“He spoke Mongolian, Tibetan, Manchu, and Chinese and had once served as a lama, an occupation the Soviets deemed reprehensible.”

“Whether a lama is recognized as the incarnation of a previous master is not paramount to Tibetans.”

“This lama mastered all of the teachings of the Dro clan, including the Kalachakra.”

“Before we could spend any more time on this somewhat incongruous image of himsa in the lamasery, a lama arrived, waving the keys.”

“Just then I came to the entrance of the little path through the trees, the little path which led up the hill to the lamasery.”

“Over the past year, combined cafe-boutiques and restaurants with stone courtyards have opened along the streets around the lamasery.”

“He spoke Mongolian, Tibetan, Manchu, and Chinese and had once served as a lama, an occupation the Soviets deemed reprehensible.”

“Whether a lama is recognized as the incarnation of a previous master is not paramount to Tibetans.”

“This lama mastered all of the teachings of the Dro clan, including the Kalachakra.”

“We passed many lamaseries, and quite frequently we spent the night in them if they happened to be on our path at a suitable time.”

“It introduced Tibet from the viewpoint of an insider who had studied in the great lamaseries of Lhasa.”

“The remote eastern Fastnesses, like lamaseries, where Foretellers channel the future in a rite of intense, nearly savage carnality.”

“The political power of the lamas was taken away and given to Tibetan leaders nominated by the central government in Beijing.”

“Many lamas came to India as refugees around the time Khandro Rinpoche was born in 1967, and settled in the areas close to the borders of Tibet.”

“Even if we obtain teachings from such people, they cannot be regarded as spiritual masters or lamas.”