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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Such a symphony as this will never be heard at Carnegie Hall
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The old house where I live in Vermont comes alive with the slightest acknowledgement—animated, breathing. It’s deep winter; I don’t go out much. I spend my days in the company of animals, furniture and weather. Teapots. Soup pots. The long table in the kitchen with its scars and stories. The […]
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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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These are the final photo selections for the 2014 Triptych Journey Calendar. All photos were taken by Triptych Journey photographer, Jon Schechner. The Calendar is available for $25 and you can make your purchase by clicking on the Pay Pal button (click through to the post) or sending us an email. All […]
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Being thus unmindful of what occurs is delusion; the very state of unawareness and the cause of going astray…
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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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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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The Dalai Lama once remarked that future historians will probably refer to the twentieth century as a century of war and bloodshed. Two world wars, together with violent dictatorships and Communist mass murders, witnessed the deaths of tens of millions of innocent people. But as Charles Dickens once said of […]
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