Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Interesting talks on Tibet
Jānis Mārtiņš Skuja and Ģirts Lapiņš 3 August: talks on Tibet with MPs and local councillors in Riga Jānis Mārtiņš Skuja of the 'Latvia for Tibet' association arranged two important appointments for me in Riga. In the morning, we sat with MP Juris Viļums, secretary of the parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee and also leader [...]
Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Two Tibetan-Buddhist centres in Riga
September 3-4: Visit to 2 Tibetan-Buddhist centres 1) Ganden Centre Wednesday at 6.30pm I had agreed to meet Oskars at the Ganden Buddhist Meditation Centre (http://ganden.lv), which is part of FPMT, the network of the 'Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition'. That belongs to the Gelug tradition. The O Sel Ling centre where I [...]
Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Riga - Museum of Occupations, urban legend
Strolling through the city centre, a chunk of gloomy history and the origin legend of Riga.
Compassion Rising Tour 2025: Latvia
Lithuania-Latvia border all photos from Latvia 30 August: Jānis from Labirinti campsite Saturday in the late afternoon, I arrived at Labirinti campsite after a stressful drive along the busy Via Baltica.Jānis immediately approached me. Although only a good 60km, he was surprised at the distance I had covered.He [...]
