he adapted strongly to Western culture, and a lot of prominent artists and intellectuals sought him out.

That's part of why he's so famous now.

Red-blooded American.

Yeah.

And a lot of people say he was brilliant, flawed, clearly.

Maybe that's understating it, but powerful.

And he talked about some really important stuff like this is you're going to love this, Jordan.

One of his big themes, ironically enough, was how people have a tendency to use spirituality to avoid real psychological work.

Oh, you don't say.

Amazing, huh?

Isn't that great?

What a mixed bag this guy was.

Anyway, like I said, I'm just learning about this guy.

I hope I'm getting this mostly right.

But if Shambhala was founded by his students and it was basically a continuation of his community, then this might just be... It might be like the culture of the place.

It's possible.