Join Buddhist Philosophy Class Online
Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 4:00 p.m.
Geshe Sonam Rinchen and the translator, Ruth Sonam, during a class |
Dharamshala: Gone are the days, when the attendance at the packed hall of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, often overflows to the corridors, where students, sitting, standing or squatting on the floor to the stairs, could be seen ruminating over the teachings for the day.
Now are the days, when in addition to about 100 foreigners here, who regularly attend the daily, two classes on Buddhist philosophy and practice, hundreds more could join online, since the live webcast of the second class has already begun on www.ltwa.net or www.tibetanlibrary.org.
The Library offers two, hour-long classes, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 12 noon (IST +5:30 GMT), in which highly qualified lamas teach “courses focused on specific Indian/Tibetan texts or on specific topics of Buddhist philosophy and practice”, with instant English translation.
The site also features an archive of previous recordings, along with books published by the Library. “The main objective of this website is to make the vast resources of the Library accessible to the growing number of Tibetans and non-Tibetans, who rely on Internet for information about Tibet and Tibetan studies,” said Geshe Lhakdor, the director of the Library.
“Before too long, we will also post online the vast audio-visual and other resources at various departments of the Library, like Museum, along with a complete database of all the available books and manuscripts.”
(www.tibet.net is the official website of the Central Tibetan Administration.)