Hey folks,
This past weekend we split up into small groups and completed a "village assignment." In other words we went off to a random village and did research on it. My group was assigned to Chauntra, which is home to a Tibetan settlement, a Central School for Tibetans, a Tibetan Childrens Village school, and a large monastery.
The monastery is the Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö Institute, is brand new, incredibly beautiful, currently houses 600 monks, and contains a Huge Buddha that is probably 10 or 20 meters tall. We explored it and then met a group of young monks playing Carrom board. We sat down and played for over 3 hours.
Last week on wednesday myself and a few others went to see a long life ceremony for His Holiness the 17th Karmapa. It was an incredible experience. Horns were playing, hundreds of monks chanting as well. And at the end he individually blessed each of us. And then the monastery served lunch for everyone. mmm
Tomorrow we're going to attend teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama!
Rock on,
Sam
ps I realyl tried to upload pictures but it took FOREVER and then errored... sorry maybe next time?? I'm ready for bed.
Learn Tibetan?
Nga nang la dro gi yö. = I am going home.
Nga kasang cha tung pa yin = I drank tea yesterday.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
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2 comments:
Tashi delek, Sam! Nga Jamie yin, Beth and Gary's daughter. All best of luck to you in India and Tibet!
What is Carrom board? And what did you have to eat? I want to hear more about Tibetan food, please!
I hope your time with HH today is inspiring and fun. I imagine he'll head out here to Ithaca soon after that, since he's slated to speak here next Tuesday. I can't WAIT to hear him!
-R
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