Visiting Lama

There has been a lot of talk around the village of a lama coming to stay at our monastery; he is currently in the village across the river. This will be excellent for our community as we have gone through hard times since the hailstorm and all of us need to refocus our minds on the Buddhist teachings…

The Cost of a Lama

Tashi delek, it’s Pema here and I have big news! But first, let me tell you about the village. Since the devastating hailstorm some things have been repaired including the bridge, but there is still a lot left to fix, including the nunnery. Some of the texts were saved but still much of our…

Hard times has passed, the skies have cleared up and peace is restored in our little village. I had a lot to do this week, although my fellow builder friends offered to help, i wanted to renovate my tool shack and parts of my house. The stock of wood had dried up and was ready to craft on. One of my biggest interest after building being art and…

Of Nostalgia and Motorcycles

Pala is fond of saying that the gentlest tug of nostalgia is akin to the magnitude of ten great waterfalls…

Disposition 3

After two days of blood sweat and tears poured by the villagers, the bridge was finally built. At last I felt that order was starting to come back to our village. All of us played a part in rebuilding the city. I would help as much as I could in the rebuilding of the houses and provide medication given…

The Visiting Lama… Hopefully

Our village is small, but yet there is always something new happening and to get ready for. Last week, the neighbouring village was hit with a terrible disease. My uncle and I’s services were very useful to the doctors of our village who bought their medicine and supplies, and…