Mevon Peton School students hold open dialogue with Kalon Tripa[Wednesday, 30 June 2010, 9:52 a.m.]

Mevon Peton School students ask question to Kalon Tripa Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche, Saturday, 26 June 2010. Photos /Namgyal Tsewang /Tibet.Net

Dharamshala:
Mevon Peton School students held an open dialogue with the Kalon Tripa
Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche on Saturday, 26th June in their school near
Lower Tibetan Children’s Village School in Dharamsala. Kalon
Tripa in simple terms explained the “three trainings of the mind” to
the students of sixth and seventh standards. The students asked
questions ranging from the hot topic of election of next Kalon Tripa to
environment issues to women’s power.Students of 10 to 13 years
old asked questions regarding Kyigudo earthquake relief and if aid was
received from the PRC government. A girl named Ngawag Wangmo
asked, “ Why is Tibetan language very important?”. Kalon Tripa said
because Tibetan language has originated from Sanskrit, Tibetan Buddhism
from the Nalanda tradition can be studied through Tibetan language. The
Tibetan language has the largest body of literature and is a rich
language. For the identity of the Tibetan people Tibetan language is
very important. “Tibetan culture based on the Buddha’s teaching has an enormous power to benefit the world, added  Kalon Tripa.One
of the last questions was “ Why there is direct relation between greed
and environment?” For this question Kalon Tripa replied by quoting
Mahatma Gandhi’s saying that human need can be fulfilled by the earth
but not our greed. Kalon Tripa explained the reasons why human greed
causes deterioration of the earth and living beings. For two
hours this dialogue went on. There were 67 students. This is the third
visit of Kalon Tripa to have an open dialogue with the students of
Mevon Peton school. Mevon Peton School is the model school
based on the Basic Education Policy, unanimously endorsed by the 13th
Assembly of Tibetan People’s Deputies in 2004. This school was first
opened on 10 October 2005.