Monthly Archives: April 2009

Gaden Shartse Tour Highlights Video

April 28, 2009 – 10:30 pm
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By Request – Another Mundgod Video

April 25, 2009 – 2:50 am

We are so happy to hear that so many people enjoyed our first short video clip of a ride through Mundgod. Many people have requested more. So I pieced together clips from our whole ride through Mundgod and back to the monastery. Here we have Venerable Tenzin driving and Chophel on the back with his [...]

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LA Times Article – Dalai Lama denounces “Too much Greed”

April 25, 2009 – 2:00 am

Monks from Thubten Dhargye Ling center in Long Beach try to catch a glimpse of the Dalai Lama when he arrives at UC Santa Barbara. ‘This crisis is good,’ Tibetan leader says, because it reminds people that money has limitations. He also speaks about arcane aspects of Buddhist history and philosophy. Reporting from Santa Barbara [...]

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Monastery Life

April 21, 2009 – 3:08 am

I just looked at the calendar today and realized that I have been here in India for 8 weeks already. Wow the time has just flow by.  I still have another 6 weeks to experience life here and now have a nice little routine.  My day is divided into time for my practice, studying the [...]

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