Excerpt from Blue Poppy, a film by Sitar Rose (2009)

Tibetan doctors and pharmacists prefer medicinal plants that are collected under the guidance of an experienced Tibetan doctor. This is the only way to ensure that the herbs are harvested at the right time and location as well as in the right mindset. In this short excerpt from Sitar Rose’s 2009 film Blue Poppy, Akong Rinpoche comments on the importance of visualization and mantra recitation during the process of collecting plants.