Das alte Ladakh1986

Narrator:
He, the Geshe, carried out the Lossum Chossum meditation, which lasts for three years, three months, and three days. During this time noone spoke to him or even saw him close up. - This severe asceticism is necessary in order to destoy the ego, because our consciousness identifies with the needs of the body. And it is the ego which is behind these bodily needs. It traps consciousness in a fixation on one's own isolated individuality. Asceticism, however, makes it possible for consciousness to free itself from these material chaines and thereby liberate the ego, just as in death.