my sense of wonder
April 20th 2009 There is a lot I don't understand.
I don't understand the thanka paintings on the temple walls. They are frightening- Buddhas depicted with snake tongues, sharp fingernails, ivory skulls, wild eyes. Where are the fat, smiling Buddhas with the Santa Claus bellies I see in the west?
I don't understand the spirit of the old woman who spends her days circumambulating a holy site. Each step wracks he
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