Lama Tsultrim, now 25, returns to America going directly to Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s center in Vermont called Tail of the Tiger (now Karmê Chöling). She goes into a three-month retreat to finish Ngöndro.

After coming out of retreat, she meets Allen Ginsberg in Boulder at Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s center, Karma Dzong. They travel around Wyoming and Montana and, along with Ram Dass, go to Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming.