On our hike out of Mustang, Nepal, we followed a winding, dusty trail that clung to the edge of a profound ravine.
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Shambhala – Up Close and Personal
Shambhala is a kingdom hidden somewhere in Inner Asia. Shambhala gradually came to be seen as a Buddhist Pure Land, a fabulous kingdom whose reality is visionary or spiritual as much as physical or geographic. On our 3rd day in the Gobi Desert, we returned to Shambhala to explore the now quiet […]
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Bayaraa
Who by fire? Who by water? Who in the sunshine? Who in the nighttime? And who, shall I say, is calling? –Leonard Cohen
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I Do Not Ride the Mongolian Horses
Mentally obscured, bindus unclear…
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On September 10th, 36 hours after a 24 hour flight, Ronen Schechner filmed a procession to Shambhala in the Gobi. The procession, which started with the blast of a conch, celebrated the consecration of a new assembly hall of the Hamrin Hrid Monastery. For three continuous hours, Ronen raced from […]
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Melt Down
From the comfort of our cheerfully arranged and well meaning lives we travel to the future in search of the ancient.
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