Debating Courtyard

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Tibetan monks at Sera monastery debating in the courtyard; Shutterstock ID 11988370; full: digital; gl: 65050; netsuite: poi; your: Barbara Di Castro 11988370

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There is usually monk debating here on weekday afternoons from around 3pm to 5pm, which provides a welcome relief from peering at Buddhist iconography. You will hear it (with much clapping of hands to emphasise points) as you approach Sera Je. Foreign photographers circle the site like vultures at a sky burial.

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