July 18, 2016, 0920 hours. This morning, we had another great breakfast of bread-omelet, aloo parathas and milk from Jersey cows. I say ‘another’, because parathas and bread-omelette have pretty much been […]
Kaza
July 17, 2016, 1645 hours. We are now in #Kaza. I guess I was expecting something because I can feel a “hmmm” inside me as I am looking at the vast sprawling […]
Local Legends about 10th Century Buddhism in India
Lama Tenzin is the monk who looks after #Lalung Monastery, and he is a person of great learning and experience. Apart from knowledge regarding the written and oral scriptures, Lama Tenzin is […]
The Lalung Monastery
I am inside the #Lalung Monastery now, and it’s … simple and peaceful and feels really old. It’s not quite like the other monasteries we have visited so far (at #Rarang, #Nako, […]
Random Access Thoughts
July 17, 2016, 1310 hours. We are on our way to #Lalung now. It’s a quiet, sedate drive, sedate in a peaceful manner, the wind in my hair encouraging me to nod […]