This life I lead, its cyclical nature of comings and goings...it can be hard on relationships and friendships, on my body, on my time, on my work, on my practices. It pulls me out of my routines of running, yoga, meditation. It pulls me away from clients,...
If you see a girl you like at a festival or on the trail, prepare a big wooden jug full of Nepali sake and wrap it with a white prayer scarf. Go very secretly (VERY SECRETLY) with your family to meet her family when she is gone to the fields and ask to marry her. If...
Eight men were going to Tibet to trade goods when they were robbed. The robbers took all their clothing, goods, and money. Fearing retribution, the robbers then killed the traders--but one man lived. Cold, naked, and hungry, he walked in the snow until he was...
"C'mon brother, let's go!" Tshetem's older brother used to urge him out into the night, needing a companion for the long walk to a home far enough away that it was unlikely to house a cousin or a valued neighbor. Once there, Tshetem's brother would settle him on a...