Sept. 23, 2013
View of Mangyu Village, Ladakh, India. To get there, one drives through narrow valley gorges. ... Read More
Himalaya
Drilbu Ri Mountain Mandala
Sept 16th Drilbu Ri Mountain kora (circumambulation)
5 a.m. with flashlight in hand and some provisions in a backpack, I started out in the dark to meet my guide S at a spot on the Drilbu Ri trail marked by a large barren tree.
Beginning of ... 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
Tabo Monastery: Vajradhatu Mandala Splendor
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