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Ruth Millington's Extreme Holidays PodcastEPISODE 21: BUDDHISM, A BUS CRASH AND THE DALAI LAMACan faith give you perspective even in the most extreme travel situations?In 2010, Jurek Schreiner, a photographer, having completed his studies at the Shedra: College for Buddhist Studies in Nepal, was invited with his future wife, Greta Williams, to Bhutan to participate in the 2nd event of the Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Centennial Celebrations. To get there, they caught an overnight bus from Kathmandu to the eastern border town of Karkavitta. Traversing across dangerous mountain passes, they were relieved when they finally hit the relative safety of the flat plains of the Terrai region in the south...2022-07-1941 min