Wednesday, May 23, 2012 2:04 pm
Montgomery Blair High School's Online Student Newspaper
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The golden entrance gate to the Nyingmapa monastery outside of Bangalore transports one to a different world.1
Visitors surround a temple with a picture of Rinpoche mounted on its exterior.2
The view of the temple's interior was breathtaking.3
The illustrations of Buddhist deities on the walls closely resembled Hindu idols seen most often in India.4
This was probably the last place one would have expected to see a monk wearing Crocs…
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...or a young monk shooting a toy gun at his playmates.6
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BangaLore #20: Tibet or not Tibet?
Sonalee Rau reflects on her visit to the Nyingmapa monastery.
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The golden entrance gate to the Nyingmapa monastery outside of Bangalore transports one to a different world.