Funny Conversations 4
Roommate: “When will the electricity come?” Me: “It came at 5 pm yesterday.” Roommate: “Really? Tell the truth.” Me: “Really!” Roommate: “Now lie to me.” Me: “We have electricity right now.”
Tag: humor
Balcony
Overheard at the Nunnery #4
“She looks like that character in the Harry Potter movie… what was his name? Oh yeah, Smeagol!”
Overheard at the Nunnery #3
Ani TZ: “Ani-la, come debate with me over here!” Ani DT: “I can’t, I am stuck here with chewing gum.”
Overheard at the nunnery #2
A certain tulku: “These momos have deceived us, they are filled with potatoes.”
Morning
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Offerings
My first try at a webcomic…
Overheard in English Class
Teacher: Repeat after me: May all sentient beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering. Students: May all sentient beings be free from suffering and the classes of suffering. Teacher: You want to be free from the classes of suffering? Fine, you may leave.
Funny Conversations 3
Pema Chodron: “Ani Damchoe Wangmo! One four three!” Me: (thinking a moment) “I love you, too.” Ngawang Sherab: “ga re za?” Pema Chodron: “One zer na I, four zer na love, three zer na you.” (from the balcony outside) Lobsang Palmo*: Damchoe Wangmo! One four three! Me: “Khyerang la one four three lo!” *** Tibetan… Continue reading Funny Conversations 3
Funny Conversations 2
Me: “How much is a ticket to Kolkata? Ticket Agent/Coffee bean retailer: “You want to go to Kolkata with a K or Calcutta with a C?” Me: “They are the same place.” Agent: “They are the same place?” Me: “You’re asking me?” — in Kushalnagar village
Overheard at the nunnery
“Don’t ask questions to the exam supervisors. You’ve had a whole year to learn these things. And besides, it has been so many years since we’ve studied these things – we’ve forgotten everything.” –a Lopon speaking at the shedra meeting on ‘How to write final exams’
Howarts vs. Namdroling Monastery
Hogwarts is a castle. Namdroling is comprised of a few dozen buildings, centered around four temples – which are somewhat castle-like. Hogwarts is divided into Houses. Namdroling’s charter forbids the formation of organizations based on race, views, because these could lead to schisms in the Sangha… like the rivalry between Slytherin and Gryffindor. Hogwarts has… Continue reading Howarts vs. Namdroling Monastery
Why my class shouldn’t be trusted with butter lamps
When we complete the study of a text we make offerings to the three jewels and to our teacher. Yesterday we lit 108 butter lamps in our classroom. These lamps were special because half of them were filled not from the semi-solid butter substitute we usually use, but with regular cooking oil. From the moment… Continue reading Why my class shouldn’t be trusted with butter lamps
Funny conversations…
I’ve been meaning to post some of the funny conversations I’ve had. Early this morning: ROOMATE: Ani Damchoe Wangmo! Did you drop 200 rupees (about U.S. five dollars) in the toilet? ME: Uh… RM: Someone dropped 200 rupees in the toilet! ME: (cringing at the thought of Gandhi-ji’s visage getting dirty in our toilet) Did… Continue reading Funny conversations…
You are a Westerner who has been living in a Tibetan community in India too long if:
you have yama (sinitus) you do the head wobble thing you start sentences with “We Tibetans…” you start sentences with “Those Injees…” you speak Tibetan to Indians and Hindi to Tibetans you don’t know the word in Tibetan you say it in Hindi you say “shit” (in English) every time you drop something you don’t… Continue reading You are a Westerner who has been living in a Tibetan community in India too long if:
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