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