INDIA | Monday, 10 Mar 2008 | Views [870] | Comments [1]
South India is dripping hot - I am sweating by 7am (I try to get some exercise walking on the mountain before breakfast.)I am visiting an old friend in Tiruvanamalai - which is where Ramana Maharshi lived and site of a mountain which VIBRATES. His ashram ... Read more >
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INDIA | Sunday, 27 Jan 2008 | Views [489]
We set off in style for the two hour beautiful drive from Aurangabad to Ajanta. As you wind down through the hills there is a terrible carparking area which is carefully designed so you have to walk through the 'shopping complex'/hassle city in order ... Read more >
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INDIA | Saturday, 29 Dec 2007 | Views [463]
I had no idea what I was signing up for when I decided to join the Tibetan community for the 25th Kagyu Monlam at Bodhgaya. Slowly the preparations appeared: a wonderful entrance gate welcoming everyone (looked surprisingly like a Torii gate)Town started ... Read more >
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INDIA | Friday, 16 Nov 2007 | Views [754]
Here in Bodhgaya life is unbelievable - the many faces of Buddhism gather in the main temple compound from 4am til well after sunset to chant and prostrate and perform their paricular rituals. Large groups of white-clad Sri Lankans vy for position with ... Read more >
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UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 9 Nov 2007 | Views [470]
I spent half a day at the British Museum and was amazed and horrified by the vast array of beautiful things. I was heading through the main entrance to find the large-bag storage place and this huge carved rock caught my eye - one of the Easter Island ... Read more >
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UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 4 Nov 2007 | Views [403]
Took a wonderful trip to Scotland in September - to enjoy Edinburgh, stay with some dear cousins and have a short retreat at the oldest Tibetan monastery in the West: what to say about my visit to Samye Ling? So full of mixed memories of my twenties, ... Read more >
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