Dancing Dakini, Tibet, ca.18th century
Lahaul is known by Tibetan meditation practitioners and adepts as Garsha Khandroling, Land of the Dakinis. Dakinis ... Read More
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It’s India!
Sept 9, 2013 Spiti adventure continues...on to Lahaul, India
After a jaunty jiggly jeep ride of over 10 hours from Read More
Tabo Monastery and “The Forgotten Gods of Tibet”
In the book The Forgotten Gods of Tibet: Early Buddhist Art in the Western Himalayas, published in 1997, authors ... Read More
Thoughts on Craving, Desire, and Addiction in Dharamsala
I just spent the past week attending Mind & Life Conference which was held with the Dalai Lama at his residence here in ... Read More
Tabo Monastery: Vajradhatu Mandala Splendor
But Wait, a Bit about Mandalas
Okay, I know I promised to post Part Two of Tabo Monastery next, but as I've been writing, I've found it ... Read More
Tabo Monastery: Himalayan Setting and Meditation Caves
Sept 6th, Tabo Village, the Spiti adventure continues...
Tabo Village, where Tabo Monastery is nestled in Spiti Valley unlike other Buddhist monasteries that were built as fortress-like compounds on hilltops
Well, here we are in Tabo! The ... Read More
Key Monastery: Marauding Monastics and the Western Himalayas
September 8th A Return to Key Monastery
View of Key Monastery from across the Spiti River ... Read More
Key Kye Kee Ki Monastery and the Fine Art of Imprecision
Dharamsala Return, Monsoon Mist, and Midst
His Holiness the Dalai Lama giving teachings at Namgyal Monastery. Photo by Abhishek Madhukar
I loved ... Read More
Out of Order in the Himalayas
It will be a bit out of order, but what the heck....Of course, I mean out of sequence, not broken!
I’m working on retroactive blog posts of basically all my experiences from last month's travels through Read More
Dhangkar and Lhalung Monasteries in Spiti
Dhangkar Monastery is seen on the ridge in the upper right. It consists of multi-storeyed buildings perched together, containing five different devotional halls.
September 4th
Our first day out to photograph was at Dhangkhar and Lhalung ... Read More