Miriam Sicherman sent us some really nice pictures of the Buddha’s Smile School kids receiving their end of year reports.
School Updates
Note on Sarnath
Sarnath is a suburb of Varanasi and is located about 13 kilometres north-east of the centre. It’s not only the home of Buddha’s Smile School it is also where Siddhartha Gautama the Buddha first taught the Dharma. There are four important Buddhist pilgrimage centres in India. Lumbini, where Siddhartha Gautama was born. Bodh Gaya (or more…
Prosjekt Norge
En tur til India vart et sterkt møte med fattigdom og nød for meg, Geir Davidsen, Etne i Norge. Men oppe i alt det triste kom jeg i kontakt med Rajan og Sukhdev i Buddhas Smile School (BSS), Der fikk jeg se at hjelp når fram til de som trenger det mest. Der og da more…
About Varanasi
Varanasi is situated on the banks of the river Ganges in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and is considered to be the most sacred place of pilgrimage for Hindus, irrespective of denomination, with more than a million pilgrims visiting the city each year. Along the water’s edge cremations are performed at the burning ghats more…
Kimberly Dukes
Dear John, I’m writing to you as a friend of Rajan and Sukhdev. Rajan said you were helping them with the Buddha’s Smile School website and asked me to take some photos of the children and teachers and send them to you; she thought you’d like to use some of them on the site. Kimberly more…
Alfredo Cardenas and Anel Suarez: Movie
Alfredo Cardenas and Anel Suarez recently visited BSS and made this wonderful video that I am sure will help Buddha’s Smile School a lot. I’ve also sent the movie to Karen from Amistad International and she has passed it on to some of her donors. Amistad International is a US based charity that has been more…
Photos of Sangita
Dana Kornberg has just sent me some photos of Sangita from when she was at Buddha’s Smile School in 2005. Here are some more pictures you might be able to use. They are from the days when all the teachers were teasing Sangita about getting married soon… my god… I have always loved the one more…
Write about your visit
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.