"I mean, seriously, this renovation is killing me!"

Earlier this year, on his “No Worries, No Problems, No Dramas” tour, Lama Marut, the big American with the sideburns and a silver chain dangling beneath his rust-red robe (he looks like he lifts trucks in his spare time) spruiked Buddhist teachings as only he can. “You’re Aussies, right? You’re supposed to have `no worries’, right?”. Arriving at the “State of No Problem-dom” is a case of tweaking perspective, says Marut. read more…

Lisa Mitchell