Tashi Dekyid Monet is a Tibetan scholar, writer, and translator who grew up in the Eastern Tibetan Highlands in the rhythms of nomadic and agricultural life, where time is measured by light and shadow, where songs carry cosmological wisdom and where knowing the face of the land means being woven into a web of reciprocal relationships with all four realms of beings. Through explorations of oral tradition, sacred geography, spiritual songs, and the concept of tendrel, or auspicious connection, Tashi offers insights into ways of knowing that nurture belonging, protect sacred knowledge, and recognize land itself as a teacher.

Time notes:

00:00:00 — Introduction

00:01:30 — Nomadic Highlands, Sacred Peaks

00:07:00 — Village Life as Education

00:10:00 — Light, Shadow, Flowers and Birds Tell the Time

00:16:00 — Knowing the Face of the Land

00:19:30 — When Land Extends Your Very Self

00:22:30 — Songs That Carry Cosmological Wisdom

00:26:00 — Tashi Sings

00:29:30 — The Yogi Shabkar and the Sacred Mountain

00:34:00 — A Dream Visit With the Mountain King

00:38:00 — Four Realms

00:42:30 — Consequences of Breaking Reciprocity

00:46:00 — The Secret Layer

00:50:00 — Protecting Knowledge From Extraction

00:54:00 — What Is Tendrel?

00:58:00 — Recognizing Auspicious Connections

01:02:00 — Raising Children in a Foreign Land

01:06:00 — Tashi Sings: Exquisite Abundance

01:10:30 — A Closing Prayer for Auspiciousness

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Links:

Post-listen episode:

Drukmo Gyal: Ngakma Lifestyle, Slowing Down & Balancing the Inner Elements

https://oliviaclementine.com/drukmo-gyal-ngakma-lifestyle-slowing-down-balancing-the-inner-elements/

Podcast website & transcripts

https://oliviaclementine.com/podcasts