Sofia Tartakovskaya 10/18/2022
I attended the World Views event which had someone from the North American Tibetan Community speaking to teach more about Buddhism, specifically in his community. I’ve only ever really learned about Christianity and a bit of Judaism and I wanted to learn more about different cultures and what they believe in so I could be more accepting and help with prejudice. I am not religious by any means; the person tried to explain what they believe in, which I am always open to learning about but I myself do not believe in it, so It was a little harder to connect. Thankfully this religion as opposed to others is more spiritual and connected to death, which I thought was really interesting. I definitely gained a new perspective on Buddhism and Tibetan culture as a whole. This experience helped me connect more with others from the culture as well as learn about the connection between death and life. The main takeaway from this experience is that this culture specifically is less religious and more of a way of living for yourself and connecting with others to be in the moment, which gave me a bit of a different outlook on life. It was a lot of information and If I find another presentation about a culture I am interested in, I will definitely go again to gain more knowledge.
