Archive for November, 2013

A Bhutanese Festival

  We landed in Paro, Bhutan, and drove a strenuous meandering 12 hours across the country to Bumthang – a broad Himalayan foothill valley filled with pines and oaks, rivers, high ridges and small villages recognizable by the iconic Bhutanese architecture.

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Occupied

Being thus unmindful of what occurs is delusion; the very state of unawareness and the cause of going astray…

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Drak Yerpa: The Heart of Sacred Mountains

Pilgrimage is a personal experience, even when performed with a group. Each person discovers his or her personal favorite sites, and within each site, his or her own favorite power spot. For me, the sacred mountain known as Drak Yerpa ranks high. I have visited Central Tibet many times over […]

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