Tag Archives: Coming Out Memoir

The First Official “I Got My Copy Of The Narrow Way, Did You?” Contest!

by Chris Lemig Posted on February 2, 2013

The first copies of The Narrow Way will be shipped soon! As a result, we’re going to have a little fun…The First Official “I Got My Copy Of The Narrow Way, Did You?” Contest starts now! The rules are simple: … Continue reading →

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Attaining Your Goals

by Chris Lemig Posted on September 21, 2012

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 →

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Buddhism And Recovery: How The Dharma Helps Keep Me On The Path

by Chris Lemig Posted on September 10, 2012

This is a revised draft of an article on Buddhism and recovery that I wrote last year. Hope you enjoy it (again)! “What was it about Buddhism that helped you the most when you were first getting on the path … Continue reading →

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Classic Post: Writing This Blog Is Like Coming Out Everyday.

by Chris Lemig Posted on August 19, 2012

A blast from The Narrow Way past. First put this up way back in November 2010 when I was still writing the book…time flies! Hope you enjoy! Writing this blog is scary. I have to say something every day. I … Continue reading →

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Getting Out Of The Box With DKR

by Chris Lemig Posted on August 11, 2012

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 →

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Mindfulness And The End Of The World

by Chris Lemig Posted on July 27, 2012

We have funny ideas about Buddhist practice in the West. I do anyway. I think it’s supposed to be all illumination all the time, a mind serene and empty while maintaining perfect devotion, 24-7, to all the victorious Buddhas and … Continue reading →

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