Horseriding

Ngak’chang Rinpoche said:

"Horseriding was part of the culture of the gö kar chang lo’i dé – especially in Kham and Golok, where being respected was sometimes a question of life and death. Golok is famous for its bandits and travel was often precarious even for spiritual practitioners – but the banditry of those areas has a healthy respect for the gö kar chang lo’i dé – for not only had they evident powers, but they were also often fine riders who could easily vie with bandits for prowess on horseback. In the West we are not exactly beset by rampant bandits – but we are beset by rampant conceptuality, and there are few finer ways of abolishing conceptuality than to maintain presence on a galloping horse."