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An evening at Boudhanath Stupa

May 10, 2011 Buddhism
Visiting Boudhanath Stupa in Kathmandu

As evening fell on my first afternoon in Nepal, I felt for a moment like I was back in Tibet. Caught on a tide of jostling pilgrims, I was pulled forward by the crowd, some of them murmuring mantras like om mani padme hum and swinging their hand-held prayer wheels. I could smell butter lamps [...]

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Prayer flags and hypoxia

April 22, 2011 Buddhism
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Life on the Tibetan plateau at 4,000 metres (13,000ft) above sea level and higher, is lived for two things: survival. And the divine.

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Erdene Zuu and the blustery day

April 13, 2011 Buddhism
Erdene Zuu and the Blustery Day

About halfway through three weeks in the Mongolian countryside, we spluttered into the little city of Karakorum in the late afternoon as the light was beginning to soften. It had been a typically beautiful Mongolian day and we’d spent most of it bouncing around in the back of a Russian van. Once the ancient capital [...]

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