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Reflection pool, Temple of the Golden Pavilion [Kyoto, Japan]

Manjushri keeps compassionate watch with his flaming sword of wisdom (Shikoku, Japan)

Fushimi Inari Shrine (Kyoto, Japan)

Mountains and rivers constantly flowing (Daikoku-ji Temple, Kyoto)

Hanging lanterns of the Shinto spirit (Heian Jingu, Kyoto)

The enigmatic spirit of Ryoan-ji (Kyoto, Japan)

Autumn leaves, mountain shrine (Mount Kurama, Kyoto)

Yokuzunas prepare to do battle (Osaka Basho, Japan)

Low tide at Itsukushima Jinja (Miyajima, Japan)

Sunrise Taiji practice (Angkor Wat, Cambodia)

Great reclining Buddha (Bangkok, Thailand)

Thai Royal Palace (Bangkok, Thailand)

Halong Bay (outside Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam)

Smiling faces of bliss (Angkor Wat, Cambodia)

The perfect symmetry of the Hall of Prayer (Temple of Heaven Park, Beijing)

The Great Wall stretches to the horizon (Jinshanling Section, Beijing)

Snow falling in the hutongs (Beijing, China)

Push hands training with Master Chen Yu (Beijing, China) Photo credit: Peter Donaldson

Master Chen Yu together with his first cousins Masters Chen Xiaowang and Chen Xiaoxing honoring the family lineage in Chen Village (Chenjia Gou, Henan)

Qingming offerings at the grave of our Master’s father, 18th generation lineage holder Grand Master Chen Zhaokui (Chenjia Gou, Henan)

Prayer flags atop Kangding Mountain Pass (Sichuan, China)

Dzogchen Valley (Kham Region, Sichuan)

Dorje Volunteer Medical Mission, August 2007 (Dzogchen Monastery, Kham)

An infant shows signs of in-utero nutritional deficiency, a common problem in the remote communities of Tibet (Kham Region, Sichuan)

Curious Tibetan youths line up for a general health check (Kham Region, Sichuan)

Two Tibetan youngsters smile for the camera (Kham Region, Sichuan)

Local hipster sporting one of several thousand pairs of knockoff designer shades Dorje distributed to prevent eye damage from the high altitude sun (Kham Region, Sichuan)

Sunrise on the high plateau with Dr. Li Xin (Kham Region, Sichuan)

Long lost karmic brother reunited. Jacques Pialoux together with a senior Lama who had come out of a ten year retreat to welcome us (Kham Region, Sichuan)

Remote mountain temple dedicated to Princess Wencheng, daughter of the Tang Emperor who was sent as a marriage bride to King Songtsen Gampo to strengthen political ties between the two kingdoms (Kham Region, Sichuan)

Sunset over the Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium (Beijing, China)

Hiking the Great Wall from Jinshanling to Simatai with my brother (Beijing, China) Photo credit: Callie McMahon

Plum blossoms announce the arrival of Spring (Shanghai, China)

A Boddhisattva offers his blessings at a cave entrance in the Yungang Grottoes (Datong, Shanxi)

Receiving a certificate of completion of level one training from AWB Switzerland founder Jacques Pialoux (Shanghai, China)

Prayer flags catch the breeze at a mountain temple (Yunnan, China) Photo credit: Chip Roundtree

Guanyin, Goddess of Compassion, gracefully presides over Guoqing Temple (Mount Tiantai, Zhejiang)

The spirit of Master Physician Sun Simiao lives on in the remote mountain cave where he spent over 10 years refining his inner alchemy (Henan, China)

Colorful Taoist deities smile down from the shelves (Henan, China)

Master Zhang Zhongjing, author of the great Han dynasty classic the Shanghan Lun, welcomes visitors to the Garden of Great Physicians that surrounds his gravesite (Nanyang, Henan)

Buddhas keep watch to the four directions from high on Wutai Shan (Shanxi, China)

Lecturing on the foundations of Chinese medicine and meditation (Shanghai, China) Photo credit: Unknown

Master Zhang Zhishun of the Complete Reality School, pictured sometime just shy of his 100th birthday (Hainan, China)

Buyi Fashi warming up with a little self-massage (Hainan, China) Photo credit: You Macai

Xi’an city wall at night (Shanxi, China)

Making a yuánlìzhēn 圓利真, one of the traditional nine needles of the Neijing, the old fashioned way (Chongqing, China) Photo credit: You Macai

Chrysanthemums in full bloom

Morning view of the Huangpu River and the Puxi Financial Center from the Bund (Shanghai, China)

Yoga nidra master (Shanghai, China)

Lecturing at the Insight ACM Clinic (Shanghai, China)

Tranquil traditional garden framed by Jiuhua Shan, one of the four sacred peaks of Chinese Buddhism dedicated to Ksitigarbha (Chinese: Dìzàng 地藏, Japanese: Jizō), bodhisattva who has vowed to liberate all beings from the hell realms (Anhui, China)

Enjoying late afternoon tea with a Daoist hermit (Tiantai Mountains, Zhejiang)

“Bright water shimmers like crystal, translucent to the furthest depth / Mind is free of every thought, unmoved by the myriad things / Since it can never be stirred, it will always remain like this / Knowing this way, you can see, there is no within

Dr. Sun Manzhi reviews a patient’s chart with two of his students (Weinan, Sha’anxi)

Record of an initial patient I worked on during my time with Dr. Sun (Weiyang, Henan)

Traditional zuòtáng 坐堂 style consultation by one of Dr. Sun’s senior students. In this small town, a practitioner would receive five yuan per visit plus a small percentage of the total cost of the prescription (Weiyang, Sha’anxi)

Backpacking my way through Southwestern China (Guangxi, China) Photo credit: Shawn McMahon

The Longsheng Rice Terraces (Guangxi, China)

Lazy bend in the Tuojiang River as it meanders its way through the ancient city of Fenghuang (Hunan, China)

A fisherman plies his trade as another day draws to a close on the Li River. The view from this exact location is featured on the back side of the 20 yuan note (Yangshuo, China)

Reaching for the heavens (Kailash Akhara, Thailand)

The hardest workers in all of the animal kingdom (Kailash Akhara, Thailand)

Beautiful artwork on the door panels of the entrance to this retreat cave high above the city (Chiang Mai, Thailand)

A Śiva moon hangs in the evening sky above my retreat hut (Phu Ruea, Thailand)

In retreat, you are never truly alone. Making offerings to the Masters (Phu Ruea, Thailand)

The Potala Palace in the early morning sunshine (Lhasa, Tibet)

The light of devotion burns on in the hearts of the Tibetan people (Lhasa, Tibet)

Devotees make prostrations at the 10,000 Buddha Wall, where in past times bodies of the deceased whose families could not afford a proper burial would be left for the monks to perform last rites (Lhasa, Tibet)

Colorfully adorned yak and handler at Yamdrok Tso Lake, the largest of the sacred lakes of Tibet at close to 45 miles long (Langkazi, Tibet)

Rocking out at the desert headwaters of the Yarlung Tsangpo, the highest major river in the world. I would meet again with this mighty river several hundred miles downstream in India where it is known as the sacred Brahmaputra (Shigaze, Tibet) Phot

Kailash, central pillar of the universe (Burang County, Tibet)

I bow to the supreme Lord, the formless source of “OM” / The Self of All, transcending all conditions and states / Beyond speech, understanding and sense perception / Awe-full, but gracious, the ruler of Kailash / Devourer of Death and the immortal

A pilgrim descends through the clouds from 19,500ft Dolma-la Pass, highest point of the parikrama (Mount Kailash, Tibet)

The Kathmandu Valley (Kathmandu, Nepal)

Prayer flags adorn the hills surrounding Swayambunath, also known as the Monkey Temple (Kathmandu, Nepal)

Covered in kumkum, Lord Ganesha and Parvati offer blessings to visitors in Durbar Square (Kathmandu, Nepal)

Boudhanath, covered in structural supports following the 2015 earthquake (Kathmandu, Nepal)

Devotees of Ma camped outside the śakti peetham of Kamakyha Temple during the Ambubachi Mela, the largest annual celebration of the Mother Goddess in all of India (Guwahati, Assam)

Jaya Ganesh! (Kamakhya Temple, Guwahati)

Devotees offer prayers (Kamakhya Temple, Guwahati)

The Taj Mahal, embodiment of pure love (Agra, India)

Ganesha, placed here at the highest point of the temple against a backdrop of sky, symbolizes the complete awakening of kundalini from Muladhara to Svadishthana (Olilayam, Tamil Nadu)

Śiva and Śakti together at the center of the Hall of 84 Mahasiddhas (Sattainathar Temple, Sirkazhi)

Long life puja together with mentor Dharmabodhi (Thirukkadaiyur, Tamil Nadu) Photo credit: unknown

Bathing in love and devotion as fellow pilgrims seal the blessing power of the puja with water offerings (Thirukkadaiyur, Tamil Nadu) Photo credit: unknown

Śiva in the form of Nataraja together with his consort above the entryway to Chidanbaram Temple (Tamil Nadu, India)

Embracing the light of the Masters (Olilayam, Tamil Nadu) Photo credit: Swami Rajendran

An ancient Buddha sits atop the entryway to Lingyin Temple (Hangzhou, China)

Inner sanctum of Wat Sri Suphan (Old City, Chiang Mai)

Lord Ganesha sits watch (Wat Sri Suphan, Chiang Mai)

Dharma Bodhi transmitting the ancient technology of Six Realms Yoga (Shanghai, China) Photo credit: Zidao Jingshe

Morning yoga practice at Wudang Shan (Hubei, China) Photo credit: Sun Hao

The lineage of Trika Mahasiddha Yoga (Kailash Akhara, Thailand)

Opening the mandala (Shanghai, China) Photo credit: Zidao Jingshe

Atop the Golden Summit of Wudang Shan with Dr. Li Xin (Huebi, China) Photo credit: Sun Hao

Unraveling the Five Elements (Shanghai, China) Photo credit: Zidao Jingshe

A reunion of great practitioners and friends (Beijing, China)

Dr. Li Xin leading meditation during a seminar at NUNM (Portland, OR)

The majesty of the Pacific Northwest (Mount Hood National Forest, OR)

At ease, watching the clouds arise (Wudang Shan, China) Photo credit: Sun Hao