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One of the ways you can help Buddha’s Smile School is to write about your visit — telling people about your experiences, impressions and thoughts. It doesn’t have to be mushie, or eloquent — you don’t even have to be able to spell or write English very well — we’ll take care of that.
Liane Fahr
Dear Rajan, Dear John,
I am so happy to be able to send you these pictures. Here are the first twenty.
Lots of love from Germany,
Liane
Thanks for sending them through, Liane!
Click here, if you’d like to see more of Liane’s great photos.
New Photos: January 2007
Every Saturday afternoon Rajan and her teachers go out to the villages and meet with the parents. I have included some photos from one of those trips and of the tent-like dwellings most of them live in. I also included a happy-snap photo of Rajan, Sukhdev, Daisy and Rosy for those who haven’t seen them [...]
Sangita’s Story — More Comment
There are no words to respond to the tragic news of the death of Sangita. And John’s writing makes so clear how horrible her final days were. I can only shake my head and feel deep pain for Sangita, and for her baby who will never know his mother! Rajan this is just [...]
Sangita’s Story
I would like to tell you about Sangita — a young, bright and attractive Indian woman with a 4 month old child. Sangita was a teacher at Buddha’s Smile School until she left to get married.
Yesterday I visited her in a public hospital in Varanasi. She had been burnt all down her front — [...]
Bronwyn Finnigan
Bronwyn’s photos of her recent visit to Buddha’s Smile School Link
Photos from Rajan
Some snaps taken in September 2006. This one showing one of the kids getting his Rabies shot. You can see the rest of them here!
Sarnath: Living Buddhism
The location of Buddha’s Smile School is one of the holiest sites for Buddhists anywhere. For the many archaeological attractions and rich history of the place, there are websites and books. Here I intend to say something about a very contemporary, and perhaps neglected, wealth of Sarnath: its international Buddhist community.
In fact, there are monasteries [...]
Connie Kassor
Connie Kassor just sent us some great photos of her visit to Buddha’s Smile School in December 2005 — well worth a look | Link
Sarnath Cafe
Sukhdev is Rajan’s husband. He masterminded a lively restaurant, catering to foreign scholars, Indians and Tibetans. This activity is the backbone of their charities, as it lies right next to the school, which in turn is none other than the lower section of their home.
Now, Sukhdev’s family is fivefold, in ascending order of height: [...]
Independence Day photos
Some nice Independence Day photos of the school and the children. Link
Oracle of the Chinese Temple
I went once to the Chinese Temple of Sarnath, and stood by an old open door to observe its suggestion of simple living: a Monk called me in. There was a place to sleep and a shrine, and the Oracle seemed to own no other wealth than his rosary and some cheer.
At the time, I [...]
Jake Fisher
Jake Fisher’s photos can be viewed here. Link
Vanessa Turner: Dream in Sarnath
In February 2005 Vanessa Turner wrote an article about Buddha’s Smile School for Yoga & Health — Europe’s best selling Yoga magazine. Jane Sill, the Editor of Yoga & Health kindly agreed to send us the article so we could make it available for download here.
Here is a excerpt:
Dream in Sarnath: Buddha’s Smile School
by Vanessa [...]
Dana Kornberg
Dana Kornberg spent 3 months living with Rajan and her family and helping out at Buddha’s Smile School. Here are a few of her photos. | Link
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