Through My Eyes                                             

Saturday July 1


(We continue listening to the Dalai Lama as he tells of his life in Lhasa in My Tibet  written by he and Galen Rowell!)

"   Later on , I was given an old movie projector that was operated by turning a handle, and when I took that to pieces I found the batteries that worked its electric light. It was my first introduction to electricity, and I puzzled over the connections all alone until I found the way to make it go. I had a success, though this was later, with my wristwatch. I took that entirely to pieces, to study its principles, and it still worked when I put it together again.
      In the Potala, each year began with a ceremony on the highest roof before sunrise on New Year's Day ( a bitterly cold occasion, when I was not the only one who thought with longing of the tea ceremony later in the morning), and religious activities continued day by day throughout the year until the great Dance of the Lamas the day before New Year's Eve. But in the spring I, myself, and my tutors and attendants and some of the government departments moved to the Norbulingka, in a procession that all the people of Lhasa came to see."



(  As we remember rooms in Tibet weren't heated so that hot tea was important!  I promise to add more tomorrow...)

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                                                                                        * This is from the book My Tibet by the Dalai Lama and Galen Rowell.




   ( Please see my spinning for you!)                                 



 ( Tahshi Deleh gentle one! Kehrahng kusu debo yinpeh?  I began the day heading up gang rinpoche ngah tso gi to continue trimming around the trees and native plants which with we two working as one pulling strongly and patiently together went quite well! Then I returned to our studio to  work on some business stuff. After that I worked on the website for awhile then headed back up gang rinpoche ngah tso gi to clear around the trunks of the trees since it has been raining a lot and I wanted to let the ground dry near them. Then that I rested by your Medlar tree as usual then returned to our studio to spin for you then to work on our a land of Tibet. After that I worked on our a land of Tibet. I'm going to put the pages up on our infosite; I'll put this up for now so we can rest.
 And so, as always we'll continue two as one on to tomorrow
                                         my one gentle beautiful patient swift dream bright
                                                                  long  dark mane in sunlight
                                                                             so  for now I bid goodnight...Simjah Nahngo!)