RYI: A Place Understood Only Through Direct Experience
RYI: A Place Understood Only Through Direct Experience
There is nothing ordinary about studying at Rangjung Yeshe Institute compared to a typical university anywhere in the world. Even here in Nepal, it’s difficult to explain to other Nepalis that I go to a school connected to a monastery, but am not a monk, and many of the students are not necessarily Buddhist. Needless to say, it is impossible for my friends and family back home to imagine how a fully accredited university can operate within a Tibetan Buddhist monastery.
By this point, most people are thoroughly at a loss for how to imagine the place. They likely think I’m fabricating the entire thing and am actually just doing yoga on a high mountaintop while reciting OM. In sum, the experience of studying at RYI is unlike any other, and unless you’ve been in the environment, it’s impossible to thoroughly grasp.
~Robert from USA