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Choegyal Rinpoche warmly welcomed us to his monastery late Friday afternoon. Choegyal Rinpoche is a peaceful man, full of compassion, wisdom and a great sense of humor. Off-camera he spent some time showing us his paintings and talking about the importance of diversity with comments like 'If you only eat bananas, your stomach won’t like.'

Later that afternoon we met with Tenzin Lhadron, a lighthearted nun who shared her candid thoughts with us. The security was much more lax than earlier in the day at the Karmapa's monastery although a group of monkeys did attack the table we were sitting at after the interview having tea and biscuits.

Sunday morning we met with Geshe Kalsang Damdul la , the assistant director of the Buddhist dialectics institute. He was an articulate and intelligent man who talked about not only the Buddhist perspective on oneness but how current political and economic models can be impacted by seeing life as an interconnected whole.

Off to Tashi Jong tomorrow!