Category - Myths & Legends
The Kingdom of Bhutan, Druk Yul – Land of Thunder Dragon
Adventure Tours, Bhutan, Buddhist, Myths & Legends, Yoga, Yoga travel
The Kingdom Bhutan, the Land of the Thunder Dragon, is a magical place. A country where a handsome young Asian Elvis look-a-like became King, cigarettes are illegal, chillies are a staple, rice is red and giant protective penises…
Sikkim = Just Heaven… Call Me OM
Adventure Tours, Buddhist, Myths & Legends, Workshops & Intensives, Yoga
Sikkim …Just Heave Land of Mystery Nepalese call it Sukhirn – ‘The New Place’; and for Bhutias seeing endless tracts of paddy fields it was Demazong, ‘The Valley of Rice’. But the original inhabitants, the Lepchas understood it…
Sikkim, Is THIS the Last Shangri-La?
Adventure Tours, Buddhist, Myths & Legends, Yoga, Yoga travel
“British authour James Hilton in his novel, ‘LOST HORIZON’ introduces the concept of “SHANGRI-LA”,a mystical, harmonious valley, guided from a monastery. It has now become synonymous with an earthly paradise, particularly a mythical HImalayan Utopia—a permanently happy land,…
Moon in May is Buddha Day
Buddhist, Myths & Legends, Prayer, Seasonal Living, Stories and Tales, Teacher Training
Full Moon of May The Moon in May is Buddha’s Day. Growing up in a traditional Chinese household, we had many cultural celebrations and paid respect to ancestors by lighting lanterns and candles, offerings flowers, incense and fruit…
7xSeven Sacred Surprises…
Buddhist, Healthy Living, Myths & Legends, Yoga
Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age. – French Proverb Sacred Number Seven Seven is commonly thought of as a mystic or sacred number. It is four and three, which were …