Feeling good? Looking good? Rupaul!
Dear friends,
I find Rupaul a great talent and enduring for all those who chose to be just themselves… Rupaul has tenacity, will power and incredible creativity as an artist. I like Rupaul’s talented artistry. Rupaul is intense and also highly intelligent. I enjoy some of Rupaul’s videos so much. I find them funny, meaningless, with a powerful message, be yourself, empowering, deep, cynical, plastic, entertaining and leaves you to think deeper about who you are, how you want yourself to be accepted by yourself.
The videos are funny and very today, but if you look at them more closely, in a way sad. Behind the make up, hair, scenes,choreography, lights, camera, glamour, story line is a person just like us and nothing is real… in a way our whole life is a drag or not real unless we imbue it with something more… letting go of fixed notions, grasping at non-existent permanence and holding onto ideas that we breathe ‘life’ into but do not exist… is a drag. And it drags us down. Be free. Be yourself. Be what you feel you should be not what others expect… but be what you want with great compassion, generosity, gratefulness, forgiveness, wisdom and give something back to others and earth. Always remember those that contributed to your life and where you are… move on and move on with them.
Anyways, enjoy the very funny video I’ve included here… be ready… it’s super super super funny. Rupaul, may you be at peace, find freedom and spiritual growth always… thanks for the laughs and thanks for your talents…
Tsem Rinpoche
Some quotes from Rupaul I found interesting… hehe:
“If you don’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?”
“Very little is off -limits, but draw the line at being unkind.”
“My goal is to always come from a place of love… but sometimes you just have to break it down for a motherf*cker!”
“We all came into this world naked. The rest is all drag.”
Or view the video on the server at:
https://video.tsemtulku.com/videos/rupaul.mp4
Some more pics of Rupaul with and without makeup…
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In the Vimalakirti Sutra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimalakirti_Sutra
Sariputra was transformed temporarily into female form by a Goddess when he mistakenly stated that women could not become Enlightened.
Tara was told that she would have to reincarnate in the male form to attain enlightenment, to which she said she would always manifest as a woman and attain enlightenment.
There are few female Tulkus, increasingly more female lamas, and up until very recently no women Geshes – times change – it wasn’t so long ago that women were forbidden from voting.
Consider this – women have to suffer more than men do, are judged more for all of their actions than men are, and in some areas girl babies are either killed soon after birth or aborted, (whenever there is population of highly imbalanced gender ratio – social unrest and wars are more likely to happen) interestingly enough – Burmese families celebrate the birth of a girl, because a daughter is more likely to look after her parents in old age than a son will (establishing his own household and business away from his parents home) also – women are better gifted at conflict resolution than men, better gifted as spies than men (suspected less) and when women are political leaders, there appears to be a decrease in the likelihood of war – for all those sexist men out there – would you treat your Mother like that? Your sister like that? Your wife like that? Your daughter like that?
I was a drag queen from 1992-1997, ages 17 to 22, my stage name was initially Mitzi Molotov (like the cocktail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov_cocktail BANG!)
then Mitzi De Licious, my “sisters” (occasional co performers) at the time were
The Lady Ms Holly Would (or wouldn’t? maybe shouldn’t?) who has now become a member of academic staff at a prestigious University in Australia (I have to respect his/her anonymity) he is AMAZING! Multilingual – English, Spanish, French, German & Japanese, a highly sought after DJ, model, actor, author, fashion designer & cook, & perhaps the only gay friend my family approved of, & the closest example I can think of of being the perfect human being – hard working, intelligent, sincere, no doubt on his integrity,VERY attractive and interesting.
My other “sister” was Chanel Leisure, we lost contact, last I heard he’d become a very successful lawyer.
I now have aspirations to ordain. We all have a past. We all hope to have a future.
Dear Rinpoche, I think is Rupaul is hardworking person. I can see that Rupaul is trying very hard to people laugh even though he is not as funny as Jim Carrey. But he is not a bad comedian. Just need a little more natural and practice. When Jim Carrey does it. It seems so natural and super funny because he keeps on doing new moves and saying more and funnier things. Not just stand there and keep on repeating the same thing over and over and over again. It’s funny at first but it’s not after that. Thank You Rinpoche for sharing.
She is definitely an incredible drag. It shows us that what is on the outside is does not really matter that much. Is what is on the inside would really matter.
However, in today’s society, many people do not see that what is on the outside does not matter that much. Instead what is on the inside really matters to us.
It’s amazing that make up can do wonders. Rupaul did not care how society labeled him. He is braved enough to stand up for what he believes in. He is very talented in his performance, playing different roles and having different personalities. However, nothing last forever, from a hot sexy looking gal he looks old in the last photo.
Dear Rinpoche, when I started to read this article I thought Rupaul is a girl but when I saw the last picture in this article, I was shocked to see that Rupaul is actually a guy. I must say, Rupaul is a great drag queen because I can’t even tell the differences when Rupaul puts on his makeup. And the video wasn’t really funny to me.
Be free. Be yourself.Rupaul very talented and creative in his performance. Every show he performed was so rich in term of content, make up, clothes and so on. I feel Rupaul was very passionate on his performance career. Thank you for give us all happiness, new view and thought.
I came back to this post after reading an article about RuPaul on Huffington Post, hilariously titled, “RuPaul’s Divine Mystical Wisdom” (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-raushenbush/rupaul-divine-mystical-wisdom_b_2544739.html)
It’s really good to see how much exposure Ru Paul is given and how she has risen to become such a strong personality today, in a world where there is so much sexual / gender discrimination and prejudice.
Some of us have been privvy to the RuPaul sessions with Rinpoche, where we sit and watch RuPaul youtube videos for hours upon end, Rinpoche chuckling incessantly as he clicks from one “Rupaul’s drag race” episode to another super campy RuPaul music video. And you wonder, what on earth is the divine, spiritual lesson in all this? An over-the-top drag queen with insanely big hair, too much makeup and back-up dancers who really should wear clothes in a slightly bigger size?
Actually, there’s plenty to be learnt in what RuPaul has to tell the world – to not be afraid to stand up for what you believe in, to be proud and confident of who you are (even if the whole world is against you), to be imaginative, creative and courageous in doing what you feel expresses your passions in the best way. So as absurd as it sounds, RuPaul could be a Vajrayogini – using the very things we’re attracted to (or averse to!) and transforming into a valuable lesson of confidence and courage.
Some other great sound bytes from RuPaul from the Huffington Post article here:
“…I bring it right back to what this is really all about — having fun, loving yourself, and understanding that you are not separate from the girl standing next to you, or the person out there in the audience — that there is only one of us here.”
“I talk to these girls (contestants on the RuPaul Drag Show), I tell them they are not really competing against the others, they are competing to tear down some of those walls and transcend their own limitations.”
“Jesus, Krishna and Buddha all represent the potential we all have to transcend our limitations.”
“That mystical encounter is always happening. It is happening in this very moment. You chose heaven or hell in this moment.”
It takes courage to stand honestly naked before oneself and others. It takes resilience to embrace this commitment to be ourself.
Life of the 21st century is a stage filled with noise and glare that we often find it challenging to see ourselves. Individuals like Rupaul show us that there is a way. Along this journey of discovery, it is probably likely that we will put different costumes.
May we, with patience and openness, discover that all the different costumes contribute to forming who we are, who is truly beautiful. May we also develop the generosity to share our journey kindly with others so that we help make their journey easier.
I believe that this is Dharma. It is not only about living the “right” life but to identify the lessons the mistakes or wrong we do so that we can benefit others.
He looks so old now. Really shows that beauty does not last and things are always impermanent. However, he has talent which made him famous.
I love his quote “We all came into this world naked. The rest is all drag.” Everything is a drag and will continue to be a drag. It is until we realise that nothing is important that it will not become a drag in our lives. Lose our attachments and we will be free.
Tashi Deleg Rinpoche. Tank you for all, I follow your beautifull activities from Switzerland. Tank you.
Life’s definitely a drag. Whether you are boy or girl whatever sexuality, since the day we are born, we are a drag. Parents and society decide our make up, what to wear, how to act and when you’re old and worthless, they called you an “old drag”. Nothing lasts!!!
But the fabulous make up and the glamorous scenes are addictive. Sometimes we would do so much just to freeze a moment of glam. I’m sure there is a saying “a 5 mins glam on the red carpet or runway”. whatever. What happens next? But it is so tempting, it is almost like a promise that never grows old.
But the truth? The make won’t stay, the pictures don’t last. Someone will replace you on the carpet. Looking good feeling good is all temporally. Know who you are and how you want your life to be and don’t let it “drag” you down is the key for a start and sashay your life with a meaningful purpose is definitely the most glam!
Dear Rinpoche, thank you for introducing RuPaul here, I have not heard of him before until now. Looking at his Wikipedia page and brief history, she is certainly the pride of the gay community. I liked this quote from him, “You can call me he. You can call me she. You can call me Regis and Kathie Lee; I don’t care! Just as long as you call me.” and also “you’re just an oversized orang-utan” from the video =p it’s amazing what makeup can do..
Rupaul really looks like beyonce!!!
i’ve had a brief read of RuPaul’s bio and his life story is quite sad and tragic but despite that he can still entertain others and project confidence. He mentioned that he realized he had issues in acting class when he could not project certain emotions required for the role and went for therapy. Somehow i find that quite powerful as we often walk around and function normally while bottling up our unhappiness and pretend that we are happy and confident until something provokes it and then we realize that the problem is bigger and more than we can ever face or deal with.
I guess in that aspect, we’re all in drag because we cant face the inner child inside, like rupaul, in a way.
“We all came into this world naked. The rest is all drag.”
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing all these fun but meaningful video with us. She/he does not care about how others think of him, but be himself and go all the way with what he decided to do.
It is true we all came into this world naked(also with past life karma…) and the rest is all drag or illusion. Day after day we make ourselves a person which the society think is good for us, have big house, car, married, have kids, relationship but end up it is just a lie and many of us including myself got more unhappiness from there..
Dear Rinpoche, Thank you very much for sharing. I don’t really know Rupaul but after seeing this article and video. I really admire him, he is gorgeous of being who he really is. Salute salute 🙂
xx
Great fun!! I miss my days, or nites in Hollywood. Around here all the gays fix up their victorian
homes, and go to gourmet restaurants for fun,basically.
We are all very caught up with “Identity”. I guess at some point in time we realize that there are many questions we can’t answer like who we really are and what we are supposed to do and we don;t feel like we are in control of anything. Not getting the right answers makes us insecure and we start to create an identity our ourselves that we like, and that we think others will like. And we work so hard at that identity and we really dig ourselves into a hole by trying to hang onto to something not solid, not real and is in fact, only imagined. Once there, we are trapped. And if other people do not accept that identity we project and hold on to, we get upset and depressed.
The identity we crave to have need not necessarily be physical. We may also desire to be identified as being clever, or holy or spiritual.
Rupaul is all of us in a more exaggerate albeit honest way. We laugh at her antics and we like her although we know the public “Rupaul” is manufactured reality. As we are.
I like the three vastly different images of Rupaul above, set out one after another. Which is Rupaul? All of them and none of them I guess. To me the Rupaul i like best is the one which came up with all those great quotes e.g.“Very little is off -limits, but draw the line at being unkind.”
She is really creative and what a character! This Rupaul and what an amazing drag!
What’s amazing is how she open the doors of drag queens to become superstars.
Her last photo look really emaciated though. I wonder if she is sick?
Cool…thanks for sharing this video Rinpoche.I like this quotes
“We all came into this world naked. The rest is all drag.”
yes…be my self. Be what I feel I should be not what others expect…but be what I want with great compassion, generosity, gratefulness, forgiveness, wisdom and give something back to others and earth.
Thanks again Rinpoche, I will share with my friends(@_@)
LOL! Thank you, Rinpoche for uploading this Rupaul video. Funny!
haha…thank you Rinpoche for this video. Rupaul is one of my favorite talk show host. I remember watching her on tv and loved how she enters the stage in such glam, confidence, with a huge, contagious smile.
Just googling her name will bring up such a collage of pictures of hers in so many styles, personalities! She sure can make the world believe and see her for whatever and whoever she wants them to see her as.
oh yes Rinpoche!
There was a Hong Kong star who was like Rupaul! His name is Leslie Cheung.
During his last concert years before his death, he wore a long wig, and he was so sexyyy and hot! 😀 (he was a real handsome man anyway)
even though he got so many criticize from people, he didn’t give a damn. He also admitted to the world that he is a gay.
I enjoyed watching this video. Repaul is sexy and hot as well.
hehehe. Cool!
tr we will be one