Nicholas Vreeland walked away from a worldly life of privilege to
become a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Grandson of legendary Vogue editor,
Diana Vreeland and son
of an American ambassador, Nicholas'
life changed drastically upon meeting a Tibetan master, one of the
teachers of the Dalai Lama. Soon thereafter, he gave up his
glamorous life to live in a monastery in India, where he studied
Buddhism for fourteen years. In an ironic twist of fate, Nicholas
went back to photography to help his fellow monks rebuild their
monastery. Recently, the Dalai Lama appointed Nicholas as Abbot of
the monastery, making him the first Westerner in Tibetan Buddhist
history, to attain such a highly regarded position.
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