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Harriet Harrison, Addison and Poo on the Lekh, out in East Nepal.153 views
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Nepali Aama, wise hill woman and world traveler in her 80s.173 views
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Harriet Harrison and trekking companion against Kanchenjunga. Nepal.185 views
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On the honey hunt. Dolpo Targay, Diane Summers and Addison. West Nepal.221 views
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A spider ensnares the Flyfoot Cross. 1960s, Nepal.171 views
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Addison portrait with Nepal chop. 1970s.183 views
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The Lumbini Seven Pilgrimage to meet H.H. the Dalai Lama on his only visit to Nepal178 views
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Harriet Harrison with Poo. High East Nepal184 views
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Kathmandu to Darjeeling - Addison's first trek in Nepal. Rosemary chills in a Himalayan stream281 views
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Dorji Bob Schawelson passed on to the next great adventure on 13th March 2007. RIP248 viewsBob's final thoughts:
Tashi Deleks
This may seem a little strange to you. Writing a letter that I would like read at my service.
I have already written Sandy and the rest of my family letters and they are personal but this letter is to all my friends. Instead of saying things about me I want the opportunity to tell you some of my thoughts.
I have had a rich and full life and much more then I ever expected. While there may have been some minor health problems basically I considered my self healthy and able to do so much. The travel, playing golf, going out and everything else associated with living was granted to me for so many years, long after I expected it would be. I had such wonderful Kamma.
The richness I have enjoyed is in the many relationships with all of you. Each of you has contributed to making my life richer, better and more enjoyable.
Our lives are not made up of large dramatic moments and actions (although those do happen to us at times), but of the small ordinary routine things we do on a daily basis. Just greeting someone can be a source of joy. A smile results in a smile back and friendliness produces friendliness. We are all equal and we all have the same wants and needs and insecurities. Remember it’s not the destination that is important but the journey to get there.
The only time that is surely yours is the present; hence this is the time for you to speak the word of appreciation and sympathy, to do the generous deed, to forgive the fault of a thoughtless friend, to sacrifice yourself a little more.. Today is the day in which to express your noblest qualities of mind and heart, to do at least one worthy thing which you have long postponed, and to use your abilities for the enrichment of someone less fortunate. Today you can make your life significant and worthwhile. The present is yours to do with as you will.
I have been truly blessed with my family. 3 wonderful children, and their spouses. 7 unbelievable grandchildren (SADLY ONE HAS PASSED AWAY) and last but most important a wife who has been the inspiration of my life and whatever I managed to accomplish. Without her I would have been nothing. It took me a long time to understand that but when I did, “wow”, I truly understood how “truly blessed I was all these years. What wonderful Karmma I must have had to share my life with Sandy. And my other children AND Tina, Dann and Ellen who were so important in my life.
But this is about the rest of you. Someone once wrote “live your life so that when you are born, your cry and the rest of the people rejoice and when you die, the rest of your friends cry and you rejoice. Perhaps in some small way perhaps I have done that and if so wouldn’t that be an accomplishment?
I wish you all freedom from suffering. The elimination of all bad thoughts of envy, anger, hate,
Jealousy.
I wish you all health so you can continue to do what you want.
I wish you all peace of mind and serenity
I wish you all happiness
I wish you all your dreams
I wish you increased compassion, loving kindness towards others, Sympathetic joy to everyone and the understanding of equanimity: all the things that make our lives so worth while.
As you know I have always returned once or twice every year to the monastery in Nepal. It was sort of my “Shangri-La”, the place for renewal of my beliefs and to feel at peace. Perhaps each of you have your own “Shangri-la” and if so visit it frequently for what ever peace and serenity it can offer you.
Perhaps somewhere, sometime a small memory of something I said or did will come back and that happens then I continue to live in some small way.
In my belief however our meeting whenever it happened was something that had to happen.. it was not an accident. As a Buddhist I believe in rebirth, not reincarnation and I feel that although we may never be aware of our present relationship, we will meet sometime again in the future.
It has been a long wonderful life. Thank you for being a part of it.
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Chan327 viewsSri Chan Asomsatana
Nepali visa pic
1973
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Aliens pay a visit, circa 1980217 viewsDale visiting in rural Nepal
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