On the way to Deprung

Deprung, Sera and Ganden Monastery

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October 28th 2005
Well this was proably the best day of monastery visists I have ever had....we were very fortunate that at Deprung we were able to see the monks chanting, sharing yak butter tea (which stinks and makes you want to gag immediatley) and also reading from their paper thin prayer books. This one has the largest amount of practising monks in Tibet about 700. In Sera monastery (500 monks), we were able ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more