By Lama Tenzin Ösel

Sera News

It is yarne (the rains retreat) so nobody is allowed to walk on the grass [to avoid killing creatures] or leave the monastery area.

His Holiness came to teach in Hunsur at Gyume Tantric College on September 19. He also taught at the new Nyingma gompa.

Changes to Osel Labrang

The house improvements are going nicely. They have finished the roof and they have almost finished putting the cement on the walls inside and outside. They will probably finish early next year.

Comings and Goings

Kunkyen and my father are going to Spain for one month. I will stay here and study. Geshe Thubten Chonyi and Geshe Lobsang Jamyang have just arrived here. They have come for their examinations at Gyume Tantric College. Gen Gyurme has bone to Drepung for Gelug examinations.

Class

I have just finished reading The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. In Spanish class I am reading Journey to the West – the adventures of the Monkey King. I also read Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne.