Thu, 26 Oct 2006
Comings and Goings
Drupon and Lama Gyaltsen got some local press when they constructed a sand mandala at a Bethesda grade school. According to the article they spent four days doing it. I wonder who drove them there and back to Frederick. There's a nice photo of them making the mandala with schoolgirls in the background looking on. The caption says:
Tibetan Buddhist monks Lama Gyaltsen and Drupon Thinley Ningpo Rinpoche create a "mandala" made of multicolored sand as third grade students watch at the Holton-Arms School. The monks worked on the sand painting, then swept up the sand and poured it into a creek when it was complete -- symbolic of the Buddhist belief that all things are impermanent.
KTD has put its schedule for the first six months on their website. They'll be having two visiting teachers. Mingyur Rinpoche will be teaching on Mahamudra, always a popular subject. And Garchen Rinpoche will be teaching on the Four Thoughts as he swings through America. It's unusual for a Drikung Kagyu lama to be teaching at KTD, since it's a Karma Kagyu center. I think it shows the hugh regard that he and Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche have for each other.
