The monks have been preparing for the upcoming "Cosmology and Consciousness" conference that will take place this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. They will participate by asking and answering questions about the presentations, including one that I will give. Bryce Johnson has been working with the monks to ensure that the speakers will be able have reasonable answers to the questions posted by the monks. On Monday afternoon, I listened to drafts of the questions. Some of the monks (Geshes) like to talk a lot, and it takes them a long time to actually get to the question. This makes it difficult for the translator to make an accurate translation because there is too much to translate. Most of the questions the monks have planned are very good and should lead to some interesting discussion at the conference.
Another group of monks is preparing an exhibition about the Buddhist and Western perspective of climate change. Staff from the Smithsonian Institution have flown in to help this group build the exhibits which will be shown here during the Cosmology and Consciousness conference.
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