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Tuesday, 27 September 2011

So, Who Are You?

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If you stop  and ask yourself, 'what is the most important question I can ever ask myself?'  you might come up with one of the fol...
Saturday, 24 September 2011

Nothing Ever Stays the Same

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Photo Credit Sushma Mohar. Mount Kanchenjunga A mantle of mist was shrouding the mountain of Kanchenjunga, the third highest mountain i...
Monday, 19 September 2011

Do Not Be Distracted

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Adi Annamalai Even in the very midst of the myriad demands of day to day life it is possible to find moments of peace. We live in tim...
Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Old Friends

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Khyentse Rinpoche and Kalu Rinpoche There are bonds of friendship and a likeness of mind and intention that can cross beyond the confi...
Friday, 9 September 2011

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

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Khyentse Rinpoche The evenings at Shechen Monastery were, for me, rather special times.  Khyentse Rinpoche would be sitting in his ...
Sunday, 4 September 2011

Chadral Rinpoche

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Chadral Rinpoche It is not easy to know where to start when trying to describe someone like Chadral Rinpoche.    Imagine  a Master, ...
Friday, 2 September 2011

Friends

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Two Dogs Sleeping on Ladenla Road, Darjeeling We sit together in the happy glow of friendship. We are all just passing by Like...
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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