Writings: When Douglas Preston & the Dalai Lama took a ski trip
This is one of those “made my day” stories that crossed the brothers’ and sisters’ desks, and we agreed you would probably dig it, especially at the end.
Thanks for a good one, Douglas!
Here’s the post, from Slate.com.
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This absolutely delightful story is one of the best pieces I ever read! I was so moved that I read it to my tai chi students, who adored it. Your article was a springboard for a discussion on Happiness. Wherever you are Douglas Preston, I am so happy you took the job as the Dalai Lama’s press secretary and would like to extend a heartfelt thank you for sharing your story. P.S. I am about to visit Santa Fe for the first time and will be thinking of you and your adventures as I take the ski lift and frolick around town! P.P.S. Tell us more!!!
Thought for the day…
This very moment is everything. We don’t have to jump back and forth comparing our own little wretchedness—how tiny we are, how little we are, how dirty we are—with how great they are, how fantastic, expansive, overwhelming, glorious and mighty they are. If we try to put those two poles together, our wretchedness and their glory, we get spiritual indigestion forever.
"-- Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
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