Freshman Seminar

Prior to visiting the museum I really had no idea what the Dali lama did or how he was chosen or even what he meant to society. I was clueless about the culture of Tibet and I thought this was one of the most interesting cultures I learned about. I only had a broad understanding of what Buddhist were and truly only knew what it looked like. Learning that the head got expanded from knowledge made everything I knew make more sense. Just hearing what the tour guide had to say it sparked my interest in the religion and I came home to Google more about it. It was also pretty cool to see the images that were only supposed to be viewed by the Dali Lama and what was really freaky is when everyone left I decided that the warning about not staring too intensely to those pictures was b.s and thought I would try to decipher a part, so when I was walking closer to the image and the second I learned in I bumped into something on the floor that took me off balance and I took it as a sign from the heavens…that maybe I shouldn’t try to decipher anything. I still want to continue learning more about Buddhist because their religion is so far from what most other religions are based only one god, one higher being. I’m glad we went to visit this museum because it’s exposed to a new culture I only had a vague understanding about!