Sonam Kalden, one of our students made this amazing art (the Head of the Buddha) using clay and paper. He creatively used bamboo node and culm to create beautiful patterns on it. His creation is used as one of the important costumes in our short film project with our local youth.
After working on their embroidery for the last ten days, these girls came to display their artwork. As visible, they've tried different designs, shapes, patterns and creations using their basic understanding of stitching.
We are excited to engage a group of local youth in our short film project. The film is about a woman named Kisa Gotami, who comes to seek help from the Buddha. The Buddha taught her in a special way, with a single mustard seed.
As we are deeply engaged in designing simple symbols using needles and threads, we managed to sit, meditate and look inside our minds. At the end of the day, we must decide the values we wanted our young people to learn, without denying the skills.
Currently, we are engaging a group of local youths in learning embroidery skills!
A beautiful piece of art by Sonam Gyelpo. It started with one stitch and ended with thousands of stitches. It is a creation of multi stitching process, perhaps this meticulous process could teach our students, the interdependent reality and illusory nature of their own creation.
Embroidery is a fine art that is rich in the process. As our students pick canvases and needles, they are physically and mentally engaged in a process that is enriching with values, discipline, and achievements. The painstaking steps involved in the process bring students’ attention to focus on the minute details of the design, shapes and patterns that they are working on. Of course, the whole process is time and attention-demanding for our students. Perhaps, such demanding help our students to become more resilient physically, mentally and emotionally.
Along the valley, the farmers of Selmothang harvest their last remaining paddy, a yield of their hard work and endurance. We made it to be a part of this final process, to help collect paddy for a humble family.
Amid a flowing river, dense vegetation, rocks and sands, we tried, to pay attention to our minds. It apparently is only a powerful hope in the midst of uncertainty.
In the mask-making project, students undertook a rigorous process to craft their ideas using shape, size, design and colour. As a part of the Buddhist art and culture unit, the aim of the project was to augment the students’ creative imaginations, to give them hands-on experiences, and to enhance social interactions, while emphasizing the importance of process-oriented learning.
The Deuri River is an integral diverse system that is home to plants, animals, birds, and butterflies, as well as a natural therapeutic place for humans, that is cautiously fashioned with the reality of interdependence. This neighbouring ecosystem is a pristine bio-network for our students to be engross in various learning experiences to develop a broader understanding of the world around them, as well as their inner world. Thus, this trip is a humble program to promote positive attitudes and sustainable mindful actions towards achieving greater conservation goals.
‘‘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 Khyentse Rinpoche
On this very auspicious Lhabab Duchen, let us remember and pay homage to our great teacher, the Shakyamuni Buddha. Today’s occasion is commemorated as the Buddha’s return to the human realm from the realm of the gods, after giving teachings to his mother, who had been reborn there.
Today, we started the 2nd round of Wakefulness Retreat for the community people of Dewathang. We talked about the mind, its importance, and nurturing it through the practices, that are existing within Bhutan's profound and deep meditation traditions.
A short video from the recent three days wakefulness retreat organized for the community people of Dewathang in collaboration with Chokyi Gyatso Institute - Dewathang
We have to say, "I Love You" to the Buddha - Yeshi Dorji, 7 y.o.
"Wash your hands' friends and don't forget the soap..." Check this song by our students.
"You just need to be patient, a notebook to record, a pair of binoculars, and a field guide for Birdwatching," said Tandin Wangdi, a teacher at Trashi Yangtse Lower Secondary School. Tandin sir is a living example of his teacher's influence on his passion for birdwatching and love of nature, and now he lives to influence his students like Jamba. Jamba's fascination for nature grew when he was 11 years old, in grade four as Tandin sir's student. Today, Jamba who is in grade 8, continues to go birdwatching and explore more about nature. Jamba aspires to be a forest ranger in Bhutan.
We had a short CodeMonkey introductory session with Mr Tashi Penjor, IT teacher of the Garpawoong Middle Secondary School to prepare our teachers to start the CodeMonkey program for our students.
Much of the problem that we see today in the world is due to mental starvation because we don’t give enough food to our minds. It is important to know that, just as we take care of our physical body, we need to take care of our mind. The mind is one of the most important things we have.
More
than 25 participants including teachers, nurses, monks, college students and a
few others are currently involved in virtual photography training with us.
Tomorrow will be the last session!
The training is designed to help participants learn the
fundamental of photography and the key skills involved in it. It is also to
encourage them to use photography as art to express ideas, situations and
emotions.
“It is an art that makes life beautiful and worth living."
-- Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
A short story by one of the local elders from Bangtsho Dewathang is retold by one of our students. The story is about how ones' greed and ill-intention can bring harm to oneself.
Today, we are very happy to organize a meditation program for our monks, lamas and lopons. The program was Led by Khenchen Sonam Tashi and few other senior teachers of the Institute. Meditation is a very important regular practice in the Institute. We integrate the practices in our daily class, everyday morning and evening prayers. Occasionally, we all come together to practice it.
CHOICE is a simple act that will determine the health of humans, animals, the environment, and the planet Earth. Humans have this unique ability to choose, let's make use of it.
This Lungta, the wind horse is created as an artistic project by a student! You may find this animal familiar, it is the fast-talking donkey from the film, Shrek.
On this joyous occasion of Rinpoche’s Birth anniversary, Lhomon Education staff and students, offer our heartfelt prayer for Drubgyud Tenzin Rinpoche’s (Yangsid Meme Lama), long life and good health. May Rinpoche, as always guide and bless us!
Today, we had a virtual discussion on computing in the 21st Century with Mr Sherab Thai, teachers of Lhomon, youth, Lopons and monks of the Chokyi Gyatso Institute - Dewathang.
The discussion was all about taking responsibility, particularly during this fast-paced digitization to avoid cybercrime that could compromise personal and organizational information.
We also talked about some of the existing modes of cyberattacks, such as Phishing (exploiting emails, website, etc.), Vishing (exploiting voice), and Smishing (exploiting SMS), and how all these can undermine our information.
