I’m still in Tibet. Although I’m sitting on the stairs in front of Bodhanath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, when I meet Tibetans here it feels like saying hello to relatives. What I know about Tibetan people and culture is close to nothing, but Tibet still felt like home. In the […]
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Each year, the astrologers of Lo Monthang, Nepal, set the annual harvest days according to the Tibetan Lunar Calendar. For two sequential days, villagers head to the fields to reap the grains. The Triptych Journey team captured the scene on the first day. (Filmed by Ronen Schechner. Edited by Ronen […]
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The ancient kingdom of Mustang in northwest Nepal, like so many other mountain kingdoms of the Himalayan region from Bhutan to Ladakh, became part of the Tibetan empire established by King Songtsen Gampo in the first half of the seventh century. As a result, most people in these regions still […]
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Then she leans on his neck and whispers low…
Read More Treeless. Gravel embedded in hands as my forehead meets the hard surface of your sand…
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I can’t stop pointing to the beauty. Every moment and place says, “Put this design in your carpet!” – Rumi “Put This Design in Your Carpet” Ch. 11 : Union
Read More The hilltop town of Pharping lies an hour or so to the southwest of Kathmandu. Tibetans know it as Yangley Shoo, and it has played an important role in the development of Tibetan Buddhism.
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The Triptych Journey team stopped by a momo shop for lunch. Photo’s by Jon Schechner.
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The self-arising Great Expanse, beyond expression, has neither the name ‘samsara’ nor ‘nirvana’. Realizing just this, you are a Buddha. Not realizing this, you are a being wandering in samsara. —The Prayer of Kuntuzangpo
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5:00 to 7:30 AM Day is begun. Wake to the clamor of Kathmandu…
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