McLoadGanj

A few miles above Dharamsala is the famous town of McLoadGanj often called the "Little Lhasa". This is the residence of HH the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan Government in exile has been here for almost four decades. The main monastery in McLoadGanj is the Namgyal Monastery. This is where I teach to the monks. The middle-top picture on the previous page is taken from Dharamsala and it shows the monastery on top of the hill. Here are a few closer shots.

Video Editing Teaching

I have spent most of the week at the Namgyal Monastery. They have a video lab with good equipment. They have two digital video cameras, a switcher, and a Macintosh computer for digital video editing. But they do not know how to use the software for video editing. I will spend the month working with a few monks, to teach them how to make better use of the equipment. You can see me in the video lab. On my left is Tenzin Phunstok, the main monk I am training. On my right is the grammarian checking the video titles in Tibetan. Tibetan writing is very difficult to master! We are working on editing the teachings of the Dalai Lama. Each teaching takes 3 to 7 days, and they filmed continuously each day, so there is a lot of footage! For lunch, I usually join the monks, and I am the only one not wearing a robe in the room!