Our Very Own Tibetan Medicine Factory

དགོང་དྲོ་བདེ་ལེགས། (Good Evening) fellow villagers,

Reality or Phantom

Verse for opening Sutra:

Blog #7 — Filing a Medical Report

My experiences this past week in visiting with one of my patients has left me in a quisitive and confessional mood. Consequently, I have returned to studying some of the classics of Tibetan medicine, which were gifted to me in my youth by my mentors and teachers, to…

The Cave

November 23

I write to you today from the foot of a rugged cliff in Mustang. Our expedition has had it all — success beyond our wildest expectation as well as near tragedy.

Anil and I left our village just over two weeks ago. We had spent several days…

A Haunting is Afoot

The lot of us were naive to think that we would face no consequences and in turn, save ample time, money, and resources by refurbishing one of the old abandoned buildings to build our medicine factory. While the idea was a good one, it seems to have brought with it enough adversity to…

The Journey to Mustang

Printing Blocks and Tangka

The ink and paper production are moved over to the nunnery where Khema Samava, the head nun, is overseeing villagers rolling the paper out and cutting it to the precise measurements for our freestanding wood block printer. The history of this style printer is a long one and has…

What it means to be an amchi — Blog #6

In a recent meeting of the amchi from our village, we have decided to push forward with a tentative plan to build a medicine factory. This…

Our Trees offer up the Ink

The head nun in the village has agreed to help oversee the creation of a printing press. Our visiting lama has…

The Historical Influence of Women in Buddhism

Tashi delek , everyone!

I’m writing this post with good news! The lama has decided that he will visit our village! Everyone is very excited over the prospect. We all are partaking in the preparations for his arrival, so…