In this month’s show:

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“Tibetan da Vinci”: A Buddhist monk and com­puter genius who rose to fame when he went from learn­ing how to turn on a com­puter to doing sophis­ti­cated pro­gram­ming all on his own.

News roundup, plus banned Tibetan writ­ing: Christal Smith reads the news and Rebecca Novick reads an excerpt from an essay by acclaimed Tibetan writer Woeser, part of a book on banned writ­ings by Tibetans.

Open Mind: Glen Svensson explains the Buddhist view of reality.

Audio Postcard: An audio pil­grim­age to a Tibetan prayer fes­ti­val in Bodh Gaya, where the Buddha attained enlightenment.