Phyllis in Delhi, 1979Phyllis, Mark, Taki, Koichi, circa 1990.Phyllis and Taki, circa 1990Phyllis on the evening before Jinhua Chen left Hamilton for Virginia, 2000.Phyllis and Koichi at Kizil, July, 2006.Phyllis on the way to Rawak, 2006.Phyllis, Jake Dalton, Koichi, Dunhuang 2006.Phyllis and Koichi in the Taklamakan, 2006“I am standing behind Phyllis and Koichi in one of the chapels at
Piludong in Anyue.
It is the summer of 2007, in the late afternoon, and I am exhausted.
But I have been plugging along behind Phyllis and Koichi all day
because I know they will invariably lead me to something interesting
and important, as they did here, in a magical sunlit
cave on a cliff in Sichuan.
This picture, and where I stand, encapsulates my many
years of friendship with this pair of adventurers, and my admiration
for their achievements.”
Mimi YiengpruksawanPhyllis and Koichi at the farewell party for Boram Park, a visiting scholar of Buddhist Studies from Korea. New Haven, 2009.Phyllis, New Haven, 2009.Marko Geslani’s graduation, 2011.New Haven, 2009.Phyllis in New Haven, 2010.Marko Geslani’s graduation, 2011.Sri Lanka, 2012.Sri Lanka, 2012.Sri Lanka, 2012.Phyllis and Koichi with Osmund Bopearachchi and Robert Sharf, Sri Lanka 2012Phyllis and Koichi in Berkeley, April 2015Phyllis and Koichi in Berkeley, April 2015.Phyllis and Koichi in Berkeley, April 2015Phyllis in Berkeley, April 2015Phyllis in Berkeley, April 2015With Paul Dundas (left), at the bronze age Uffington White Horse in England, Nov 2015.England, Nov 2015Mohnyin Thanboddhay Hpaya, Monywa, Upper Myanmar, January. 2016.Phyllis, 2016.Marko Geslani’s wedding, 2016Sasha Restifo’s wedding, 2017.June 2017, dinner after the Buddhism and Business conference at UBC.June 2017, dinner after the Buddhism and Business conference at UBC.Koichi and Phyllis in Java, 2018.Phyllis in Java, 2018Phyllis in Java, 2018.Koichi and Phyllis in Java, 2018.Buddhist Beasts conference, Vancouver 2018Buddhist Beasts conference, Vancouver 2018Buddhist Beasts conference, Vancouver 2018Phyllis with John GreenBhakti conference, 2019