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Biology with Tibetan Buddhist monks: What I'm taking back to my college classroom from teaching at a monastery

  • Written by Daniel Pierce, Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Richmond
Biology with Tibetan Buddhist monks: What I'm taking back to my college classroom from teaching at a monasteryTibetan monks at Sera Jey Monastery in Mysore, India, experience using microscopes for the first time.Courtesy of Dan Pierce, CC BY-NC-ND

It would be quite appropriate for a college professor to assume students know that a tree is alive and a rock is not.

Or would it?

For several summers, I have had the pleasure of teaching biology to Tibetan...

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