Buddha Purnima 2025: Shekhar Kapur Reflects on Life-Changing Spiritual Moment

Shekhar Kapur Drops Sage Advice on Buddha Purnima; Reveals A Monk in the Himalayas Told Him To 'Open Your Heart To Love' and That's When 'His Journey Began'!

By Bollyy 12 May 2025 in Entertainment

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Buddha Purnima 2025 Shekhar Kapur Reflects on Life-Changing Spiritual Moment

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Legendary filmmaker Shekhar Kapur's scholarly pursuit of learning is well known. He often drops nuggets of knowledge on his unsuspecting list of followers, and there is always something to learn from what Shekhar has to say. And on the auspicious occasion of Buddha Purnima, he took to his social media to not just drop yet another of his famous learnings, but shared an anecdote, that is sure to give you some food for thought. Shekhar recalled his encounter with a monk while he was trekking in the Himalayas, and how that one conversation, changed his life and 'his journey began.'

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Shekhar Kapur penned, "Today is Buddh Jayanti. Budh in Sanskrit means ‘the enlightened one’…. ‘The one that is aware’ I was trekking alone in the Himalayas, and came across a Monk that was meditating in his Cave .. it was freezing, and yet he barely had any clothes on. His eyes closed. It was like a strong ‘Do not disturb’ sign. ‘Aren’t you feeling cold? ‘ I finally had the courage to ask him. Of course I had so many deeper questions and kicked myself for asking the stupidest question .. ‘I was not aware of the cold’ He laughed’ But now that you’ve asked me, yes, it is cold’. And he closed his eyes again. With slight smile on his face. The kind of smile you have when a child asks you a question. And you know there’s another one coming"

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Continuing his anecdote, he added, "‘Are you enlightened? ‘. I asked. He looked at me with a deep gaze. His eyes seemed to change colour. I have no idea how long the gaze lasted. But I was suddenly aware that the sun had set. And the stars were out .. or was I just imagining it all ? ‘Shekhar’. … I asked myself back, ‘Are you not feeling the cold? How long had I been sitting there beneath his gaze? 'Are YOU enlightened?’ The Monk asked me suddenly. I stuttered. ‘I don’t even … know what it means?’ I managed to say. ‘Go back to where you came from. Open your heart to love. When you find love everywhere you look, you’ll know that love came from your heart. From within yourself. Let it flow everywhere .. outward. .. ….. ‘It’s when your love flows back inwards.. thats when pain, desire selfishness takes over .. ..let your love flow outwards .. The Monk closed his eyes. I suddenly realised how cold it was. I suddenly realised it really was night. How was I going to find my way back? My journey began .."

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Such knowledge bombs are always welcome, especially when they come from a celebrated filmmaker and a learned and well-read personality, such as Shekhar Kapur. Recently conferred with the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award for his contribution to the field of art & films from Maharashtra, the filmmaker is currently working on the sequel to his cult directorial debut Masoom 2, which will not only bring back the OG stars Shabana Azmi and Naseeruddin Shah, but also features his daughter Kaveri Kapur, in a rather pivotal role.

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