“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 […]
Read More
“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)
Read More On our hike out of Mustang, Nepal, we followed a winding, dusty trail that clung to the edge of a profound ravine.
Read More
And now, today, we leave this saintly village—how I want to stay in Samar, please let me stay?
Read More
Two sides. One truth. Kalu. Nalu. Like the street dogs. Black and white but never quite one or the other. Life and Death are not very tidy. Always a few stray hairs. Fear is like fleas. Fear is like ticks. On the drive to Samar the road underneath our jeep […]
Read More
I am walking down the hill at Samar How many ghosts around me—countless—they’re everywhere, benevolent, no one pushy, scary, just happy, it’s a good place. I could die here.
Read More
Such a symphony as this will never be heard at Carnegie Hall
Read More
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.
Read More
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 […]
Read More
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 […]
Read More