Lahaul is known by Tibetan meditation practitioners and adepts as Garsha Khandroling, Land of the Dakinis. Dakinis are energetic female spiritual guides ... 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...
Well, here we are in Tabo! The famed Tabo Monastery is known as the oldest ... Read More
Key Monastery: Marauding Monastics and the Western Himalayas
Key Kye Kee Ki Monastery and the Fine Art of Imprecision
Dharamsala Return, Monsoon Mist, and Midst
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
September 4th
Our first day out to photograph was at Dhangkhar and Lhalung Monasteries. Both places granted permission because of local and monastic support. I was on my first documenting journey, and how positive an experience it ... Read More