Monthly Archives: July 2010

Monks Create Manjushri Mandala

Grand Junction, Colorado Tibetan monks create mandalas to represent a dwelling palace. Now, a group of them from the Garden Shartse Monastery, all the way across the world, are on the Western Slope to show off their beautiful art. The monks from India have been working for hours to create the colored sand piece over [...]

Buddhist monks enlighten students about path to brighter future

By Richie Ann Ashcraft Grand Junction Sentinel – Tuesday, July 6, 2010  When Jangchub Chophel was growing up in California, his family did not have blue toilet water or take trips to the park on a Sunday afternoon. He often wondered how a person acquired such luxuries, never knowing that love was within his heart [...]

Buddhist monks enlighten students about path to brighter future

By Richie Ann Ashcraft Grand Junction Sentinel – Tuesday, July 6, 2010   When Jangchub Chophel was growing up in California, his family did not have blue toilet water or take trips to the park on a Sunday afternoon.   He often wondered how a person acquired such luxuries, never knowing that love was within [...]

Moab Utah

Our trip to Moab brought back many wonderful memories. It was two years ago that I (a highly trained tour director with 12 days of experience) first lead our tour to Moab with the help of our wonderful, first-time organizer, Colette.  It was only a couple of weeks earlier that we had met Colette in [...]