


Giving and Yaks
Giving is a core value in Tibetan Buddhism. One can give material gifts, but also less tangible, more powerful offerings like love, time, or de...
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Blue Camel
In Amdo, everyone uses the Lan tou, or Blue Camel in Chinese. A blue three wheeler pickup truck, it has become the most popular form of transpo...
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Wind Horse
Tibetans believe that wind is a positive energy, a strong and exuberant force that can yield great power. This wind can be ridden, like a horse...
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Fire Offerings
Several times a year monks from the monastery in Ritoma are invited to Norlha to conduct rituals. These vary according to need; usually, a divi...
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Tibetan Travel Gear: The Reconstruction of Historic Goods
Before roads, cars and trucks, and in spite of its remoteness, Tibet was very much a land of travel. Travel was for trade and discovery, and a ...
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