Stupa blessing 2

Stupa blessing

HH The Dalai Lama

When the Dalai Lama visited the University of British Columbia, he had a meeting with the dean and a group of professors including an aged man who had come in just for this meeting with His Holiness. He was sitting down. When His Holiness entered the room, he tried to get up, although His Holiness was not very near. The fellow, a thin, very old man, was trying to get up to show his respect. All of us saw the great difficulty that he had getting up—such that he might fall down—and we felt in our hearts for him. However, the only one who moved quickly to help him was the Dalai Lama, who took hold of him and helped him up. His Holiness wasn’t so full of himself as to think, “I’m here to receive these people.”-Jeffrey Hopkins, author and former translator for HH the Dalai Lama

14.07.13

This photo was taken when H.E. Khondung Ratna Vajra Rinpoche bestowed Golden Manjushri blessing & oral-transmission of Gangloma, the praise to Manjushree, during his visit to Sakya Tharig Monastery on 14th July 2013.

Boudha II

Monsoon

Boudha

11.07.13

Kathmandu 11.07.13

My friend Norbu

Prayer wheel in Boudha

Tinchuli in July

Boudha Map

Streets of Kathmandu

Nelson Mandela

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. 
— Nelson Mandela

Hanging prayerflags in the rain at Guru Rinpoche's cave in Pharping.

Pharping is in the hills overlooking the Kathmandu Valley. It is the home of various meditation caves where the great meditation master Padmasambhava meditated on his way to Tibet

IBA Kathmandu July 2013

IBA Kathmandu July 2013