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Some things I didn't have time to share
Some answers to questions

Hemis Monastery

Mask Festival

Library & Library Books

Tikse Monastery

Ling Rinpoche at Siddhartha School

"The present Ling Rinpoche is the seventh in this line of reincarnate mastes, a number of whom have acted as tutors to the Dalai Lamas of Tibet. In 1940 the Sixth Ling Rinpoche became tutor to the present Fourteenth Dalai Lama, becoming his senior tutor ten years later. In 1959 he journeyed with him into exile in India; later Kyabje Ling Rinpoche became the Ninety- seventh Gaden Tripa, head of the Gelug school. In 1985, two years after he passed away, Kyabje Ling Rinpoche’s reincarnation was born in the North Indian town of Dharamsala. His mother died a few months after his birth and he was given into the care of Tibetan Children’s Village Baby Room until he was eighteen months olf, when His Holiness the Dalai Lama recognized him as the reincarnation of his senior tutor. At the age of three he was admitted into Loseling College at Drepung Monastery in South India, and since 1996 he has been living at the monastery full time. Under the guidance of his two main teachers, Geshe Wangchen and Geshe Thubten Rapgay, Ling Rinpoche is working toward completing his geshe degree. He speaks English and has traveled a number of times to South Korea, coming to the United States in 1993. In March 2004 he received full monastic (gelong) ordination from His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the fifteenth anniversary of the date when the Dalai Lama had himself received full ordination from his tutor, the previous Kyabje Ling Rinpoche." Tricycle Magazine

Little Monks w/ice cream

Tired Young Monk

Buddhist Wall Paintings

For those of you who asked about the toilets

Most Common
with or without a
flush

My personal favorite!

Stay tuned for follow up Blogs regarding lessons learned, equipment reviews, progress on the school library, writing a manual for Ladakhi children on how to handle library books, and so much more. This is really the beginning of my journey as I establish a model for providing library environments, library books, and library instruction to the many non-government schools scattered throughout Ladakh, India.