Geshe and Sidney will be leaving for India on May 7 and returning to the United States, if all goes smoothly, on May 27. Their primary purpose in going to India is to set up a study-abroad trip for the students at the University of Arkansas. This trip would take place in the summer of 2008, and as it is currently conceived would involve three weeks of classroom work here on campus followed by three weeks of travel in India. Geshe and Sidney will be visiting, primarily, New Delhi, Agra (the Taj Mahal), Drepung Loseling monastery in the south of India, and Dharamsala. Current plans are to resume meditation classes on Sunday, June 3.

We will also be creating a Tibetan Heritage Institute of Arkansas blogsite, but we will not be using it until we return. We will, however, post pictures there as soon as we return and provide you with updates on the housing situation for Geshe and Rinzin, as well as on the land that has been offered to us for a meditation retreat.