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Our International Campaign to Fund Precious Guru

A world of donations in support of a world story. Our campaign to fund the Precious Guru film stretches across the globe. We’ve received more than 760 donations from six continents and forty-five countries.  Our sincere thanks to all of you who have contributed to the collective map! Want to […]

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“The Precious Guru”

“The Precious Guru” is a long-form trailer for the upcoming film of the same name. The trailer, running approximately 11 minutes, presents a sampling of our materials and storylines. In the coming weeks, we will be launching a crowd-funding campaign to raise post-production funds. If you would like to make […]

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Yeshe

  “The basis for realizing enlightenment is a human body. Male or female, there is no great difference. But if she develops the mind bent on enlightenment the woman’s body is better.” (Guru Rinpoche Terma Teaching)

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Time Warp

I’ve been sleeping in my clothes a lot since I got home. I don’t know why, it’s as if I need to be ready to go at any moment.

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Home

I’m home. A simple and familiar phrase we all use. I’m home—the words invoke images of relief, accomplishment, celebration. But although my backpack is sitting in the corner and my boots are by the door, I’m not located here. I’m home, but I’m not whole; I’m scattered all over the […]

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Padma Sambhava and Taktsang, “The Tiger’s Lair”

Taktsang, “The Tiger’s Lair,” has become something of a symbol of Bhutan in the mind of the international public. This is not simply by chance. The Bhutanese government uses photos of it on almost all of their publications aimed at promoting tourism, and in general as something of a national […]

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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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