The Prayerbook. Ngawang Lama was born in Nepal to Tibetan parents who left their country due to the Chinese occupation. She was brought up in Nepal and India, and has to date never visited her home country (Tibet). Ngawang immigrated to the U.S. in 2017, with her husband and their two children. She currently works as a nursing assistant in an assisted-living facility in Berkeley, California, and is attending classes to become a registered nurse. In her VR story, Ngawang shares her own connection to a precious Buddhist prayer scroll. Passed down to her through generations, the scroll reminds her of her grandmother and mother. Taking care of it has been a constant in Ngawang’s long journey. She prays to the scroll daily and draws wisdom from it about how to live her life– with strength, fortitude, and compassion.