Manaslu & Tsum Valley, Day 6

 Lopka – Dumje

Tsum Valley is one of eight sacred valleys in Tibetan Buddhism.  It is called beyul

kyimolug, hidden valley or oasis of peace. In this sacred place it is forbidden to kill

an animal.  Milarepa and Guru Rimpoche once stayed and meditated here.

A thirty day pilgrimage path is leading through this valley.  People are of Tibetan origin and speak Tibetan.

 

 

crossing Syar Khola
crossing Syar Khola

 

 

Path through Rhododendron forest. Trees are overgrown with farn, moss and orchids.
Path through Rhododendron forest. Trees are overgrown with farn, moss and orchids.

 

Fourteen year old body preparing lunch
Fourteen year old body preparing lunch

 

Meeting on the way
Meeting on the way

 

Little girl presenting flowers
Little girl presenting flowers

 

 

Millet field
Millet field

 

 

Mother with baby in the basket
Mother with baby in the basket

 

 

Father cutting Potatoes
Father cutting Potatoes

 

 

Baby wrapped in blanket
Baby wrapped in blanket

 

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Born and raised in a village along the Danube in Austria, Traude Wild soon ventured out into the world. After a two-year program for tourism in Klesheim/Salzburg, she spent nearly a year in South Africa and Namibia. By returning back to Austria, she acquired a Master of Economics at the University of Vienna. After moving to the United States with her four children, she studied Art History at Arizona State University and stayed in the United States for fourteen years. Here, she was teaching Art History in several Universities like Webster University and University of Missouri-St. Louis. Now, she lives partially in Arizona and Vienna and works together with her husband for the University of South-Carolina, Moore School of business as Adjunct Professor organising and leading Study tours in Central Europe. She also teaches at the Sigmund Freud University in Vienna. Since 1999, she is practicing Zen meditation in the lineage of Katagiri Roshi. She loves to hike and to write and is a student of Natalie Goldberg. During her often many weeks long hikes she brings her awareness into the Here and Now, describing her experiences in an authentic way. She loves to walk pilgrimages. The longest hike so far was the 1,400 km long 88 Temple pilgrimage in Shikoku, Japan in 2016.

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