Rinchen Zangpo

Fulbright Documentary Series at Columbia University and Library of Tibetan Works & Archives

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Eva Lee documentaries in Tibetan Library Archives Multimedia Losar Tashi Delek! Happy Lunar New Year to all who celebrate! I'm pleased to announce that five of my documentaries are now part of the Read More

Breathtaking Alchi Monastery

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September 24, 2013 Panorama of Alchi Monastery, Ladakh, India And what about Alchi? Famous Alchi Monastery, which contains some of the most ... Read More

Pristine Mangyu

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Sept. 23, 2013 View of Mangyu Village, Ladakh, India. To get there, one drives through narrow valley gorges. ... Read More

Charmed at Lamayuru Monastery: Senge Lhakhang

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September 22nd      Lamayuru Monastery - Part One View of Lamayuru Monastery on plateau at top, with  Lamayuru Village below, Ladakh, India Seeing Read More

Road to Ladakh: High Points and Marmots

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Sept 19th    Ladakh adventure begins... My travel companion K and I left Read More

The Golden Gift of Yeshe O’d

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This story has proven staying power on my mind. I was going to write about Kardang Monastery, the first site I visited in Lahaul, but I have been thinking about this other content, so must share it here, now. What if you were in a situation where ... Read More

Lahaul: Garsha Khandroling, Land of the Dakinis

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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

Tabo Monastery: Himalayan Setting and Meditation Caves

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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

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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

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September 5th - Spiti adventure continues... Key, Kye, Kee, Ki Monastery, Spiti Spelling is a flexible art in ... Read More

Dhangkar and Lhalung Monasteries in Spiti

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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

The Great Translator Rinchen Zangpo

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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