A little while ago, Venerable R. D. asked me: A bit of curiosity as to what shedra classes “look like.” Do you memorize the texts, study them, them go to class for commentary and teachings? Make notes in the text? Or is it anything like in the West with students trying to write down most… Continue reading Inside the classroom
I finally finished giving my root text. By ‘give’ I mean recite in the presence of my teacher. This year’s root text was very hard to learn – because it is not in verse. Check it out at Lotsawa House , and imagine memorizing it in Tibetan. Yeah. Quite some time ago Ven. T.G. asked… Continue reading Memorization
With another school year comes another 15 pages of root text I have to memorize. A page means one two-sided Tibetan pecha page. If the root text is in stanzas, which it usually is, that means 8 to 10 stanzas per page. Most teachers do not require us to give all 15 pages in one… Continue reading Memorization
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