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urban lama: Pune born & bred. BE, MBA, GDMM. Opted for alternate career after multi-national jobs sucked for 12 years! Dint play by the 'worldly' rule book of life & living. Still don't quite do that. Avidly trekked the Indo-Tibetan Himalayas. Lived with and trained under Tibetan monks and Masters for months on end. Ran a premium destination tour company, Moving Clouds, for 6years. Wife and two grown up kids. All of us at peace with life. Presently dedicate time to Tibetan Buddhist study, practice and teaching. Write for ToI's Speaking Tree. Active in issues pertaining to Local Governance in Pune. Convenor of G.O.O.D a group in Pune that outreaches Buddha's teachings thru Tibetan Buddhist Masters under the Mind Transformation Series. An ordained Ngakpa of the Palyul school of the Nyingmapa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism since March 2016. Also, faculty and resource person at Padma Mani Translation Committee, Namdroling Monastery (Golden Temple- Coorg), S.India, since 2015.

FOR FULL TEXT OF THIS ARTICLE PLEASE READ "INTOXICATION AND THE MIND" POSTED ON JUNE 2, 2010 ON THIS BLOG.