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Wednesday, 31 August 2011

Encounters

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The Greenness of Rice Fields During the early 1990,s i had the good fortune to be able to spend some months each year near the village...
Sunday, 28 August 2011

Traveller Be My Friend

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"Traveller, be my friend. Tomorrow our path will be long and we may become exhausted. Let us walk together. Let our path be one...
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Tuesday, 23 August 2011

In Their Presence

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The author with Chadral Rinpoche at Godavary 'The transformative presence of a living Guru is by definition a great threat to ...
Thursday, 18 August 2011

The Wonders of Life

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Christlike figure in the Clouds Back in the 1980,s i got a phone call from a friend who told me he had something very special to s...
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Thursday, 11 August 2011

A Remarkable Woman, Khandro Tsering Chodron

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Khandro Tsering Chodron, 2004, Sikkim. Khandro Tsering Chodron was one of the mo...
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Sunday, 7 August 2011

A Feathered Friend

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Fatty Boy In the late 1990s, when I was staying at Godavari in the eastern corner of the Kathmandu Valley, it was not at all unusual...
Friday, 5 August 2011

Headlights in the Sky

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Comet Hyakutake, image by David Darling. In March 1996, i was staying in Parping, a small village to the south of the Kathmandu v...
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Monday, 1 August 2011

The Perils of Visiting the Lama

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From Jore Bungalow Monastery Jore Bungalow is a nondescript town about 9 kilo-meters from Darjeeling. It clings to a ridge from whic...
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Tuesday, 26 July 2011

Growing Up

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The Uncertainty of Life When i was a child, my grand parents owned a farm in Motueka, a small town, just across the bay from Nelson...
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Thursday, 21 July 2011

The Visitor

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Arunachala Yesterday morning as i was on my way home, a friend stopped me in the street and asked me to go with him to meet a young B...
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Tuesday, 19 July 2011

We Never Know

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www.everherenow.com We Never Know... There has been a power cut since 7 pm last night.  It is now 9 am in the morning.  The generator for t...
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Sunday, 17 July 2011

The Silent Power of a Mountain

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Mount Kangchendzonga  One day, while s itting in the loft of my 'tin palace,' a small retreat hut which I built at the end...
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