Where Wisdom and Knowledge Meet - Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche on his vision for Kremsegg University

In January, soon after the castle at Kremsegg was acquired, Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche sat down with Erric to talk about what he hoped might grow there — a home for kind heartfulness and for wisdom. Nine months on, the vision has deepened. This time the conversation takes place inside the castle itself. In it, Rinpoche describes a university unlike the Buddhist one he established in Kathmandu: not the preserve of a single tradition, but a meeting place for the wisdom traditions of the world, held together with modern science, business and leadership. The great religions have studied mind and conduct for centuries. Much of that knowledge is now set aside as superstition — and Rinpoche speaks plainly about what is lost when it is. He and Erric talk about what a scientist might find at Kremsegg that no laboratory can offer, which of our problems science and policy cannot solve alone, and what is most at risk of being lost in this generation. Rinpoche speaks of this project as the culmination of one of the most important things he is doing with his life, and as a gift he wishes to leave the world.