Comments on: Tibetan Children’s Village in McLeod Ganj

By: Rachel Jones

Rachel Jones — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 18:17:17 +0000

In reply to Manoo. I hope you have a great time during your visit, would love to see the photos you take.

By: Manoo

Manoo — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 06:51:34 +0000

Hi Rachel, a big thank you for the story. I am going to visit McLeod this December 15-18. And, will definitely visit the children’s village. I am touched by your post.

I am a photographer and love to blog. It will be a great opportunity for me experience what it is to be among those children and share their stories with the world.

The best part is my 5-year old girl will be with me and she has a very loving heart. She is very compassionate and this will be a learning opportunity for her where she will be able to expand her love toward God’s creation.

A deep thank you one more time! God bless you.

By: Rachel Jones

Rachel Jones — Fri, 20 Jun 2014 04:17:17 +0000

In reply to Elora. the school seems to help so many kids!

By: Rachel Jones

Rachel Jones — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 04:07:44 +0000

In reply to Rebekah. You're right it is sad and a really misunderstood situation!

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 03:17:09 +0000

I hate what the government has done in Tibet, but what I also find really sad is that most Chinese people have no idea about it. They all view Tibet as part of China and they have no idea why the Tibetans might not love being apart of China. Most people really think they’re helping the country and think religion was being used to oppress the Tibetan people. I find the lack of information really frustrating and I have to watch what I say to people. Its such a sad subject, but hopefully when those kids have grown up the story will change.

By: Elora

Elora — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 02:23:14 +0000

Oh wow, I didn’t know about this! Thanks for sharing, Rachel! Those poor children–but it is so good to hear about the good that is being done. Thanks for opening this up to me.

By: Karyn @ Not Done Travelling

Karyn @ Not Done Travelling — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 00:57:44 +0000

In reply to Rachel Jones. There definitely are 2 sides to every story! When my friend told me all about it she was very critical of the Buddhists, but I can understand this because she is so loyal to her teacher, who went through so much. (I won't bring you down by detailing too much of it, but I can email you if you'd like to know. A lot of it is too horrible to even comprehend.) But from my perspective, I didn't want to point fingers or play the blame game. Tibet has been through too much for any of that to be productive. I just want all people to live in peace and safety, no matter who they are. xx :)

By: Rachel Jones

Rachel Jones — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 10:09:35 +0000

In reply to Karyn @ Not Done Travelling. I've read a little bit about it- it is all very complicated. Usually only positive things are said about buddhists and monks but then you hear about what's happened in Burma, but I suppose there are always 2 sides to a story!

By: Karyn @ Not Done Travelling

Karyn @ Not Done Travelling — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 02:42:06 +0000

What cute kids! And so sad that their parents had to send them away. Genocide of any form is just horrible.

To make things even more complicated: A distant friend of mine is a psychic who was trained by a Tibetan woman who escaped to India and then came to Australia as a refugee. This woman was not Buddhist but was a priestess of the even older Bon Po religion of the region. She told my friend that atrocities were being committed against people of her religion too, by some of the very people being persecuted now. (She even witnessed the murder of her teacher and barely escaped with her own life). I don’t understand all the complexities, but evidently there are layers upon layers of sadness throughout Tibet! Here’s hoping peace comes to everybody involved very very soon.

By: Lynda

Lynda — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 20:50:15 +0000

The kiddies are SO cute!

By: Rachel Jones

Rachel Jones — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:42:47 +0000

In reply to Hope & Sugar. Oh shoot I'll figure out how to fix that link- I think it's down on their site!

By: Hope & Sugar

Hope & Sugar — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 23:05:25 +0000

Wow. This post has been really helpful. I’ve always wanted to go here, but somehow never made it as yet. Definitely planning a trip here. Also I was checking the donate link, but I guess its broken.. u might want to fix it:)