Tag Archives: compassion

Gaden Shartse School Met It’s Goal!

June 2, 2009 – 8:13 am

Hello this is Jangchub Chophel. I am posting this on behalf of the monks here at the Gaden Shartse School. The monks here desperately need your help to complete 3 important projects at the school. These projects will greatly enhance their learning environment and make a real difference in their lives.

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The shade roof is under construction!

May 24, 2009 – 9:39 am

Exciting times at Gaden Shartse School. We have enough donations (most of which came from Judith) to construct one of the three projects – the shade roof. This roof will not only significantly reduce the stiffling heat in the classroom, but will also provide a place for the caligraphy class during the rainy season. The [...]

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Art as lesson in impermanence

November 5, 2008 – 11:38 am

By Dawn Keller - Staff writer Six Gaden Shartse monks will spend the next three days creating sand artwork and spreading the message of tolerance and compassion at Washington & Jefferson College. The Buddhist monks are traveling across the world to share their message and raise money for monasteries in India. The Gaden Shartse monastery was [...]

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What’s Up With That?: Art of the temporary variety

November 5, 2008 – 11:33 am

By Harry Funk, Online editor Everyone knows what art is. It hangs in galleries, behind velvet ropes and in ornate frames, for aficionados to enjoy for generations to come. Sure, that’s the way you learned it in school: da Vinci and Rembrandt, Manet and Monet, van Gogh and van Dyck. Art for the ages. But [...]

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