https://thelostyak.com/publications/2022-02-16T06:04:36+00:00weekly0.6https://thelostyak.com/2020/05/11/baseball-and-buddhism/2024-09-11T11:49:58+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2019/10/01/the-faults-of-meat-tibetan-buddhist-writings-on-vegetarianism/2020-01-22T14:41:48+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/research/2019-09-26T17:24:09+00:00weekly0.6https://thelostyak.com/speaking/2019-09-25T01:01:28+00:00weekly0.6https://thelostyak.com/teaching/2019-09-25T00:28:46+00:00weekly0.6https://thelostyak.com/2017/11/28/book-release-food-of-sinful-demons-is-in-the-wild/2019-09-24T18:22:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/blog/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/p1020647_2_31.jpgP1020647_2_3 https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/p1020647_2_3.jpgP1020647_2_3https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/p1020647_2_2.jpgP1020647_2_2https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/p1020647_21.jpgP1020647_2https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/p1020647_2.jpgP1020647_22019-09-24T18:20:15+00:00weekly0.6https://thelostyak.com/contact/2019-09-24T18:12:53+00:00weekly0.6https://thelostyak.com/welcome/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/zezyu4rs6wznv2bpyjy5g_thumb_8ee1.jpgzeZYU%4rS6WZnV2BPyJY5g_thumb_8ee12019-09-24T06:02:09+00:00weekly0.6https://thelostyak.com/2017/07/10/book-covers-as-art/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_5633.jpgIMG_5633Note the upside down maṇi....https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_5640.jpgIMG_5640https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_5639.jpgIMG_5639Yes, that's a white American pulling a gun to defend the Dalai Lama, while dressed in monk's robes.https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_5638.jpgIMG_5638https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_5637.jpgIMG_5637More orientalist fantasy: noble explorers and scowling locals.https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_5636.jpgIMG_5636https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_5635.jpgIMG_5635https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_5646.jpgIMG_5646I love the shackled prayer wheel. Kind of embodies the orientalist fantasy about Tibet: simultaneously holy and forbidden.https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_5645.jpgIMG_5645https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/img_5644.jpgIMG_5644My personal favorite. Aside from elegance, that fade would have been very technically difficult when this was published in 1899.2017-07-10T22:06:41+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2017/06/02/book-updates/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/food-of-sinful-demons-cover.jpgFood of Sinful Demons Cover2017-06-02T19:38:14+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2011/10/25/herding-yaks-off-cliffs/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/yak-herding.jpgYak HerdingHerding Yaks in Khumbu2016-09-01T17:07:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2012/01/07/fish-liberation/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc00255.jpgSONY DSCFig 3: Slowly pouring fish into the lake.https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dsc00253.jpgSONY DSCFig 2: A basket of fish ready for release.https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/khenpo-tsc3bcltrim-lodrc3b6-blesses-fish.jpgSONY DSCFig 1: Khenpo Tsültrim Lodrö blesses the fish prior to release.2016-09-01T17:04:56+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2016/08/22/teaching-animals-to-meditate/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ralo.jpegRalo2016-09-01T16:52:28+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2016/01/10/book-review-the-rise-of-gonpo-namgyel/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/gocc88npo-namgyel-cover.jpgGönpo Namgyel CoverIf you're going to shell out the $110, might as well buy direct from the publishers (same price as Amazon).2016-01-11T01:13:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2015/10/23/my-tibetan-childhood/2016-01-10T20:35:26+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2014/08/27/buddhist-imagery-in-advertising/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image-e1408849142361.jpgMavi jeans - in TibetanMavi jeans - in Tibetanhttps://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/image-2-e1408849222742.jpgEnlightening SnacksBuddha Bowl - Enlightening Snackshttps://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dl-shoes.jpgDalai Lama ShoesDalai Lama Sneakers - image via Phayul2015-02-13T01:32:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2014/09/10/on-tulpas/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/alexandra_david-neels.jpgAlexandra_David-NeelsAlexandra David-Néel. Image from Wikipedia.https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/kitusne-hosted-by-majeic.jpgKitsune, hosted and drawn by Majeic. Image from Vice.Kitsune, hosted and drawn by Majeic. Image from Vice.2014-09-20T13:20:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2010/07/17/tibetan-tattoos-2/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/snake-tattoo.jpgSnake TattooA basic, but solidly rendered tattoo.https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/derge-tattoo.jpgDerge TattooA tattooed worker at the Dergé Printing House. Note the presence of vajras in the designs.2014-04-04T14:31:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2014/02/13/old-lamas-affection/2014-02-14T03:45:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2013/11/13/defining-vegetarianism/2013-11-14T15:50:09+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2013/04/20/between-abstinence-and-indulgence-vegetarianism-in-the-life-and-works-of-jigme-lingpa/2013-06-21T15:21:00+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2013/01/03/words-to-increase-virtue/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/yak-head-flier.jpgYak Head FlierAnti-meat flier distributed by Khenpo Tsültrim Lodrö and widely distributed across Kham.2013-02-12T15:27:45+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2012/09/12/who-wrote-the-words-of-my-perfect-teacher/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/patrc3bcl-photo1.jpgPatrül Photo?<em>Possible</em> photo of Patrül.<a id="ref4" href="#X4">^[4]</a>https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/patrc3bcl-photo.jpgPatrül Photo?<i>Possible</i> photo of Patrül. I saw an old (pre-1950) print of this photo in Kham recently, with Patrül's name written underneath, though that certainly does not confirm the photo beyond doubt. According to Rigpa Wiki (where I got this photo) Dilgo Khyentsé Rinpoché thought that it was actually one of Patrül's incarnation.2025-02-10T05:11:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2011/12/20/seriously-dodgy-street-tattooing-in-chengdu/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/infected-tattoo.jpgInfected Tattooickhttps://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dodgy-tattoo-3.jpgSONY DSCFig 3 - The completed outline.https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dodgy-tattoo-2.jpgSONY DSCFig 2 - Yes, this man is getting a tattoo in a dingy alley.https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/dodgy-tattoo-1.jpgSONY DSC2012-08-20T15:18:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2012/07/07/the-future-of-the-academic-blog/2017-09-28T11:21:05+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2012/04/21/how-not-to-tattoo-a-tibetan-mantra/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/inapropriate-mantra.jpgInapropriate MantraFeet are not the only inappropriate places to tattoo a respected religious symbol such as the <i>mani</i> mantra. The <i>mani</i> is about compassion, not sex (despite what you may have heard about the meaning of ’jewel in the lotus')2014-04-22T17:16:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2010/04/14/yushu-earthquake-relief-efforts/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/improvised-shelter.jpgimprovised shelterWoman in a home built from cardboard and bricks from earthquake ruins. Courtesy of Tamdin Wangdu.2011-09-14T02:06:12+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2010/09/06/how-to-build-a-monastery/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/katok2.jpgKatok2Construction debris flowing down a hillside at Katokhttps://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/katok1.jpgKatok1Construction at Katokhttps://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/palpung.jpgPalpungPhoto 1: Paplung Monastery [Click to Enlarge]2011-09-14T02:05:25+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2011/09/13/trash-at-yachen-gar/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/yachen-mani-wall.jpgYachen Mani WallPitching in to build a colossal Mani Wall. Every one of those stones is inscribed.https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/yachen-loading-trash.jpgYachen Loading TrashGetting the Can on the Truckhttps://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/yachen-houses.jpgYachen HousesHouses at Yachen Garhttps://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/yachen-trash-truck.jpgYachen Trash TruckTrash Truck at Yachen Gar, June 20102011-09-14T00:00:53+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2010/05/21/yushu-update-may/2011-09-13T17:47:31+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2010/06/23/claimin_the_land/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/three-manis.jpgThree ManisThree manis (one obscured by trees) not far from Bamé. Click to Enlarge.https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/mani-3.jpgMani 3A Large Mani on a hillside in Kandzé Prefecture. Click to Enlarge.https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/karndze-mani-21.jpgKarndzé Mani 2Another mani above Karndze. Click to enlarge.https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/karndze-mani-2.jpgKarndzé Mani 2Another image above Karndze. Click to enlarge.https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/karndze-mani-1.jpgKarndzé Mani 1A large mani mantra above the city of Karndze. Click to enlarge.2011-09-13T17:46:18+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2010/11/03/spell-om-mani-padme-hum/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/rangjung-om.jpgRangjung OmRangjung Oṃ, from Yerpa in Central Tibethttps://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/dunhuang-oms.pngDunhuang OmsFigure 4. Oṃs from Dunhuang, with subscribed a-chungs.https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/turin-mss.jpgTurin MSSThree maṇis in the Turin ms of the Maṇi Kabum.https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pool-table-mani.jpgPool Table ManiFigure 2: A pool table converted to a maṇi plaque. No a-chung.https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/mani-with-achung.jpgmani with achungMaṇi on a hill near Tau with a subscribed a-chung. Click to Enlarge.2011-09-13T17:44:52+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2011/07/18/daeb-raja/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/the-yak-of-tartary1.jpgThe Yak of TartaryThe Yak of Tartary, An Engraving from the 1800 edition of Turner's Embassy to the Court of The Teshoo Lamahttps://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/the-yak-of-tartary.jpgThe Yak of Tartary2011-07-25T14:27:10+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2011/06/15/the-green-lama/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/green-lama-03.jpgGreen Lama 03click to enlargehttps://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/green-lama-02.jpgGreen Lama 02click to enlargehttps://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/green-lama-01.jpgGreen Lama 01Image 12011-06-15T17:15:40+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2011/02/20/john-bunyan-missionaries-and-the-thirteenth-dalai-lama/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/liebsterblog.jpgliebster+bloghttps://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/pilgrims-progress-frontispiece.jpgPilgrim's Progress frontispieceFigure 2: Frontispiecehttps://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/pilgrims-progress-title.jpgPilgrim's Progress Titlehttps://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/pilgrims-progress-title-1.jpgPilgrim's Progress Title 1https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/pilgrims-progress-letter-1.jpgPilgrim's Progress Letter 1A Typsecript translation of a letter from the Thirteenth Dalai Lama. My copy of this text included two such letters, with identical text, but, alas, not the original letter in Tibetan.2023-01-23T08:38:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2010/01/20/roosevelt-muir/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/muir_jul08_388.jpgmuir_jul08_388John Muir2010-11-02T15:25:06+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2010/02/01/pulp-fiction-in-tibet/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/stuart-in-tibet-dj.jpgStuart in Tibet DJ2016-01-14T13:27:17+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2010/02/05/japanese-swords-in-tibet/2012-01-18T12:05:29+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2010/05/03/ewoks-speak-tibetan/2023-09-08T00:37:46+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2010/02/25/the-comics-connection-i-batman-does-togal/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/batman-2.pngBatman 2Click For Larger Imagehttps://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/batman-11.pngBatman 1https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/robin-on-togal1.pngRobin on TogalClick for Larger Imagehttps://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/batman-1.pngBatman 1https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/batman-681-4.jpgBatman 681-4https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/batman-681-3.jpgBatman 681-3https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/batman-681-2.jpgBatman 681-2https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/batman-681-1.jpgBatman 681-12021-10-30T15:00:24+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2010/04/03/dr-strange/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/greenwich-village.jpgGreenwich Village https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/the-ancient-one.jpgThe Ancient One 2010-11-02T15:20:33+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2010/03/08/shem-womens-group/2010-11-02T15:17:55+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2010/05/14/devil-worshipers/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/landor1.jpgLandor https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/landor.jpgLandor https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/devil-worshipers.jpgDevil Worshipers 2010-11-02T15:15:44+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2010/10/02/antique-graffiti/https://thelostyak.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/hurrah-for-cuba.jpgHurrah for Cuba 2010-10-03T01:29:34+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2010/02/21/new-address-new-look/2010-02-23T00:45:13+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.com/2010/01/12/triscuits/2012-04-24T07:02:23+00:00monthlyhttps://thelostyak.comdaily1.02025-02-10T05:11:24+00:00