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On the Road to Samar – Part 3

by Clemma Dawsen in Photography, Poetry, Prose, Tibetan Buddhism 2 comments

And now, today, we leave this saintly village—how I want to stay in Samar, please let me stay?

On the Road to Samar – Part 2

by Clemma Dawsen in Photography, Poetry, Prose 3 comments

Two sides. One truth. Kalu. Nalu. Like the street dogs. Black and white but never quite one or the other. Life and Death are not […]

On the Road to Samar – Part 1

by Clemma Dawsen in Photography, Poetry, Prose 2 comments

I am walking down the hill at Samar How many ghosts around me—countless—they’re everywhere, benevolent, no one pushy, scary, just happy, it’s a good place. […]

The Heart of Lo Gekar

by Clemma Dawsen in Photography, Poetry, Prose, Tibetan Buddhism 10 comments

It’s said that the Guru Rinpoche, Padmasambhava, was summoned to Tibet from India by King Trisong Detsun sometime during the 8th century C.E. to subdue […]

Milk Tea

by Clemma Dawsen in Photography, Poetry, Prose, Tibetan Buddhism 16 comments

The old house where I live in Vermont comes alive with the slightest acknowledgement—animated, breathing. It’s deep winter; I don’t go out much. I spend […]

Home

by Clemma Dawsen in Poetry, Prose 3 comments

I’m home. A simple and familiar phrase we all use. I’m home—the words invoke images of relief, accomplishment, celebration. But although my backpack is sitting […]