Introductory Science Workshops for Monastic Scholars
The Science Workshops (2000-2007) was an historic program and represented the first formal teachings of science in the history of Tibetan Buddhism. In 2000, a group of 50 monk-scholars with a deep understanding of Buddhist philosophy, representing dozens of monasteries and all of Tibet’s Buddhist traditions, were selected to participate in the first 4-week science workshop held at Sera Monastery. Intensive annual workshops were identified as a way to introduce monks to science without disrupting their regular philosophical studies. Nine 4-week intensive science workshops were successfully implemented between 2000 and 2007. A major outcome of these workshops was an overwhelming demand for science education within the monastic institutions.
Sera Monastery
Bylakuppe, India
February 15 to March 3, 2000
Western Faculty
Earl Carlyon
David Crismond, Ph.D.
Gaden Monastery
Mundgod, India
March 7 to March 30, 2001
Western Faculty
David Crismond, Ph.D.
Avery Solomon, Ph.D.
Bryce Johnson
Library Staff
Achok Rinpoche, Director
Sangey Tendar, Translator
Dechen Dorjee, Translator
Tenzin Yangchen, Translator
Tibetan Children’s Village
Palmo, Teacher/Translator
Tenzin Gyalpo, Teacher/Translator
Tsewang Gyurmey, Teacher/Translator
Jampa Ngodup, Teacher/Translator
Drepung Monastery
Mundgod, India
February 19 to March 12, 2002
Western Faculty
Avery Solomon, Ph.D.
Stamatis Vokos, Ph.D.
Mel Sabela, Ph.D.
Torgny Greveby, M.S.
Rachel von Roeschlaub, M.S.
Library Staff
Achok Rinpoche, Director
Sangey Tendar, Translator
Bryce Johnson, Coordinator
Tibetan Children’s Village
Nyima Tsering, Teacher/Translator
Jampa, Teacher/Translator
TCV-Upper
Dharamshala, India
December 17, 2002, to January 10, 2003
Western Faculty
Stamatis Vokos, Ph.D.
Avery Solomon, Ph.D.
Hunter Close, Ph.D.
Rachel von Roeschlaub, M.S.
Library Staff
Achok Rinpoche, Director
Bryce Johnson, Coordinator
Tibetan Children’s Village
Nyima Tsering, Teacher/Translator
Duke Tsering, Teacher/Translator
Pema Wangyal, Teacher/Translator
Pema’s Brother, Teacher/Translator
Pelmo
Gopalpur-TCV
Gopalpur, India
December 15, 2003, to January 10, 2004
Western Faculty
Ursula Goodenough
David Finkelstein
David Susuki
Avery Solomon
Library Staff
Achok Rinpoche, Director
Bryce Johnson, Coordinator
Tibetan Children’s Village
Nyima Tsering, Teacher/Translator
Duke Tsering, Teacher/Translator
Pema Wangyal, Teacher/Translator
Pelmo
Selakui-TCV
Uttarakhand, India
December 21, 2004 to January 14, 2005
Western Faculty
Dewey Dykstra
Andy Johnson
Avery Solomon
David Finkelstein
Shlomit Finkelstein
David Presti
Alan Wallace
Vesna Wallace
Library Staff
Achok Rinpoche, Director
Bryce Johnson, Coordinator
Tenzin Sonam, Translator
Tibetan Children’s Village
Nyima Tsering, Teacher/Translator
Duke Tsering, Teacher/Translator
Pema Wangyal, Teacher/Translator
Pelmo
Tsering Rabgyal
Selakui-TCV
Uttarakhand, India
December 19, 2005 to January 6, 2006
Western Faculty
Dewey Dykstra
Andy Johnson
Hunter Close
Avery Solomon
David Finkelstein
David Presti
Library Staff
Geshe Lhakdor, Director
Bryce Johnson, Coordinator
Tenzin Sonam, Translator
Tibetan Children’s Village
Nyima Tsering, Teacher/Translator
Duke Tsering, Teacher/Translator
Pema Wangyal, Teacher/Translator
Pelmo
Tsering Rabgyal
Sera Monastery
Karnataka, India
January 14 to February 3, 2007
Western Faculty
David Finkelstein
Andy Johnson
Mel Sabella
Avery Solomon
William Bates
Library Staff
Geshe Lhakdor, Director
Bryce Johnson, Coordinator
Tenzin Sonam, Translator
Karma Thupten, Translator
Tibetan Children’s Village
Nyima Tsering, Teacher/Translator
Pema Wangyal, Teacher/Translator
Pelmo
Tsering Rabgyal
Deer Park Institute (Bir)
Bir, India
June 14 to July 5, 2007
Western Faculty
David Finkelstein
Hunter Close
Eleanor Close
Ed Prather
David Presti
P.V. Rao
Paul Lennard
William Bates
Library Staff
Geshe Lhakdor, Director
Bryce Johnson, Coordinator
Tenzin Sonam, Translator
Karma Thupten, Translator
Tenzin Paldon, Translator
Tibetan Children’s Village
Nyima Tsering, Teacher/Translator
Pema Wangyal, Teacher/Translator
Pelmo
Tsering Rabgyal