tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62272762512857467662011-04-21T20:03:01.241-07:00UNSEEN DHARAMSALAnoreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227276251285746766.post-89919530898313591492007-12-28T10:50:00.000-08:002007-12-31T02:03:32.123-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dyci2nzR7VE/R3N1aVwjbkI/AAAAAAAAAP4/GDPMe4lqtpw/s1600-h/PC220505.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dyci2nzR7VE/R3N1aVwjbkI/AAAAAAAAAP4/GDPMe4lqtpw/s400/PC220505.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148587894392450626" /></a><br /><br />My best friend painted this thangka in honor of his mother’s kindness.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6227276251285746766-8991953089831359149?l=photosbysopa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UNSEEN DHARAMSALAnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227276251285746766.post-30927599636428761672007-12-28T10:45:00.000-08:002007-12-31T02:05:37.109-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dyci2nzR7VE/R3N2E1wjbmI/AAAAAAAAAQI/goJmAWHR6UM/s1600-h/P3040114-1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dyci2nzR7VE/R3N2E1wjbmI/AAAAAAAAAQI/goJmAWHR6UM/s400/P3040114-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148588624536890978" /></a><br /><br />This mandala shows traditional Tibetan monastic culture.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6227276251285746766-3092759963642876167?l=photosbysopa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UNSEEN DHARAMSALAnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227276251285746766.post-34174936894223673142007-12-28T10:40:00.000-08:002007-12-31T02:07:41.845-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dyci2nzR7VE/R3N0p1wjbhI/AAAAAAAAAPg/T5kRx0__d8Q/s1600-h/PC040287.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dyci2nzR7VE/R3N0p1wjbhI/AAAAAAAAAPg/T5kRx0__d8Q/s400/PC040287.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148587061168795154" /></a><br /><br />Everybody was singing the Tibetan national anthem and praying for peace on earth at Tsongkapa’s celebration in His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s temple.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6227276251285746766-3417493689422367314?l=photosbysopa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UNSEEN DHARAMSALAnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227276251285746766.post-23241193400720482752007-12-28T10:35:00.000-08:002008-01-02T02:03:50.336-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dyci2nzR7VE/R3PCVFwjcGI/AAAAAAAAAUI/1sgKxeYtg4s/s1600-h/PC040321.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dyci2nzR7VE/R3PCVFwjcGI/AAAAAAAAAUI/1sgKxeYtg4s/s400/PC040321.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148672466593476706" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This young girl just followed her parents and prayed even though she didn't understand the festival.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6227276251285746766-2324119340072048275?l=photosbysopa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UNSEEN DHARAMSALAnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227276251285746766.post-50016468664803123442007-12-28T10:33:00.000-08:002008-01-03T02:41:39.057-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dyci2nzR7VE/R3N0T1wjbfI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/j5hz-Cecumk/s1600-h/P3040107.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dyci2nzR7VE/R3N0T1wjbfI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/j5hz-Cecumk/s400/P3040107.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148586683211673074" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Tibetan books are symbols of Tibetan traditional culture.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6227276251285746766-5001646866480312344?l=photosbysopa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UNSEEN DHARAMSALAnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227276251285746766.post-61837445067089407862007-12-28T10:30:00.000-08:002008-01-02T01:45:03.208-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dyci2nzR7VE/R3PDd1wjcHI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/aPKjbXDGY7I/s1600-h/PC100380.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dyci2nzR7VE/R3PDd1wjcHI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/aPKjbXDGY7I/s400/PC100380.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148673716428959858" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is my home. I borrowed the computer from a friend, which I use to practice typing in Tibetan and to watch H. H. the Dalai Lama’s teachings.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6227276251285746766-6183744506708940786?l=photosbysopa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UNSEEN DHARAMSALAnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227276251285746766.post-35309110426652104992007-12-28T10:25:00.000-08:002007-12-31T03:02:52.388-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dyci2nzR7VE/R3PDvFwjcII/AAAAAAAAAUY/oweK6jej4uo/s1600-h/PC100381.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dyci2nzR7VE/R3PDvFwjcII/AAAAAAAAAUY/oweK6jej4uo/s400/PC100381.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148674012781703298" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Many Tibetan monks are good cooks because we always have to cook our own food. In Tibet our families would send us to the monasteries with all our own cooking supplies. In Dharamsala I live in this apartment with a friend and I am happy I know how to cook.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6227276251285746766-3530911042665210499?l=photosbysopa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UNSEEN DHARAMSALAnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227276251285746766.post-70579840316843892442007-12-28T10:24:00.000-08:002007-12-31T02:26:44.239-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dyci2nzR7VE/R3N00VwjbiI/AAAAAAAAAPo/ZWQGoX0RG48/s1600-h/PC100377.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dyci2nzR7VE/R3N00VwjbiI/AAAAAAAAAPo/ZWQGoX0RG48/s400/PC100377.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148587241557421602" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />He was too hungry and ate quickly. He didn’t know how to taste his thukpa.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6227276251285746766-7057984031684389244?l=photosbysopa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UNSEEN DHARAMSALAnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227276251285746766.post-28622623575426458962007-12-28T10:20:00.000-08:002007-12-31T03:05:07.711-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dyci2nzR7VE/R3N14lwjblI/AAAAAAAAAQA/e4dPIRA8T9Q/s1600-h/P3100229-1.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dyci2nzR7VE/R3N14lwjblI/AAAAAAAAAQA/e4dPIRA8T9Q/s400/P3100229-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148588414083493458" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Indian cows have more rights than humans. This cow was eating tsampa stolen from a Tibetan street vendor. She wanted to forcefully scare the cow away but she feared her neighbors’ reactions.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6227276251285746766-2862262357542645896?l=photosbysopa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UNSEEN DHARAMSALAnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6227276251285746766.post-11202214523211745022007-12-28T10:15:00.000-08:002008-01-02T01:48:15.681-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dyci2nzR7VE/R3N0fVwjbgI/AAAAAAAAAPY/T8UeD0OOmH4/s1600-h/P3070149.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dyci2nzR7VE/R3N0fVwjbgI/AAAAAAAAAPY/T8UeD0OOmH4/s400/P3070149.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5148586880780168706" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Life in India can sometimes be dangerous. This light post is piled high with all kinds of electrical wires. Many monkeys have been electrocuted on these wires. When the monsoons come they are even more dangerous. Last year three houses caught fire because of them. Since we are refugees there is little we can say or do about it.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6227276251285746766-1120221452321174502?l=photosbysopa.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>UNSEEN DHARAMSALAnoreply@blogger.com0