Dharamsala
It’s hard to believe that the trip is almost over. Since my last post we left Bodghaya and drove to Patna, the capitol city of Bihar, India’s poorest state. That…
The Roof of the Temple
Inside the Tibetan temple complex the pleasant nun we had met yesterday tells us to wait in the back courtyard. After a few minutes we were brought around to a…
We just had another blackout
Bodhgaya has a number of daily blackouts and brownouts. When the lights go out, they’ll usually start with a pulsing when the incandescent bulb fluctuates from its brightest to dimmest…
Mahakala Caves
After breakfast today we got water from the bus and hopped into three smaller vehicles for our jaunt over fourteen kilometers to the caves where Siddartha meditated for six years…
The School at Sujata
We are welcomed with much fanfare at the Sujata Children Welfare Trust school in Sujata. After their beginning prayers, the students break off into classes. The little ones sit on…
India
With the sun still below the horizon and thick cloud cover obscuring any hint of its coming, we walked down the stone steps of the Gangha Ghat in Varanasi. Bundled…