a land of Tibet

We're on lake Drubtso Pemaling in our coracle beneath the Padmasambhava cave in Mount Damchen Gara Nakpo. Actually, I'm not certain of the exact location of the mount as it wasn't indicated in our Footprint Tibet handbook. It looks down on the lake though. Lhachu waterfall ,the entrance to the hidden land beneath Mount Kulha Kangri, is somewhere nearby the cave. I've enlarged the drawing a bit and placed the Kuru Chu and Tamzhol Chu rivers in their location. Not far down the Kuru Chu is the Dowa Dzong, another hilltop fortress. Lhalung is a monastery that once stood in the midst of a surround of 108 stupas and 108 willow trees all of which are gone. The monastery which is the seat of incarnations of the Nyimgma school remains however. There's the Karchu monastery and the Chakpurchen cave in the deep valley below across that frighteningly swaying bridge! Chakpurchen is named for a "chakpur" or iron dagger such as the one which Padmasambhava used to create the cave. His chakpur was of course not ever used to harm beings. It was however a shamanic weapon which was transformed through ritual into a spiritual implement of great protective powers. Down below Kharchu is the nomad camp! It's a bit late so two as one we'll add to the notes a bit later gentle beautiful one!


	Through My Eyes * We're on lake Drubtso Pemaling in our coracle beneath the Padmasambhava cave in Mount Damchen Gara Nakpo. Actually, I'm not certain of the exact location of the mount as it wasn't indicated in our Footprint Tibet handbook. It looks down on the lake though. Lhachu waterfall ,the entrance to the hidden land beneath Mount Kulha Kangri, is somewhere nearby the cave. I've enlarged the drawing a bit and placed the Kuru Chu and Tamzhol Chu rivers in their location. Not far down the Kuru Chu is the Dowa Dzong, another hilltop fortress. Lhalung is a monastery that once stood in the midst of a surround of 108 stupas and 108 willow trees all of which are gone. The monastery which is the seat of incarnations of the Nyimgma school remains however. There's the Karchu monastery and the Chakpurchen cave in the deep valley below across that frighteningly swaying bridge! Chakpurchen is named for a "chakpur" or iron dagger such as the one which Padmasambhava used to create the cave. His chakpur was of course not ever used to harm beings. It was however a shamanic weapon which was transformed through ritual into a spiritual implement of great protective powers. Down below Kharchu is the nomad camp! It's a bit late so two as one we'll add to the notes a bit later gentle beautiful one! * courtesy of A Luminous Diamond (Bright) Crystal Show productions. The information for the sketches is courtesy of the Footprint Tibet handbook by Gyurme Dorje. ( please click here to return to my spinning for you!)