Sera People Intro
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</p><h3 class="heading-h1"><a name="IntroductiontoSeraPeople" class="anchorpoint"></a>Introduction to Sera People </h3><p class="paragraph">Like most Tibetan monasteries, Sera has always been a crossroads for a variety of people from different walks of life. First and foremost, of course, it is home to a large population of resident monks (<em class="italic">grwa pa</em>). However, there are on a daily basis many non-monks found within the walls of the monastery (in both India and in Tibet). For example, pilgrims (<em class="italic">gnas ’khor mkhan</em>) from all over the Tibetan cultural sphere (and increasingly from non-Tibetan regions of China, and from abroad) will find their way through the monastery’s gates. As the closest to Lhasa of the three large Gelukpa (<em class="italic">dge lugs pa</em>) academies, with over two dozen temples in the space of a single square kilometer, Sera-Tibet is also popular with local lay worshippers (<em class="italic">mchod mjal ’gro mkhan</em>) from the capital and surrounding areas. In recent years, Lhasa school children (<em class="italic">slob phrug</em>) have begun to come to the monastery on field trips. This site provides essays describing each of these groups of People at Sera Monastery.</p><div class="resource-link"><p class="paragraph">
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