Through anger and hatred we cannot; I believe it is most easily achieved through the practice of kindness, love and compassion. -Dalai Lama

Dolma 38
Dolma had never seen a westerner up close before. She would reach out, touch my shoulder, then quickly pull her arm back into her chuba and laugh. As a young girl she escaped across the Tibet-India border with her family after word reached their remote nomad camp that they would be forced to live in a commune.

Photo by Phil Borges
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