Shongma Dharjee Choling

Saturday, May 23, 2009

land of thunder dragon: Hi dear Readers,I'm Phutntso Wangdu,I was born in Zhongmey, Lhuntse District, in eastern Bhutan, on the 1st january of the Fire-roaster Year 1980, In 1989 at aged 9, I joined goverment School which is located 30.km from our Village. In 1991 at aged 11, my Parents planned to send me to another school in southren Bhutan,Where my elder brother do the job of machanic.There i studied till class four,At the age 14,i left the school to learn buddhist traditional art as my another brother said,so i first went to Kalimpong at Durpin monastery where the well known artist Lama Gonpo tenzin and his nephews leaved. However, it was around that time i heard about this masters residing in Kalimpong, India.there i learned with them till i was 24,Again in 2005 at the age 25,I traveled to Nepal At Shechen Monastery to learn more about another traditional art called karma gadri tradition in Tsering Art School,under the famouse master of Karma Gadri Tradition Konchok Lhadripa,who has completed his Training in Sikkim.so,readers this is my last School where i want to complete my Training."THANK YOU.........!