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Travelogue: Bhutan: It’s a small world after all
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Travelogue: Bhutan: It’s a small world after all

  • By Paul Crowley For Columbia Gorge News
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As a very young child, I attended the 1964 World’s Fair. The theme was “It’s a small world after all.” During a bike tour in Bhutan last autumn with some Gorge cycle mates and others from elsewhere, that point was driven home.

Lama: World peace begins with parents
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Lama: World peace begins with parents

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The Dalai Lama, 77, regales Eugene crowd EUGENE (AP) — Eugene resident Katrina Salinas, after seeing the Dalai Lama speech, propped herself against a wall in the arena foyer, waiting while her companion checked out a table of Dalai Lama gear.

Buddhist retreat by Goldendale opens
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Buddhist retreat by Goldendale opens

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A Buddhist retreat near Goldendale, some 12 years in the making, accepted its first 13 “long-retreatants” Sunday, March 31, who will be cloistered in virtual silence for a year.

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Monks give, receive blessings, farewells

  • Julie Raefield-Gobbo

With spiritual blessings for Hood River, the Gorge and the entire world, six Tibetan monks brought the beauty of sand mandala art to Hood River’s library this last week.

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Monks’ sand mandala creation keys

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A group of five Tibetan Buddhist monks, newly arrived from South India, are on a three-month tour of the West Coast to construct sand mandalas, also known as sand paintings. Their tour is called “Sacred Tibetan Art — The Sand Mandala: Creating a Picture of Universal Compassion.” The monks will be constructing the mandala at the Hood River Library Aug.7-10.