Sun, 14 Feb 2010
Iron Tiger
Today is the start of the Tibetan New Year. This year it coincides with the Chinese New Year as well, that seems to happen about half the time. This is the year of the iron tiger. The five elements and the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac combine to make a sixty year cycle. There was no celebration at the Tibetan Meditation Center in Frederick because of our recent bad weather. As far as I know, Lama Phurbu Tashi is still in the (snow free) Kanding county in China. Last week homeopathic medicine really showed its value in saving me from the aches and pains of shoveling snow. I was really impressed with how well it worked. Despite the sceptics' claims, there's more evidence every day that homeopathy works and is cost effective.
