Making me feel very special on my birthday

Geshes and the boys have organised a very beautifull, solemn puja for my birthday. There were moments when my western birthday spirit had to be directed into quieter waters...almost made another faux-pas... :)

Right here right now

May 11th 2007
Having arrived in Leh on 24th April, it transpired that my most recent e-mail did not reach any of my contacts in Leh. They thought I was coming around 26th! Hence, there I was at the airport...all aloooone... and the Journey had started in earnest. I got a taxi to only place I knew of...through a dusty road, away from Leh town and up the hill to the Spitok Gompa (monastery). Unknowingly, I took ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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