Jessica Pimentel Instagram – Sitting in the hotel room in Helsinki Finland reflecting on how 2 months and 2 days ago I went from a red carpet premiere in Manhattan straight to Tibetan Buddhist Temple in the mountains of Vermont where I was able to complete a promise that I made to my teacher 21 years ago. It was my first time returning to this place since 2008. I sat in group meditation roughly 9-10 hours a day for 12 days starting our sessions at 8am and finishing around 10pm learning from one of the greatest living masters in all the world. Surrounded by advanced practitioners and monks and nuns helping us every step of the way. This is just a drop of what I could tell you about this and many other retreats I have done. I realize that most of you know me as a crazy NYHC metal head, or some fancy actress, or musician, dancer, a radio DJ, Latina, Brooklyn girl, New Yorker, or that amazing drummer’s wife and all of these are true but I remind you to not let conventional appearances fool you. We are all multifaceted and the most important facet in my life is my Buddhist practice. Usually I keep most of it to myself but I want you to know that whatever I do, The art I put out, No matter how unconventional or aggressive, the images I post, even the clothing/Jewelry I wear, it is all with an underlying base rooted in my Buddhist beliefs. I want to bring joy and understanding on how to ease suffering. I want to be the light in the darkness. I made a promise and the first part of it is complete. The second promise was that I would start speaking more openly about my beliefs. And how being a Buddhist has changed my mind, heart and life for the better. I’m very excited to share this with you. I believe that many of us have a preconceived idea of what Buddhists are supposed to look like or how they’re supposed to act and I’m here to show you that there are many faces and many ways to practice and many ways to be free. Some of us do it quietly at home and some of us scream into microphones 🙏 Thanks to my amazing sister for this special traditional Tibetan dress (Chuba)which I ended up wearing much more than I had planned to during our retreat together. . #tibetanbuddhism #gelug #lerung #100000