From Brahma to Buddha Semester, Fall 2011

The group with Ama Adhe

"Wait, everything is empty of inherent existence? The self is ever-lasting but not permanent? What does that mean? My head hurts."

The group with a speaker from the Tibetan Youth Congress

Peter with an unending cup of chai

Dorje, the India regional director of Students for a Free Tibet talks to the group

Rebecca with her homestay family

Momos and soup at Annie's homestay

Annie's Pala plays dramyin with his granddaughter

We visited Norbulingka - an arts and culture preservation center down the hill from Dharamsala. Here we visited the Thangka section and checked out a Kalachakra mandala.

One of the wood carvers at Norbulingka

Buddha in the making, Norbulingka

In the main temple at Norbulingka

Emilya explains a gridded Tibetan poem

Katie faces off against Peter and Marley in Carom

Marley takes aim

We were very fortunate to get an audience with Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, a western nun who spent 12 years in retreat and has been at the forefront of a movement to provide greater status and facilities to female Buddhist practitioners.