dhamma musings

“Before me spread a yellow and ochre desert, the most horrifying I could have  imagined, a succession of barren, wind-eroded crags overloo...

Today the traveler to Mustang can fly to Jomsom and trek from there. Supposedly the road starts  from Birethant.  In fact, 80% of this road...

The plan was to spend June in Tibet , visiting Mt. Kailash again. Trouble in Lhasa prompted the Chinese to close the border the day before ...

Holy monks living in complete harmony with wild animals. What could be more touching and endearing? Well, almost anything! Wat Pha Lung...

Mahavira, the founder of the religion that came to be known as Jainism was an older contemporary of the Buddha and is mentioned frequently ...

Theri Sanghamitta is the first woman mentioned in Buddhist records after the Buddha's direct female disciples. Although there are man...