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Tibet

Last week we walked the streets of Prague. Let’s put on our hiking boots this Saturday and head up the Tibetan Plateau.

Two young monks at Barcor in Lhasa
Two young monks at Barcor in Lhasa
Yarlung Valley, Tibet
Yarlung Valley, Tibet
Sacred Mountain Lake
Sacred Mountain Lake
Yak Herder
Yak Herder
The Potala, home and palace of the Dalhi Lama.
The Potala, home and palace of the Dalhi Lama.
Monastery Tower
Monastery Tower
Monk with Cane
Monk with Cane
Goat Herder
Goat Herder

I was in Tibet in 2004 and returned in 2005. Though beautiful and with a degree of magic one would expect, I found the hardship of the people too much to bare. If you want to better understand what occurred to the native American Indian–the land-grabs, the disenfranchisement, the poverty, the world-loss of a beautiful people and their culture–then Tibet, now sixty-plus years since the Chinese invasion, is the place to study. Frankly, I found it too depressing to ever return.

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With an undergraduate degree in Religion and Philosophy, complimented with graduate work in the History of Ideas, Doug has spent his life chasing some of life’s big questions. As a result he has delved deeply into wisdom traditions both ancient and modern, including the philosophical schools of Existentialism, Pragmatism, and Stoicism; he has also explored several of the Eastern traditions, principally Zen Buddhism and Taoism. Admittedly, he is no expert on anything, being a simple pilgrim.

2 responses to “Tibet”

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    Seenorway

    Fantastic pictures from Tibet! Do you really operate out of Tibet? Then I really hope your flag stics with my statistics. It would be the first from Tibet ever!

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      A Journal of Life Pursued

      Sorry, my friend. You’ll have to find your Tibet flag elsewhere. (It would be China, anyway…sadly.) I am operating out of the US, Maine, specifically, where, right now, late March, we’re getting hammered with yet another snow storm. I promise, though, if I go back to Tibet, I will visit your blog so you can pick up the stat!

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