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Deep connection: virus takes India's spiritual retreats online

Photo|Courtesy: More than 1,000 people signed up to an online course by Buddhist teacher Tenzin Drolma

 

At a remote hillside retreat in northern India, Tibetan Buddhist nun Tenzin Drolma usually holds intimate, face-to-face classes -- but since the coronavirus pandemic forced them online, her lessons have been packed with people seeking inner peace under lockdown.

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