A PLACE FOR RYI STUDENTS TO VOICE THEIR EXPERIENCES AND OPINIONS WHILE STUDYING IN NEPAL
The Lonely Mango or ‘How to share a terrace with three dogs, cockroaches, ants and other little critters and experience Boudha with eyes and ear,
Read MoreBeing back in Lhasa for summer holidays after one year’s study outside the country was very different. I worked as tour guide during this summer
Read MoreI first visited Rangjung Yeshe Institute in 2010. Immediately upon witnessing people engage with, practice, and study the dharma in such an intensive way, I felt
Read MoreDear friends, On my last break from school I headed to a valley in north Nepal, close to the border with Tibet, called Langtang Valley.
Read MoreGoethe once wrote: “Mountains are silent teachers that make taciturn students.” I really like this sentence, because it’s so true. Mountains have something fascinating about
Read MoreIn order to strengthen and stabilize Buddhism within Nepal, Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche, Chokling Rinpoche and Phakchok Rinpoche have decided to host Lamas from all over
Read MoreThere is the generalized belief that a translated text will never be able to capture the greatness of its original—in other words, it will always
Read MoreOne of the best things of studying in Nepal is definitively the amount of holy sites which can be visited. As I had visitors coming
Read MoreLast semester I took four courses namely: Uttaratantra 202, Buddhist Scripture 204, Buddhist Epistemology 303 and Philosophy 306. I like all the courses which I
Read MoreAre you new to the Shedra? Not having much money to spend? Have to study a lot? Here comes a brief guide and recommendation to
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