If you are ever going to come to India, go to Bodhgaya. If you weren't thinking of going to India, go, and go to Bodhgaya. All our experiences are unique i guess, but after 5 days of being near the descendant of the Bodhi tree under which the Buddha (or Sakyamuni Buddha) attained enlightenment, and about half of each day meditating right next to it, something inside me has just popped, a doorway in my heart, the inner sanctum of the body temple, opened up and flooded my whole being with the most incredible light and love. Sure, the town is a bit like the wild west, sure the beggars and scavenging kids are like seagulls on an unattended packet of chips on the beach, sure there's more tourist bling and hawkers than ants on that
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