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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

MOMENT OF HUMBLE PRIDE TO SEE ONE'S STUDENTS TAKE WINGS!

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This time returning to my real alma mater Namdroling Monastery, Bylakuppe was different indeed. As visiting resource faculty i've been...
Thursday, May 3, 2018

Consecration of Relic Stupa, Namdroling Monastery, Bylakuppe, 28-29.4.2018.

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A stupa by definition is a dome, mound or pyramid shaped commemorative monument erected as a Buddhist shrine containing the body relics...
Wednesday, February 14, 2018

LOVE AND ATTACHMENT: Getting it Right

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Speaking Tree, Times of India, 15.02.2018 Easy Read: A young student of mine wrote to me recently and enquired: “Is getting attach...
Friday, November 24, 2017

Namdroling Monastery Visit Postcards, November 2017

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 A place in NNI/PMTC history...Wow! what a feeling of privilege.  Senior monks and nuns...  Junior monks...with Khenpo Sonam Tse...
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Destination Head Out: A Solocation, Just Like That!

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Tired of the city, one day last week i decided to get away. Concurring on the dates with wifey who nodded her approval , her k een sense...
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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.
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