H.W. Fan's Blog
June 10, 2019
What’s so special about Tibet?
When my husband suggested we go visit Tibet, I was like: why, man? I didn’t know much about Buddhism at the time. I was young and didn’t have a lot of patience with ritualistic religions that espoused sitting for hours to empty the mind. Ho hum.
But hubby was very eager. So I said yes. And then he spent about a month researching how to alleviate altitude sickness. Apparently, some visitors to Tibet got brain edema or pulmonary edema and had to be helicoptered out immediately. Wow, I thought,...
But hubby was very eager. So I said yes. And then he spent about a month researching how to alleviate altitude sickness. Apparently, some visitors to Tibet got brain edema or pulmonary edema and had to be helicoptered out immediately. Wow, I thought,...
May 19, 2019
Mind-body control, anyone?
A few years ago, I was standing in the shower thinking about this and that. My mind wandered to an image of Tibetan monks sitting on a Himalayan mountain ledge. I must’ve seen a documentary about it before.
The monks sat with their chests bare, snow drifting onto their shoulders. The temperature was arctic, yet they were calm, not shivering, not cold. And then a guy came and placed wet sheets on their bodies. Steam rose. The monks were actually drying the sheets with the warmth from their bodi...
The monks sat with their chests bare, snow drifting onto their shoulders. The temperature was arctic, yet they were calm, not shivering, not cold. And then a guy came and placed wet sheets on their bodies. Steam rose. The monks were actually drying the sheets with the warmth from their bodi...
Mind-body control anyone?
A few years ago, I was standing in the shower thinking about this and that. My mind wandered to an image of Tibetan monks sitting on a Himalayan mountain ledge. I must’ve seen a documentary about it before.
The monks sat with their chests bare, snow drifting onto their shoulders. The temperature was arctic, yet they were calm, not shivering, not cold. And then a guy came and placed wet sheets on their bodies. Steam rose. The monks were actually drying the sheets with the warmth from their bodi...
The monks sat with their chests bare, snow drifting onto their shoulders. The temperature was arctic, yet they were calm, not shivering, not cold. And then a guy came and placed wet sheets on their bodies. Steam rose. The monks were actually drying the sheets with the warmth from their bodi...
