Teaching Tibet: Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements I would like to thank (in no particular order): My family: Mom and Dad, Alex, Saori, Beth, Darcy, Neil and Kate. I cannot thank you enough for your love, patience, your faith in me, and for giving me so very much to be grateful for. The Brideaus, Quinlans and Hannemanns. My committee: Alan Hodder for being there through my Div II and Div III, for sage advice and for watching my grammar; Kristen Luschen for two years of studying No Child Left Behind, and for noticing everything that I ignored; Laura Wenk for brilliance, patience, honesty and editing prowess – thank you three so much for your time, energy, faith and guidance. My professors and teachers: Abraham Zablocki, Lobsang Norbu Shastri-la, Vivek Bhandari, Ryan Bong Joo, Jay Garfield, Tom Painting, Christopher Gaebel, for so many precious opportunities, and for showing me what it really means to love learning. My dear friends: Sara Luttrell, Vanessa Falco, Matthew Juliana, Jonathan Sellers, Andrew Bilir-Flock, Jacob Milling, Nick Feia Khenrab Palden Sangpo,Tenzin Manell, Jose Fuentes, Michael Polyakov, Christopher Coger, Michael Tschanz, and so many more. Lord Buddha and the Bodhisattvas. Tibetans. Everywhere. Dr. Peter Szilagyi. Without you, I would not have lived to write this. Students who participated in “Introduction to Tibet.” Hampshire College. And every being who has, in any remote way, contributed to this project, and to my life. This work is dedicated to all of you, and also to: Peps – Alfred Joseph Brideau (11/11/1921 – 9/12/2003) and His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (6/6/1935 – ).