Prayer flags on the winds of thought

I received a gift from a student, Brian, who recently concluded our Moving Into Balance health and awareness program. Every participant brings such gifts to the group — each brings the gift of him or her Self, all the challenges they face, and all the victories they achieve; but here was a special gift, a …

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Tibet in India

Now I know how ginger grows. When we lived on our little farm in Brazil, we had something called gangibre falsa, "false ginger", which was apparently a relative of the real thing. The root, when I dug it up, had neither the appearance or the smell I was looking for, and somehow during our seven-plus years …

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Monks and Families

Yesterday we began our ride from Mysore with a driver who spoke good English, but he traded out with another (who spoke no English whatsoever) when it became clear that we would be driving through the other's home town of Honsur. Manny and I entertained ourselves during the three hour trip, over very rough roads …

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