A Monk's Journey
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Geshe Lobsang Kunga prays while facing an image of the Dalai Lama in the Chamtse Ling Temple. With others, he traveled to India by night and slept during the day. They traveled through the snowy Himalayan Mountains and into Nepal.
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Geshe Lobsang Kunga prays while facing an image of the Dalai Lama in the Chamtse Ling Temple. With others, he traveled to India by night and slept during the day. They traveled through the snowy Himalayan Mountains and into Nepal.
Geshe Lobsang Kunga says a prayer to the Buddha statue Chamtse Ling Temple. Because there were no religious rights in Tibet, his teacher in Ku-bhum advised Kunga to travel to India to study. He decided to take his advice and set out for India in 1985.
Geshe Kunga meditates in the Chamtse Ling Temple. Since there was no monastery in his village, Geshe Kunga traveled to the the monastery Ku-bhum. He was not allowed to become a monk until he was 18 years old, though. Since he was 17 when he first arrived, Geshe Kunga worked at the monastery and assisted the monks until he came of age.
Geshe Lobsang Kunga relaxes while practicing yoga to start his morning in the Chamtse Ling Temple. At 16 years old, he learned he wanted to become a monk, when a monk visited during Losar, the Tibetan New Year.
Geshe Lobsang Kunga practices yoga to start his morning in the Chamtse Ling Temple. He practices yoga in the morning because the air is clean and his stomach is empty.
Geshe Lobsang Kunga is a Buddhist monk who lives at the Bloomington Tibetan Mongolian Cultural Center. Geshe is a title given to a monk. His first name Lobsang means good heart or good soul, and Kunga means everybody Loves or everybody likes.
Geshe Lobsang Kunga walks back to the Chamtse Ling Temple. Tibetan is his first language, and English is his second language. When he came to United States in 2001, though, he did not speak any English. After his morning routine, sometimes he attends English as a Second Language classes at Broadview Learning Center to work on English.
Geshe Lobsang Kunga spins the wheels right to left, while saying the mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum," from the Prayer Wheel Ediface. Geshe Kunga says the mantra, which means compassion Buddha, about 100 times while circling the structure.
Geshe Lobsang Kunga walks around the Kalachakra Stupa while saying a mantra on the grounds of the Bloomington Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center. Geshe Kunga first came to the United States in 2001 with a tour group in Washington D.C. Several years later in 2009, he came back to the United States, eventually coming to Bloomington.
Before going outside, Geshe Kunga puts on his shoes. While outside, he exercises by walking, but he also says prayers.
After yoga and prayer, Geshe Lobsang Kunga drinks tea in his living quarters. He says most Tibetan people drink tea in the morning, and it is his tradition.
Geshe Lobsang Kunga spreads incense, which symbolizes a good smell for Buddha, in the room where the Dalai Lama stays when he visits. Geshe Kunga first met the Dalai Lama after he arrived in India. He and others took several buses from Nepal to the Namgyal Monastery in Dharamsala, India, where the Dalai Lama lives.
Geshe Lobsang Kunga pours water into offering bowls. The water first symbolizes drinking and cleaning of the mouth and face. It also symbolizes bathing and purification.
Geshe Lobsang Kunga prays while facing an image of the Dalai Lama in the Chamtse Ling Temple. With others, he traveled to India by night and slept during the day. They traveled through the snowy Himalayan Mountains and into Nepal.
Geshe Lobsang Kunga says a prayer to the Buddha statue Chamtse Ling Temple. Because there were no religious rights in Tibet, his teacher in Ku-bhum advised Kunga to travel to India to study. He decided to take his advice and set out for India in 1985.
Geshe Kunga meditates in the Chamtse Ling Temple. Since there was no monastery in his village, Geshe Kunga traveled to the the monastery Ku-bhum. He was not allowed to become a monk until he was 18 years old, though. Since he was 17 when he first arrived, Geshe Kunga worked at the monastery and assisted the monks until he came of age.
Geshe Lobsang Kunga relaxes while practicing yoga to start his morning in the Chamtse Ling Temple. At 16 years old, he learned he wanted to become a monk, when a monk visited during Losar, the Tibetan New Year.
Geshe Lobsang Kunga practices yoga to start his morning in the Chamtse Ling Temple. He practices yoga in the morning because the air is clean and his stomach is empty.
Geshe Lobsang Kunga is a Buddhist monk who lives at the Bloomington Tibetan Mongolian Cultural Center. Geshe is a title given to a monk. His first name Lobsang means good heart or good soul, and Kunga means everybody Loves or everybody likes.
Geshe Lobsang Kunga prays while facing an image of the Dalai Lama in the Chamtse Ling Temple. With others, he traveled to India by night and slept during the day. They traveled through the snowy Himalayan Mountains and into Nepal.