Today is my last day in McLeod Ganj, India. It’s hard to believe I’ve been here for almost a year. There are so many emotions rolling around this morning as I make my final preparations to leave my second home. … Continue reading
From the time I started this whole business of learning Tibetan, I had my doubts that I would be able to pull it off. I mean, it’s an extremely difficult language for westerners to learn. That’s not negative, self-defeating thinking. … Continue reading
It’s hard to believe that I’ve been in India since December, 2011. It’s been an amazing experience so far and I’m grateful to have had this opportunity to study, learn and grow. Thank you to everyone for all your support, … Continue reading
The Christmas I (almost) spent in Kathmandu and a musing on ultimate freedom. I just got back from Kathmandu. I was going to spend Christmas there but when the Indian visa rules changed a couple of weeks ago, I decided … Continue reading
The things worth doing in this life are almost always demanding and difficult. When we take care of ourselves in body and mind, we can see any task we set for ourselves to the end… “I wonder if this Tibetan … Continue reading
Just a quick update for all my friends (this means you!): It’s been quite busy these past few weeks here in India. Two weeks ago I started at a new Tibetan language school up in McLeod Ganj called Esukhia. The … Continue reading
Attaining your goals takes nothing more than patience, diligence and a litte bit of self-respect. ང་སེམས་པ་སྐྱོ་ཡི་འདུག།བོད་སྐད་ཀའ་ལས་ཁག་པོ་འདུག།ང་གཙིག་མང་པོ་ཤེས་ཀྱི་མེད། “I’m feeling sad. Tibetan language is difficult. I don’t know many words…” That’s what I wrote in my journal a few days ago. I … Continue reading
I’ve been studying hard these days. Tibetan language is just as difficult as I thought it would be. But it’s not impossible and I’m having the time of my life learning, like a newborn, how to name the world again. … Continue reading
You meet a friend and he takes you down a path you’ve never been on before, down to the market in Dharamsala. You are impatient at first, because the path takes the long way around, but soon you start to … Continue reading
Well, it’s been a whirlwind week. In the past eight or nine days I’ve found a publisher for The Narrow Way, spent a wonderful week with my niece in San Diego, then, before I even had time to blink, found … Continue reading
