"I was growing up during this period and 'The Monk and the Gun' is a story about the change and transition that Bhutan went through in the 2000s, when we became the last country in the world to ...

T wo years after his "Lunana -- A Yak in the Classroom" gave Bhutan its first Oscar nomination, Pawo Choyning Dorji is back with another tale from that mountainous Asian country. "The Monk and the ...

Inside a venerated temple, I hypnotically meditated with a monk and pilgrims above a cave where Guru Rinpoche eliminated harmful spirits tormenting Bhutan. Honestly, oxygen-deprived or not ...

I ask him a few questions about the bhikkunis and how one can practice being as content as a nun or monk. “Start by being mindful,” he says. Like everything in Bhutan, the Six Senses also ...