Spending years in the school, I was roughly introduced about my own culture and religion by my teachers and elders. But still there were a
Read MoreThe first time I came to Kathmandu one year ago, I was on my way back from China. At that time, my plan was to
Read MoreI never understood the value of learning valid cognition until taking John Dunne’s class on the Facets of Mindfulness this fall. By observing the process
Read MoreAfter arriving in Kathmandu late summer 2009 to begin my studies at Rangjung Yeshe Institute up until this day quite a lot of events have
Read MoreA famous Zen master once said, “while practicing in the path, initially the trees are trees, the mountains are mountains, and the oceans are oceans,
Read MoreI am very grateful to the Rangjung Yeshe Institute who has given me the opportunity to study the Buddha-Dharma and inspire me to put it
Read MoreTenpel and a young friend near Jarung Khashor. Once back home in Brazil, I heard that in the middle of an immense valley in the
Read More“Where are you from?” How many times this question has been heard and will be asked again and again, by total strangers or new friends.
Read MoreSpeaking from my personal perspective, the academic routine of a third-year student of ‘Buddhist Studies with Himalayan Language’ here in Kathmandu is greatly influenced by
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