Guru Rinpoche day at Dzogchen Monastery

Some years ago Tulku Pegyal started a new branch of Dzogchen Monestary in Kathmandu near Swayambunath. On each 10th day of the Tibetan calendar, they practice Rigdzin Dupa. Since I didnt have class that day I decided to join. The practice commenced at 8 in the morning, lasting until 4pm, with a lunch break in between ofcourse.


Below you can see litle monks from an area called something like 'tshom bu' (solo kombu?) learning how to read. The culture, religion and religious language of most Nepali's on the Himalayan range is Tibetan, but their everyday language is usually some local dialect. These ones though, I was told, speak Tibetan as their native language.



Another interesting fact was that some of the monks came from Larung Gar or Serta monastery in Tibet, which is Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok's monastery.