Gangri Langtso The College Journal 2017 Men Tsee Khang

Editor’s Note Aren't we missing something deep down? Last time I met one of my class mates from my former school. We had a long chat to catch up with each other and other school mates. He had graduated from a high esteemed college and got a job in a good company. And from him I also came to know that many of our classmates were doing great with their personal lives in their own respective fields. He told me that with good jobs his life and some other mate's life are fully settled or safe by now in this competitive world. I was happy for them. Then we parted our ways. When I was walking through the crowed after a while, there was some kind of heaviness within deep down in my heart that bothered me to wonder. Aren't we missing something deep down? Something that transcends our personal daily life and some jobs that pays our bills. As I recollect some comments from the people I had encountered, they would always end up appreciating the career I am pursuing. They would say “oh good! then you will sure to get job as doctor right after graduating, these days there are many jobless youngsters with bachelor and master degrees. You are lucky that you don't have to worry about your life afterward”. It was little comforting for me for sometimes. But, is getting a job is the sole purpose of our study? We are too much concerned about paying the day to day bills and in mid we forget our greater purpose of life, I mean life in exile. So here I would like to urge all my fellow readers to remember the purpose of your every deed; your purpose of going to work today, your purpose of studying today, your purpose of staying in an alien country bearing the pain of missing our home land etc. Because, when we are too much caught up with the little things that happen before our eyes we fail to see beyond to achieve our purposes. These little things that matters less may seem quite tempting and pleasurable at the moment but it will consume most of our precious time and energy that can be used to enrich our qualities to achieve greater purposes. I am not saying to give no time to have fun, but rather reminding you that wavering often from path of our goal for petty things would be a barrier to achieve our ultimate goal. Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher was right to say “he who has a ‘WHY’ to live for can bear almost any how”. To my fellow brothers and sisters in common cause, yes...we should spend time to have fun and opt for comfort and success in personal life. But it shouldn't be an excuse to lose the sight of our greater common goal in everyday life. When I see many of us are limiting our goals to individual comfort and secure job to pay the bill, I am afraid that the will of our martyrs gone in flame may get diluted or remain as just memories of unfulfilled voices. So here I am just reminding us all to never forget the wills of our martyrs and purpose of us being refugees while dealing with our daily life. Let's always think, aren't we missing something deep down?

Dear fellow readers, The Publishment of the 25th edition of annual academic magazine, Gang-ri Lang-tso, marks the end of another year and we are very proud that we are able to display the creative thoughts and articles penned down in art of words by our young buddies, which would probably win the best interest and admiration from the readers. It is a great pleasure to admit that 2019 has been more memorable and victorious than ever. We grew, we learnt and we created bonds. And Gang-ri Lang-tso provides the perfect platform to share the knowledge, diaries, thoughts and flashbacks of 2019. This magazine has successfully completed its 25 years and it has been accomplishing its objectives since its 1st publish to date. Tibetan medicine of healing and Astro-science has been serving for the well being of livings for the past centuries and its still flourishing to serve those in need. Its traditional practises and virtuous approach brings upon the uniqueness within it. So, we as a learner and practitioner, equally hold crucial responsibility of fulfilling its purposes and build more awareness among the society. Men-Tsee-Khang college not only educate student about Sowa Rigpa and Astrology but it also bring upon the best out of student academically and morally. Here is all the articles submitted by our friends and they had put forward the efforts, squeezing times out of their daily routine and sharing enthusiastic plots through their writings. It gives us immense pleasure to ensure that we enhance much knowledge while scrolling through every articles, translations and poetry. Writing is considered to be the primary basis upon which ones work, learning, and intellect will be judged. It equips us with our thinking skills and foster our ability to explain ideas to others and ourselves. The challenging task of editing this magazine would not have been possible without the genuine support of the editorial board members who reviewed and drafted out pages of articles. I am really thankful to everyone for entrusting us with this responsibility of editing which I should add, we are not qualified enough. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the inquisitive writers for sharing their writings and I ensure that the innovative ideas exhibited by you all will surely be productive and helpful. In nut shell, our heartfelt thanks goes to Dr. Namdol Lhamo la for proofreading the writings and guiding us the best. This publish is outcome of whole lot of effort and time from many people. And dear readers, we appreciate for your humble consideration of sparing time to go through these articles and I am certain you won’t be disappointed. Flood of enthusiastic knowledge and stories awaits you next to this page. May the Tibetan Medicine and Astro-Science serve its purpose for all time, lessening the suffering and pain of all human being. Yours Sincerely, Sherap Lhamo

Dear readers, 2021 is dashing to its end unhesitatingly and I could hardly believe that its already that time of the year for the publishment of the Gangri-langtso which marks the end of another academic year. The 27th edition of gangri‑langtso, the college annual magazine is what I consider as a whole package of wisdom, jam‑packed with knowledges, analytic ideas and beautiful writings penned down by our fellow students. We are so proud and exuberate to acclaim that we are able to bring out this edition, which is surely going to unfold the unraveled world of the most enthusiastic and creative writings of our college students.This booklet reflects the sincere efforts and times put forth by our friends to display the best possible article to enhance your knowledge and make the next few minutes a productive one. Amidst the emergence of the pandemic, everyone has been struggling with the economic and academic crisis it has caused worldwide. For the past couple of years, adults, students, employers, family, literally everyone has been thriving to survive. Ironically, the lockdowns and curfews did a great favor to the younger generations by snatching every possible distraction away from them. It bought us more time to spend indoor, studying and spend quality time with our beloved ones. And as luck would have it, our college was able to proceed with our regular classes and other co‑curricular activities. Furthermore, this year has been pretty much hectic with lots of prestigious events taking place which was a lifetime worth experiences for the students. Personally, I am so proud that we all made through another year once again in unison, maturing and learning as we grow a year older. As we engross ourselves in fulfilling the objectives as a men‑tsee‑khang student, it enriched us academically and morally. So as a devotee of such a sacred traditional institution, I find that it is our collective and utmost responsibility to preserve and serve the purpose of the sowa-rigpa and Astro science which our ancestors had so far firmly managed to secure and thrive. And this booklet is a baby step towards the flourishment of the sowa-rigpa and Tibetan Astro science solely initiated by the fervent students in the pursuit of learning. So I heartily thank each and every one of the article submitter for sharing your precious writings and knowledges with us. This challenging charge of drafting the articles would never have been a productive outcome without the inputs and hands of many people. I would like to pay my heartfelt gratitude towards all the editorial board members including all our teachers and friends for guiding us and proofread pages of articles despite being engaged in hectic schedule and making this publishment the best one. The amount of knowledge we were enlightened with while going through the articles are astonishing so we would like to thank everyone for entrusting us with this experience. And dear readers, we are humbled for your precious time and enthusiasm towards college student’s writings. I am positive that you won’t regret spending your time going through the articles and be rewarded with piles of new knowledges that our friends had to offer till the last flip of the page. Thank you all!!!!