The Himalayan Scroll
— Stories the Mountain Keeps
The Stone Lion That Spoke at Dawn: A Tibetan Folktale
Long ago, in a village beneath a great snow mountain in Tibet, there lived a young shepherd who was poor but kind. His parents had...
Mani Stones: The Stones That Can Speak
In Tibet, words are sometimes given to stone. Along mountain paths, beside rivers, near monasteries, and across the highland landscape, you may come upon...
The Self and the Other Are Not as Separate as They Appear — On Generosity in Tibetan Life
There is a moment that travelers to Lhasa describe, unprompted, with striking consistency. They are walking through the Barkhor — the ancient pilgrimage circuit...
Tibetan Symbol: The Endless Knot
Among the most recognizable symbols of Tibetan culture, the Endless Knot is a pattern with no beginning and no end. Born from an ancient tradition,...
The Night Tibet Sets Its Prayers on Fire
On the fifteenth day of the first Tibetan lunar month, darkness falls over Lhasa — and then, slowly, the city begins to glow. The...
The First Act of Compassion
In Tibet, compassion begins with a way of seeing. To look upon another life and understand that it is not separate from your own....
The Wisdom of Less: Subtraction in Zen and Tibetan Philosophy
We live in a world that constantly asks us to add. But some of the oldest wisdom traditions point in another direction. Not toward having more,...
The Shepherdess: Daughter of the High Plateau
She was born where the earth forgot the softness of grass. Where the mountains rise without asking to be seen, and the wind remembers every name it has...