The annual summer intensives take place over the course of four weeks each year, during which time students receive instruction in the philosophy of science, physics, neuroscience, and biology. Courses are taught by faculty members from Emory and other distinguished universities with assistance from the Tenzin Gyatso Science Scholars. Students are in class for six hours per day, and are tested on the last day of each course. Classes are comprised of lectures, discussion, demonstrations, and hands-on experiments.
The annual summer intensives take place over the course of four weeks each year, during which time monastics receive instruction in the philosophy of science, physics, neuroscience, and biology. Courses are taught by faculty members from Emory and other distinguished universities with assistance from the Tenzin Gyatso Science Scholars. Students are in class for six hours per day, and are tested on the last day of each course. Classes are comprised of lectures, discussion, demonstrations, and hands-on experiments.
A Buddhist spirit possesses a young Muslim girl in a small village in north India. As she goes into trance, she speaks a language different from her own. This bizarre and rare phenomenon breeds hostility within her community. With the help and support from her family and friends, she tries to gain a better understanding of what is happening to her and negotiates a spiritual path by which she can practice both the religions and be of help to people in need. filmed over a period of six years with exceptional access in the Fathima’s world of formless and formed. Unlike the century-old traditional structure of Buddhist oracle getting into a trance through Buddhist medium, Fathima has a unique story to tell.
It is no doubt that some of the best known charities in the world were often set up by people who believed in change for the greater good. I am privileged to walk you through one such institution in the Tibetan diaspora, whose service towards the community has been highly remarkable and valuable, but is little-known...
