Tibetan Monk returns to speak at WKCTC
Tibetan monk Tsering Phuntsok returns to West Kentucky Community and Technical College February 27 at 7 p.m. in Crounse Hall, Room 101.
Phuntsok, a practicing Buddhist monk since the age of 16, will discuss Buddhism, and life in a monastery and demonstrate part of the traditional forms of chanting.
David Nickell, WKCTC sociology professor, said Phuntsok’s talk will also focus on healing through compassion. “As he told me, ‘After the pandemic we all need healing.'”
Nickell said Phuntsok’s return to campus continues to introduce WKCTC students, faculty, staff and community to differing cultures. “Exposure to the ideas and philosophies of others is important and valuable to our society,” he said.
Phuntsok entered the Palyul choekhorling Nyingmapa monastery in Bir, India, in 1987. For the first 17 years, he studied and practiced the Nyingmapa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, receiving training in meditation, Buddhist scripture and philosophy, tantric ritual, lama dancing and music.
Phuntsok facilitates cultural exchange programs between the Tibetan community and university students in the United States who volunteer with a local social work agency devoted to improving the lives of Tibetan refugees and local Indians.
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