I have been one heck of a busy bee here at IBA.
To begin with, every morning from 8 to 9:30; I have a teaching with Khenpo Jamyang Tenzin on The Way of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva.
Then at 10 I have Tibetan Language with Khenpo Jorden for an hour. Tomorrow is our first exam on [...]

I have about 4 days of shoots and photos to process, audio to edit, etc. But for now I thought that I would pop up this photo just to show you all why it is that I love my life so much these days!
I may live with 30 monks, but I am still [...]

For two days I took the coolest field trip of my life. I was lucky to be able to join the Pokhara monks on a pilgrimage to various places around Derha Dun. We loaded up the 26 kids, their Lama Kunga, one of their teachers, and a sponsor, and Jane, Allison, and I joined them [...]

26 07 2006

A group of young monks and others line up and down the street that leads to the gate of the Boudhanath Stupa in anticipation of the arrival of His Holiness Sakya Trizin to the Tharig Monestary.
Yesterday the neighborhood of Boudhanath was brimming with excitement. There were people lining the [...]

I had an amazing experience yesterday. I met a wonderful woman, Jane, at the cafe above which I live. Jane is in kathmandu studying Buddhist Philosophy and Tibetan, but spends the mojority of the year living in Southern India at a monestary teaching young monks both English and Math.

Now, I have taken many classes on [...]