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Concluding Remarks: Considerations and Limitations
Through the examination of the Nechung Oracle, this research provides an introductory glimpse into the application of Cognitive...


Buddhism and Science: Approaches to Mediumship
There are various ways in which Buddhism and Science intersect in their methods of inquiry. In a Frontiers Article titled, “Tibetan...


Tibetan Mediumship: Insights from Lineage, Lived Experience, and Philosophy
Researching experiences, such as Oracle work, in the Tibetan tradition requires an in-depth review of the complex processes that precede...


Exploring Tibetan Ritualism: Western Frameworks and Cultural Perspectives (Chapter 2)
Chapter 2: Exploring Tibetan Ritualism, Western Frameworks and Cultural Perspectives The academic exploration of Tibetan culture,...


Embodied Cognitive Mysticism Exploring the the Nechung Oracle at the Center of Science and Religion (Chapter 1)
This is Chapter 1 of a full thesis submitted under the guidance of Dr.Gray Tuttle from Columbia University. A special thank you to my...


Tibetan Oracles & The Abhidharma
Vasubandhu’s Treasury of the Abhidharma is a seminal aspect of the Buddhist philosophical tradition that provides an extensive review of...


The World in Motion - A tribute to my friend
During my travels to Dharamsala, I came across artwork on my Instagram feed that caught my eye: small caricatures smiling brightly across...


The Three C's
I have been taking success coaching as a part of my tutoring company's trial package over the last three months. So on a lukewarm night...


The Traveling Breastplate | ཐུགས་གསལ་མེ་ལོང་ཐུགས་ཀྱི་མེ་ལོ
An Object Biography on the Nechung Oracle's Breastplate Mirrors are often perceived as gateways to another realm, a literal and...


Spiritual Deities in Tibet: The Power of Pehar in Tantric Lineage in the 11th-12th century
https://www.himalayanart.org/items/32396 In the Nechung Monastery, a mural depicting a powerful deity with a set of arms holding a sword...


Inhibition of Sight
Written in 2019 According to Abdal-Hakim Murad, Twitter handle, @Contentions, "Modernity has not healed our pain; it has only dried our...


Systems of Himalayan Language across the plateau
This excerpt is taken from a separate project conducted during my Master's at Columbia regarding Tibetan Language. Access to the project...


Scientific Racism and Origins
(https://www.chstm.org/video/101 ) The book of Genesis reminds us that when God created the world, we were created in “the Divine Image”,...


Science and Gender in Research Spaces
In-depth review sourced from https://www.pictureascientist.com/ Written in 2020 The documentary Picture a Scientist highlights the...


Women without Men
The one whose hand is in fire is not like the one whose hand is in water. Written in 2022 Mahsa Amini is the fire that lights so bright...
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