I Don’t Know, it’s a Mystery
I just watched "Shakespeare in Love," that feel-good movie starring Gwyneth Paltrow and (a very ... Read More
Fulbright Pre-departure
Bodhgaya & Terrorism
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
Green Light GO on India Reseach and Visa
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
Getting to the Land of Snows in Time
I am so pleased to hear that my documents for visa application are on their way from India! Having a relatively small window of travel before the snow arrives in October in the high Himalayas means that timely visa approval will be critical to my ... Read More
Yosemite National Park
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
The Great Translator Rinchen Zangpo
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
Himalayas / hi-MAAL-yah
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