Himalayan High Treks

03/03/2025

Lots of good suggestions!

Its Hindu and Buddhist temples restored after a devastating earthquake, this city of monks, artisans, trekkers and tourists beckons with ambitious new restaurants and a diverse nightlife.

02/28/2025

02/17/2025

Winter Time Leh Ladakh;
Newly Renovated Leh Palace of Ladakh Kings (17 to 19 Century) Overlooking the Town,

Its One of The Halls Converted to Display Room of Historical and Cultural Heritages of The Land,

Stok Mountain and Range in The Morning.

02/14/2025

Q. STUDENT: Can you comment on the possibility of love without attachment in a long-term relationship?

A. VEN. ROBINA: Go for it, honey! It’s totally possibly. Love is what is possible, but it becomes polluted with 70% attachment most of the time, if not 90%, so then the love gets kind of squashed.

That doesn’t mean you should stop having relationships. If you see it as practice, you are learning about your own attachment and your jealousy and your fears. But if you drown in it, you’ll go mad. So if you can be brave enough – go for it, and then enjoy the bit of pleasure that comes along as well.

If you are seeing it as a fantasy, as perfect, as soul-mates, as “Wow, I found love finally,” you are demanding trouble and suffering. But if you see it as hard work, as worthwhile, and every time you work on your attachment, you are learning to be loving, that makes it practice. So go for it and enjoy it.

Love is the wish that others be happy, love is altruistic. It’s tough work but don’t be scared of it.

What happens when we become Buddhist is we think, “Oh, I shouldn’t be attached, I’ll become renounced” and you walk around like some hopeless person, “Would you like tea, Robina?” “Oh, I don’t care” “Would you like coffee?” “Oh, I don’t mind” … This is called indifference and it’s revolting. Don’t be indifferent please!

Be brave, have a relationship, learn about the pain of attachment, learn about anger and jealousy, learn about the loss when he gives you up for a younger version. You’ve got to be prepared to take it and learn from it. Then it’s fantastic.

From “What the Dharma Is,” a teaching given by Ven. Robina Courtin at FPMT’s Tush*ta Meditation Centre, Dharamsala, July 15, 2010. Transcribed by Tush*ta Meditation Centre; first published in their Autumn Winter 2011 newsletter.

01/14/2025

400 Million Pilgrims are expected to attend the Kumbh Mela in India!!!

Millions of Hindu devotees are bathing in sacred waters as the world’s biggest religious gathering begins in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

01/12/2025

The discovery raises doubts about Chinese media’s official death toll of 126 people.

01/11/2025

What medications should you bring, what insurance do you need and how do you find a doctor? Here are health care tips if you’re traveling internationally.

01/09/2025

After four decades of running outdoor adventure trips and educational courses, REI is eliminating more than 400 jobs to focus on its core retail business, the company's CEO said on Wednesday.

01/09/2025

Tina Lewis was enjoying a “trip of a lifetime” before she was detained at an airport in India. Her crime: traveling with a satellite communication device.

01/07/2025

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/07/tibet-earthquake-holy-city-of-shigatse-nepal-magnitude-quake

Morning quake damaged buildings in Shigatse and could be felt hundreds of kilometres away in Nepal and the Indian state of Bihar

01/07/2025

01/07/2025

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/nepal-earthquake-tremors-north-india-delhi-ncr-live-updates-9763903/lite/

Earthquake in Nepal: It hit 93 km North East of Lobuche in Nepal at 6.35 am, as per USGS Earthquakes.

01/07/2025

01/04/2025

A 200-foot bailey bridge on the Lachung-Katao road in Sikkim collapsed due to the passage of a loaded vehicle today afternoon.

The bridge, constructed in 1999, connects the other half of Lachung village, located opposite the Lachung Chu River.

01/04/2025

The Southeast Asian country has lagged behind Vietnam and Thailand when it comes to tourism. The government hopes new hotels, roads and a train system will put Laos on visitors’ lists.

12/30/2024

American president Jimmy Carter in Kala Pather 1985. He is first president to visit Nepal 🇳🇵 He went Everest base camp by foot and came back by helicopter.