Tenzin and the Crane

Tenzin displays the paper crane he folded: most likely the smallest folded paper crane ever...


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Nepalese  Flag In 1951, the Nepalese monarch ended the century-old system of rule by hereditary premiers and instituted a cabinet system of government. Reforms in 1990 established a multiparty democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy. A Maoist in... [read more]
Blog: Nepal
Date: July 21st 2009

Has it been three years already since we've been in Nepal? I had gone there to visit one the schools that our friend, Lama Pema Wangdak, had established for refugees in the Tibetan diaspora. Lama Pema had devoted 10 years to creating a Tibetan language based Braille system, Buryig. He was also establishing the first mainstream school for visually impaired Tibetan refugees in another one of his ... read more







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