I spent 10 days with over 300 people from over 40 countries studying the text and commentaries on Parting from the Four Attachments at the International Buddhist Academy.  The retreat morning teachings were with Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche and then the afternoon Calm Abiding Meditation sessions were led by Lama Chodak Rinpoche.
The experience was beyond [...]

Today was a pretty event filled uneventful day.
I thought that I would narrate it for you and give you a little photo tour.
At 6 am I got up. I went to the kitchen and helped Tamdin make chapatis for breakfast. My chapatis are never round, they are either oblong or square.
I met Jane [...]

the sunset I was waiting for…

Sirensongs is still making it work in Nepal.  Blogging about her life and dancing her time away.  I always look forward to her postings and today’s was great and full of information (as usual).

That’s just life here, at least for me. I came to get a visa, I stayed to study Charya Nitra and in [...]

For so many reasons, as I leave Kathmandu, I feel as if a piece of me is left behind. But as sad as that may seem, within it I find comfort that I know that I will return some day, possibly sooner rather than later.
After leaving the “internship” program, I found my niche in the [...]

Yesterday was the second day of a three day festival in Nepal, called Teej. Teej is a festival for women in which they often celebrate at many of the Temples that honor the god, Shiva. Women at Teej wear the wedding color of red and the mass of women in red saris resembles a sea [...]

Yesterday Allison and I went to Bhaktapur with the intentions of staying the night and shooting for two days. As soon as we stepped out and into Durbar Square we were berated by touts wanting to give us the grand tour and show us around. For a minimal fee of course, they would love to [...]

I am adjusting to the new camera and beginning to love it! I’ve been photographing everything that I see! It is great to have a 16-35mm lens that is really a 16-35mm lens! The 1 to 1 ratio is GREAT! I was looking through old work and realized a lot that I had lost a [...]

Today was definitely an odd and exciting day. People were still holding out on the rise in Petrol prices and there were no cars on the roads. We walked to Thamel to try and get a little internet work done, since our connection here has been temperamental, and also so that I could pray that [...]

29 07 2006

Today was the beginning of the enthronement ceremony of the 7th Tharig Rinpoche. The five year old cherub-like boy from Bir, in Hymachal Pradesh in northwestern India, was recognized by His Holiness Sakya Trizin as the reincarnation of the 6th Tharig Rinpoche.
Since His Holiness’ arrival on Wednesday, many have flocked to [...]