Free Read! The Narrow Way, Chapter 15.
Here’s the next installment of The Narrow Way. Don’t forget to check out my new website, monkle at large! Chapter 15 A Winding Road “Hey, can you get me some of that shit,” I whisper. “Sure, man. How...
View ArticleFree Read! The Narrow Way, Chapter 14.
Here’s the next installment of The Narrow Way. Don’t forget to check out my new website, monkle at large! Chapter 14 Clean It is eight years before India. The beginning of the new millennium is only...
View ArticleFree Read! The Narrow Way, Chapter 11.
Here’s the next installment of The Narrow Way. Don’t forget to check out my new website, monkle at large! Chapter 11 Suicide Despair is the absolute extreme of self-love. It is reached when a man...
View ArticleFree Read! The Narrow Way, Chapter 8.
Here’s the next installment of The Narrow Way now available on Amazon. Don’t forget to check out my new website, monkle at large! Chapter 8 The Teachings Believe nothing, no matter where you read it,...
View ArticleFree Read! The Narrow Way, Chapter 6.
Here’s the next installment of The Narrow Way now available on Amazon. Don’t forget to check out my new website, monkle at large! Chapter 6 First Love Revisited Hey lover! It’s me again. Do you...
View ArticleFree Read! The Narrow Way, Chapter 5.
Here’s the next installment of The Narrow Way available on Amazon. Don’t forget to check out my new website, monkle at large! Chapter 5 Silence On a quiet night, mutely sitting in a temple, Infinite...
View ArticleFree Read! The Narrow Way, Chapter 4.
Here’s the next installment of The Narrow Way, now available on Amazon. Don’t forget to check out my new website, monkle at large! Chapter 4 Diagnosis “Christopher-Michael-Lemig-Jr.!” The serrated...
View ArticleFree Read. The Narrow Way, Chapter 3.
Here’s the next installment of The Narrow Way. Don’t forget to check out my new website, monkle at large! Chapter 3 Homecoming It is mid afternoon in Dharamsala. The hills are shrouded in mist. It is...
View ArticleFree Read! The Narrow Way Ch. 2.
Here’s the next installment of The Narrow Way. Don’t forget to stop by my new website, monkle at large! Chapter 2 First Love Hey Lover! Is it ok if I call you that even though we never kissed? I hope...
View ArticleA New Chapter
I’m switching over to a new website (this time for good, I swear!). It’s a Buddhist blog, vlog, and news sharing site called “monkle at large“. I hope you enjoy it. I’ve been wanting to do something a...
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At The Feet Of The Bodhi Tree.
I’m in Bodhgaya, India for the 26th annual Nyingma Monlam, a prayer festival that has drawn almost 20,000 people to the site of the Buddha’s enlightenment. Dawn at the feet of the Bodhi Tree. So far my...
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A New Year’s Vision.
I was never a big New Year’s Eve guy but ever since I started looking a little more closely at the Buddhist views on impermanence and death, I’ve thought the holiday to be, at best, a little...
View ArticleLooking Back, Looking Forward
To be honest, I’ve been a bit overwhelmed here in India as I adjust to my new life as Tibetan Buddhist monk. Still, it’s turning out to be another chapter in an amazing journey. I’m slowly getting used...
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Stepping Stones (Taking The Monastic Vows)
“…I will finally see that the path, just as it’s always been and always will be, is right there in front of me.” That’s how I ended my first book, The Narrow Way. It was meant to be a teaser. A hint at...
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And Here We Go…(Again)
So, it’s been a while since I’ve put up a blog post. What have I been up to, you ask? Let’s take a short quiz and find out. Has Chris Lemig been spending the past six months: A. watching too many 90′s...
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The Big Heart: A Meditation on Love and Compassion
I just finished my third show in a series on Lessons in Joyful Living. Another fun one to be sure! As promised, here’s a recap of the meditation on love and compassion we touched on during the show. As...
View ArticleFound in Translation: Translating The Buddha’s Teachings
Did you know that more than 200,000 pages of the Buddha’s teachings have not been translated into modern languages? Most of this precious advice, spiritual teaching, and insight is still encased in...
View ArticleGay Monk Lays Buddha Smack-Down
A friend of mine posted this over at Buddhadharma the other day. It’s a great video clip of an interview with a Thai Buddhist monk who used to be a transvestite. The interviewer is a little annoying at...
View ArticleSelf-Compassion In Practice: A Meditation
In Buddhism, we talk a lot about generating compassion for all sentient beings. The problem is we usually forget that “all” includes “us”! Here’s a simple self-compassion meditation from my latest show...
View ArticlePema Chodron On Gentleness
I know that one of the biggest things that fueled my life of addiction was my lack of gentleness towards myself. It’s still an issue for me but I’m working on it day by day. Here’s some beautiful and...
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