fairykiller
08-02-2003, 05:42 AM
Turns out I'm going to be away for a while - far, far away from the city and computers and all that civilization stuff. I'm going to Dharamsala, a little Buddhist town in North India that is the seat of the Tibetan Government in exile. It's one of those places that has an aura of being sacred, you feel it everytime you enter. It's full of monasteries, and it's always snowing there. And it's beyond beautiful. There's snow-capped mountains on the horizon all the time, and monks are chanting and praying everywhere. It's one of the few places in the world that makes me feel so close to nature and spirituality, just by virtue of being there...
And this is the clincher - I'm going to meet the Dalai Lama <img src=smilies/cwm11.gif>. I'm so excited about that. He has been in Dharamsala ever since China overthrew the Tibetan Government. They've been trying to set up a system to promote a culture and religion that China has systematically tried to destroy for years. He's giving day-long lectures for a week, and I'm gonna go to the lectures first - and then I get to meet him personally!
So, there won't be any computers there, but I will tell you how it goes once I get back...
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And this is the clincher - I'm going to meet the Dalai Lama <img src=smilies/cwm11.gif>. I'm so excited about that. He has been in Dharamsala ever since China overthrew the Tibetan Government. They've been trying to set up a system to promote a culture and religion that China has systematically tried to destroy for years. He's giving day-long lectures for a week, and I'm gonna go to the lectures first - and then I get to meet him personally!
So, there won't be any computers there, but I will tell you how it goes once I get back...
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