2018 Travel Seminar to China

  • "The Bund" waterfront in a foggy Shanghai
  • Detail from the "Thousand Buddhist Stele," Northern Zhou, C.E. 557-581, Shanghai Museum
  • A Catholic marching band approaching Sheshan Basilica
  • Thick foliage surrounding the stepped pathways up to the top of Sheshan
  • Lhasa River and surrounding landscape
  • Entrance to the Barkhor and mountains surrounding Lhasa
  • Tibetan Buddhist monks engaging in philosophical debates at Sera Monastery
  • Potala Palace, which houses tombs of past Dalai Lamas and is a major pilgrimage site
  • Detail of the foundation walls surrounding Potala Palace
  • Students making the circular ascent up to Guru Rinpoche's meditation cave
  • Tibetan Buddhist prayer wheels, which are turned clockwise by worshippers as they walk by
  • Traditional Tibetan hot pot meal
  • Yale students and professors together after a visit to the Jokhang Temple