This time returning to my real alma mater Namdroling Monastery, Bylakuppe was different indeed. As visiting resource faculty i've been rendering services to the Padma Mani Translation Committee (PMTC) - whose vision is to create a team of English speaking dharma-teachers, translators, writers, interpreters and administrators - since 2015.
Jr. nuns session in progress
Jr. monks engrossed in an assignment
Visiting and sharing a meal with wise old friend Choechok Gyatso at his swank new home, Sera University, Bylakuppe.
Sr. Monks at PMTC
Dining out with the chosen few. What a privilege!
Being felicitated by Khenpo Sonam Tsewang-1
Felicitation -2
One for the camera please!
A family that eats together, stays together.
This time around the news was that four of my students had been selected to attend a two week cultural exchange program in the USA and were invited by the University of Worcester, Massachusetts! This was a moment of humble pride for me for sure but not before due credit is given to the untiring efforts of the students themselves, the brain behind the PMTC itself - the indefatigable Khenpo Sonam Tsewang, the heart essences of the Namdroling Monastery and the wisdom laden guidance of its leading administrator, Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche, fondly called 'Khenchen Guru'.
Jr. nuns session in progress
Jr. monks engrossed in an assignment
Visiting and sharing a meal with wise old friend Choechok Gyatso at his swank new home, Sera University, Bylakuppe.
Sr. Monks at PMTC
Dining out with the chosen few. What a privilege!
Being felicitated by Khenpo Sonam Tsewang-1
Felicitation -2
One for the camera please!
A family that eats together, stays together.