Tibetian monks to learn to surf

The Gyuto Monks of Tibet will stop on the Peninsula as part of their Beyond Karma tour.

Wow Wave of Wisdom and Gyuto House Australia will hold two community events that the monks will attend, including the WOW Beach Day at Umina Beach and a screening of documentary Pure Sound the Gyuto Monks of Tibet at Cinema Paradiso, Ettalong.

Wow Girls will be on hand for the Beach Day and will be teaching the monks how to surf from 10am to 1pm.

Pure Sound will screen from 6:30pm at a cost of $20 per ticket.

Both events will be held on October 5.

The monks' program Compassion on the Coast will be presented at the Anglican Church, Gosford, from November 12-20.

The nine-day tour on the Coast will celebrate the quality of kindness.

Daily activities include culture and kids, sand mandala, meditation and personal puja, tantric art classes and public talks.

Highlights include a three-part series the Dharma Challenge and a sacred music concert Beyond Karma.

Funds raised through the tour go to the Gyuto Monastery in Dharamsala to support its young refugee monks, many of who are recent arrivals from Tibet, as well as the dwindling numbers of elderly monks who escaped Tibet in 1959.

Media release, 21 Sep 2016

Yvonne Lamont, Wow Wave of Wisdom