My home corner in Dharamsala, with Namgyal Monastery entrance at right.
September 1st
J and I started off for Read More
I always marvel when I travel that it isn't all that difficult to change one's reality. Here I am! India! Landed three days ago. United Airlines, Newark to Delhi direct, I highly recommend it. Smooth flight, quiet fellow passengers, seats have ... Read More
Statue of Buddha inside the Mahabodhi Temple, Bodhgaya, India
Bodhgaya and terrorism. I would never have put these two concepts together. That is, not until I heard about the bombings that occurred just a little over a week ago at this venerable ... Read More
It's been a flurry of paperwork, and orientation, reading guides, asking questions, learning protocols and so forth, to move on to the next step of clearance by the Indian Consulate for Fulbright research and visa. What a lesson in following ... Read More
If the weather in the Himalayas in summer is anything like the weather in Yosemite National Park in spring, then I think I'll be ... Read More
I'm currently reading David Snellgrove's "Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Indian Buddhists & Their Tibetan Successors." It concentrates on the tantric period of Buddhist theory and practice, from the 8th to the 13th centuries. ... Read More
This post is to pay it forward! I'm so grateful for the help that I've received from others. A few years ago, I didn't even know artists could ... Read More
Learn something new every day. The correct pronunciation for Himalaya is "hi-MAAL-yah."
Mountains and the Indus River Valley as seen from Alchi Monastery circumambulatory, Himalayas.
I look forward to going there later this year to conduct ... Read More
