Cathkin High Pupils Visit Buddhist Monastery

June 9, 2010

Author: Will Henshaw

Source: The Buddhist Channel/Rutherglen Reformer

http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=3,9262,0,0,1,0

Cathkin High pupils received some good Karma recently as they visited a Buddhist monastery.

As part of their current topic about Buddhism, a third-year class took a trip to the Samye Ling Buddhist Monastery in Eskdalemuir near Dumfries.

They were greeted by a ‘Weegie’ monk, a Glaswegian man who had left his family and given up his job to become a Buddhist monk. Under his guidance, the pupils were shown round the temple which was preparing for the 70th birthday of Akong Rinpoche, the founder of the monastery.