Eleven Sometimes Surprising Facts about Tibetan Food Test how much you really know about Tibetan cuisine with the list below. Give yourself a point for every fact in the list below you already knew, and please tell us in the comments below how well you did, or if you know any other facts [...]
Tibetan Food: A Visual Guide
April 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Tibetan food, which evolved to sustain a hardy people living at an average elevation of 16,000 feet, is like no other food in the world. Who else but Tibetans have a great time drinking salty tea and eating sweet rice in the same sitting? Or grow up on a steady diet of roasted barley flour [...]
Green Tara Mantra: Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha
April 14, 2012 By 26 Comments
In Tibetan Buddhism, om tare tuttare ture soha is an ancient mantra that is related to Tara, the “Mother of all Buddhas,” and especially to her manifestation as Green Tara. Tara, who Tibetans also call Dolma, is commonly thought to be a Bodhisatva or Buddha of compassion and action, a protector who comes to [...]
The Biggest Mistake People Make about the Tibet Train
April 1, 2012 By 4 Comments
While researching the Qinghai-Tibet Railway we have learned a lot, which we would like to share with you to save you making some common mistakes. A lot of people still think that taking the Tibet train from Beijing is the best way to get acclimatized to Lhasa’s high altitude. It makes sense that if [...]
Tsering’s Tibetan Hot Sauce (Sepen) Recipe
March 17, 2012 By 1 Comment
If you’ve ever eaten with Tibetans, you know that it is rare to have a meal that does not involve sepen, Tibetan hot sauce. Tibetan food itself tends to be mild, but that doesn’t mean that everyone doesn’t fire up almost every dish on the plate with dollops of sepen. This can include pretty [...]
Tibetan Water Offering Bowls
March 13, 2012 By 6 Comments
“The making of offerings is an antidote to the pattern of attachment and greed.” Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche The most common type of offering on Tibetan Buddhist shrines are water offerings — called “yonchap” in Tibetan — which are made in seven bowls. Why Offer Water? As we discussed in last month’s post on [...]
