India Pics

In 2005, during my senior year at univerity, I went on a pilgrimage to India to attend the Dalai Lama's spring teachings with my good friend, Charlie Meers. These are pictures from that trip.

Friday, October 07, 2005

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Tuesday, September 27, 2005






I loved how friendly and touchy Tibetan and Indian men were together. 


Monks standing in line for the teachings.




 
four of us in this cab. 













This view we had from the Dalai Lama's temple has inspired many paintings. Those crows havn't left me alone ever since. They are following me. 


amazing


That's the Temple and Monastery in the back. 
People stack rocks all over the world. It's so interesting. 





Sunday, September 18, 2005

Throughout the day many people would walk around the Dalai Lama's house chanting "Om Mani Padme Hum."  This was one of the greatest paths I've ever walked. The crows were circling overhead. I took that walk a hundred times I think.





Butter sculptures



These are monks making brooms at the Karmapa's monastary. 











vegetarian propaganda. There was lots of this in Dharamsala. Charlie and I went to a special video and talk one night inside the temple about vegetarianism. The Dalai Lama suggests it.