Gaden Shartse Monastery Tour 2008 Sand Mandala In Hayward, Ca

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Gaden Sharste Monastery is located in southern India and is a Tibetan Buddhist Monastery of the Gelugpa order. The monastery was founded in 1426 by the Buddhist Mystic Je Tsong Kapa. The monastery cultural tour is presently in the United States to share their practices and teachings on inner peace and compassion. This sand mandala is a ancient sacred art. Please visit the monastery website at www.gadenshartsetour.org

Gaden Ngari Khangtsen - Chod

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Gaden Ngari Monks Yak Dance

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Gaden Ngari Monks Debating Dependent Origination

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At St. Joseph's Cultural Center, Grass Valley, CA.

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Gaden Ngari Monks - more chanting

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More chanting from the monks. This takes place 1-26-2008 at St. Joseph's Cultural Center in Grass Valley, CA. Presented by Sierra Friends of Tibet.

chanting with mudras - Gaden Ngari monks

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Monks from the Gaden Ngari monastery in India visit Grass Valley, CA, hosted by the Sierra Friends of Tibet.

About the Gaden Sharste Dairy Farm

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Never underestimate the power of Grass Roots Activism.

This ifrst cows for the Shartse dariy farm were purchased through donations raised by spare change jars. 

Gaden Sharste Dairy Farm 2

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Main Prayer Hall and Administration of the Gaden Sharste Monastery

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Gaden Sharste Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist Monastery exiled in southern India. After the Communist invasion of Tibet, where 6,000 monasteries were destroyed, 50 if the Gaden Monks survived and fled to India.  Since that time the monastery has sought to re-establish itself in exile. Please visit the monk's website at www.gadenshartsetour.org

Young Monks At The Gaden Shartse School

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The Gaden Shartse Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist Monastery exiled in southern India.   Following the Communit destructions of over 6,000 monasteries in Tibet in 1959, less than 50 monks surved the incursion and fled to India.

Eventually these monks sought to resestablish the monastery in exile. Please visit their website at www.gadensharstetour.org 

Lobsang Tengye on the Gaden Ngari Khangtsen

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Gaden Ngari Khangtsen, Tibetan BUddhist Monks in Exile

Gaden Ngari Monks Sand Mandala

New Computer for Tibetan Youth

Greetings Good People.

Well here at Tibetech.org we have been working very hard on a variety of projects.... What I wanted to share with you at this time is that the High School Youth Hostel finally received their computer.

We are so pleased to have begun to seed this project here and would like to continue to raise funds for a computer for the BOYS hostel.

This is very important to these children as they are away from their families to attend school in this settlement. Having been there myself and spoken with the children, I can assure you the connections to their families is very strong. The computer will help them practice in their off-time, as well as stay connected with their families via email.

Of course, again the ultimate goal of seeding this project is to eventually open an innovative Distance Learning web portal with the students there.

Hope you enjoy these pictures. Special thanks to Wb for donating specifically to fund this computer. Please Read On...
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Dear Madam Melanie,

Many Tashi Delecks !!! and kindly pardon me for the abrupt silence and delay.... I could not
report to you about the installation of computer. We have already installed the new computer set in the hostel. The computer monitor is a slim and stylish one and the printer is laser one with zerox and fax facilities.

Children are using it. The one computer did bring smile and cheer on the face of hostel children. Of course, we need a separate computer for boys and girls as they are not suppose to use it together. We purchased the facility from Gupta in Hubli as per your negotiation. However , we did compare the rates with other shops before purchasing the same.

Thank you very much for your kind assistance. I am sending the snaps of computer set
along with this letter. It will be kind of you if you could explore some more help in this field in order to improve the facilities in the hostel.

Yours Truly
(Norbu Tsering)
RECTOR

Tibetan Scroll Painting Workshop with Venerable Lobsang Tsultrim

Hi there. Well we have been very busy here at Tibetech.org. Recently we launched a new website for Venerable Lobsang Tsultrim. Visit his site at www.puremind.org. Tsultrim is a Gelug monk and also a Thangka Painter.

Recently we held our annual Tibetan Scroll Painting Workshop. The workshop is always a very special event. Here I have posted a short video of the workshop and hope you enjoy this.

Short Film from the Gaden Shartse Monastery

Okay, I haven't added the narration or the music but thought you may enjoy this short film of the Gaden Shartse Monastery. Stay tuned as a film for the nuns will be following soon. Please give me your feedback on this unrefined draft.

Gaden Shartse Farm and Milk Project

As we are approaching H.H. Dalai Lama's birthday, I am feverishly preparing images for a free slide show and presentation on the Gaden Sharste monastery trip. In doing so I came upon these images of the monastery farm and milk project which I thought you all may find interesting. Also, the film I have been looking for with a little dictation on the farm project. Hope you enjoy and of course if you have any questions, there is more information on the monk's website: www.gadenshartsetour.org

Gaden Shartse Hospital News from the front...

Greetings friends.
Well here is some news from the Gaden Shartse Hospital in Mundgod. Please read on... and we hope you find this news interesting. To learn more about the hospital project, please visit www.gadensharstetour.org

Dear Melanie and Tibetech.org:
On behalf of all the monks of Gaden Shartse Monastery express sincere thanks for your kind support towards our dispensary and your support to buy a new computer for our clinic.

Regarding here, everything is going fine and now raining season weather has approached and due to climatic changes, we are having many patients ill from usual cough, fever and lose motion. We are trying best to serve towards patient and keeping our clinic neat and clean.

These days the doctors use to come three times a week at hospital for check up the patient. Even we are looking for one dentist doctor. Venerable Khen Rinpoche, all the monks and we staff members hope and pray that you will continue help our hospital development. Your kindness and your valuable advice towards developing hospital will be deeply appreciated.

With all the prayers and best wishes for your good health and happiness.

Thank you and all your friends in the international support community
Tashi delek

Faithfully,
Geshi Jangchup Dorjee
Chairman of Gaden Shartse Norling Clinic Association

More Videos from Gaden

So sorry for the delay in posting more video. We are presently processing about 5,000 images for the Gaden Monastery trip. In the meantime, here are some tasty treats I thought you may enjoy. And please don forget to visit the Gaden Shartse Monastery website at www.gadenshartsetour.org







Please also visit the new Gaden Ngari Khangsten website at www.gadenngari.org
Gaden Ngair is one of the 11 Khangstens (Dormitories) in the Gaden Shartse monastery. The Gaden Ngari monks are now in the United States and are touring. Please email us if you are interested in hosting the Ngari Tour.

A brief view of Camp #7

One day, while staying at the Jangchub Choeling nunnery in Camp #3, we went for a walk to visit my friend Tenzin's parents who lived in Camp #7.

These folks came here originally in the 70s with the first groups to come to the settlement after the monastery did the clearing etc. Even as I write this, the sadness I experienced with these people is still with me.

My friend's family had been farmer's back in "old Tibet" and in exile had very little resources. Here I offer you some pictures of their home, which they opened to us.

Family's Most Treasured Items Still Packed...
For me, the saddest part of ther visit, was seeing their own beautiful ritual room, where they kept their most sacred and special of their items. Here you can see Tenzin's father showing us their most treasured items. Family heirlooms in the way of pictures, small ritual amulets, images from their old village and the suitcase which held their most beloved of items including diety statues and old pictures of the Dalai Lama which they had taken out of Tibet with them. These precious items remained in the suitcase - for their return to their village. They do belive they are still going back. Unpacking these most precious items would be the same as accepting that they would never see their old homeland again.

The Family's Kitchen...



A Short Video In Camp #7
eir "PET" dogs inside of their gates.

Purchasing the Nuns' Computer

Going to Hubli
My view from the back of the car...

One of the most exciting days was January 17th, the following Wednesday after arriving at the monastery. That day Phuntsho, arranged to take us, along with Chuni Rinpoche, Geshe Kalsang, and Tengye (the entire 2005-2006 Tour less Chimmie) to Hubli to help us purchase nuns' computer.

There we were also to meet some of our friends like Ngodup (05/06 Tour), Geshe Sangye and Ameircan Lobsang Wangchuck all returning from H.H. the Dalai Lama's teachings at Sera. Hubli is the junction town with the nearest rail travel to the settlement.

The computer purchase extravaganza...

We spent almost the entire day making the computer purchase for the nuns. First, Phuntsho and I had to locate the place. Remember, I had tasked the nuns with getting three quotes and identifying someone they wanted to work with? Well, they chose this computer company in Hubli and they could not have made a finer choice.

The owner of the business (shown here on the right has been in business for many, many generations and he runs his own little operation.

Once the expected and highly anticipated negotiations were agreed upon, the store's young and animated dream technical team sprang into action, with six of them all working on the one system at the same time.

This "should only take an hour" process (1 Tech hour = 4 hours) was a fun and exciting time for me... maybe for them as well. It seemed thay way - as having an new "American" client was well, new - but also one having a little western technical expertise, especially in the Corel Graphics Suite was an opportunity to get someanswers as well as some effects placed onto some photos. Upon correcting the problem they had been experienced with the photos, I topped their tutorial session with the expression "SUCCESS is Mine" flexing my muscles... in which one translated to the rest and they all repeated back the gesture... my own bollywoood movie! They in turn tried to gave me the Hindi translation of the same - which went out as quickly as it went in!

Computer Take-Away
At almost 7:45pm (having been in the computer store for over 4 hours) it was finally time to take the new equipment back to the truck and meet the rest of our friends for dinner.

Phuntsho set Ngodup afoot back to the vehicle with the flat screen monitor, while Menlo, Tengye, Phuntsho and I all haul the rest of the equipment back to the rickshaw driver. No kidding, this was something out of silk road times.

From there everything was loaded securely onto the monastery vehicle and we were then swept away to a reunion dinner in Hubli's with the entire 2005/6 Tour including American Lobsang Wangchuk (but less Chimmy Jampa who had his family visiting).

Wow! what a day to remember.