‘‘In
this materialistic time just to have little interest to look inside,
contemplate inside, not getting distracted by outside and really looking inside
is very important. It's worthwhile to spend our time and energy in it.’’ --- Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
Photos and short video clips from the camp
A week-long mindfulness camp at Chokyi Gyatso Institute,
Dewathang ended on the 13th of January, 2018. The camp was an essential platform for introduction and
foundation of mindfulness techniques offered to Bhutanese educators and others.
Our goal was simply to
give everyone a chance to experiment and explore the inner working of their
minds so that they may benefit their students,
community members, and others through their examples.
The camp was organized keeping intact the tradition of our profound and
deep meditation practices from the Mahayana teachings. The camp’s content
included meditation practice, teaching about meditation, practice techniques, mindful
offering of butter lamps, selection of local agriculture produced, waste
minimization, cooking, eating & walking, karma yoga (work as practice)
& sharing of experiences.
The
camp was resourced by Chungtrul Jigme Tsheltrim Wangpo of Tharpaling Monastery,
Bumthang, Khenpo Tshering of Chokyi Gyatso Institute (CGI) and Dr. Yang Gyeltshen of
Lhomon Education. There were 54 camp attendees including organizers: 18
teachers, 3 lopens from CGI, 3 from Youth Development Fund (YDF), 6 civil servants, 3 from Sherubtse
College, 2 youths, 3 parents, 9 Samdrup Jongkhar Initiative (SJI) youth interns and 7 SJI staff.
The camp is
an integral to SJI's education program (LME) conducted annually, primarily
targeted for educators, community leaders, and others in collaboration with
Chokyi Gyatso Institute (CGI), Dewathang.
‘‘If
the teachers are interested in value of Mindfulness, this is a good sign for
the future of Bhutan. If the interest of mindfulness grows at a grassroots
level, then we will have hope for our nation. If not, we will become mindless.
We will become insane, our country will soon be filled with greed and insanity
people.’’ --- Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche
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