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Travel Blogs from Bodh Gaya, India
Gone for the Holidays
This is a top pick! ... blow the whistle but it was still way cool! With Sarah's health returning we headed north again to Sikkim, the newest state of India tucked between Nepal and Bhutan. After a brief stay in Gantok, the capital of Sikkim, we headed to the small town in ...
Buddhas tree
This is a top pick! ... warfare, kidnappings, extortion, banditry and violence. It remains one of the least literate and most lawless parts of India. The extreme lawlessness of the area makes buses and private cars targets for bandits. Knowing about this ...
Introduction to India (proper)
... we would wait till Bangkok for that. Also ran into a couple of crazy old ladies asking for money, there are loads of beggars in India as you would expect. The first one chased us down the road with her stick after I ignored her, the second was even more ...
"arvore da iluminacao"
... as grandes verdades do Budismo. Isso foi a mais de 2500 anos atras. Com o passar do tempo, um dos grandes reis da India, Ashok, converteuse ao Budismo e contruiu um templo no lugar, preservando um espaco para a arvore, claro. Hoje em dia a cidade gira em ...
maybe i should meditate more than never...
... was a smart guy! after a while his friend Ravi came over to talk as well. he is studying ancient history at the university in Bodh Gaya, and will be going to Delhi in a couple of months to do a computer course, thanks to a swiss fellow sponsering him and ...
Bodhgaya, die Wiege des Budhismus
08.05 – 09.05 Bodhgaya, Bihar, Indien Bodhgaya, die Wiege des Budhismus Einen ganzen Tag verbrachte ich mal wieder in Bus und Bahn um in diese Kultstaette des Budhismus zu ...
Bodh Gaya Day 2
Sorry we have not updated more frequently. Internet access is not an easy comodity here. Some hotels have it. Bodh Gaya welcomed a very weary group of travelers. After a long train ride (on which we were scheduled for the wrong day and ...
Bodhgaya
A jeep ride from Varanasi to Mughal Sarai Junction for 45 minutes. And then an express train to Gaya city for 3 hours but the train was 1.5 hours late. From there another change onto a auro-rickshaw to Bodhgaya which was about 45 minutes. ...
Teaching in Bodh Gaya
... was at the end of his journey and he hopped a train to Mumbai to catch his flight back to England. I spent a month in Bodh Gaya teaching at the school and this involved six days of teaching each week for the duration of September. The school lent ...
Hot Buddha
At length, we have arrived in bustling Bodhgaya, the little town in troubled Bihar province where the Buddha found ultimate enlightment under his Bodi tree. It is hard to imagine him finding the same tranquil comprehension here today! Our ...
a perda
agora, depois de ja ter passado alguns dias, eh mais facil estar escrevendo sobre a perda. Assim como agora, com a "vantagem da retrospectica" eh mais facil entender como aconteceu o incidente. Mas quando as coisas acontecem, ou no momento que antecede ...
Bodhgaya
... so interesting blog entry, but after the burning ghats in Varanasi, I think some of you are probably relieved. I'm in Kolkata (Calcutta) now so expect to be hearing from me in a few days from India's second largest city. Go Cubbies!!!! peace, ...
Enlightenment?
I took the night train from Siliguri to Gaya. Except, I didn't. I got on the wrong train, to which I was directed by 2 separate people and departed 5 minutes after my scheduled departure train. I actually wasn't even phased, ...
Buddha trail
... countries have built temples in their own style. Local bus takes 1 hour for 22km (road flat also). Next day exit Nepal for India (hasn't got any cleaner) but the local chicken curry and gravy was pretty good (workers cafe so food must be safe eh?). Bus ...
Reaching Enlightenment - Bodhigaya
... would radically alter the landscape of the area it was in. Just as Luther's Protestantism swept Europe, Buddhism changed the face of India, and indeed spread throughout the rest of Asia over the course of the next several centuries. There, of course, ...
Bodh Gaya
... and I sat and watched the moving scenery transition from the city of Varanasi to the rice fields of rural India. We were approaching Bodh Gaya, the site where the Buddha had attained enlightenment, and during the five-hour ride we discussed the Buddha ...
India - Bodhgaya
As I said before, there are three people deeply connected to India that I'm interested in. A little town in northern India known as Bodhgaya was pretty significant for one of those people, not to mention the rest of the world. Getting to Bodhgaya ...
Sitting in Buddha's footsteps, Bodhgaya..
... the tree is magnetically keeping them there. This year Bodhgaya has seen little to no rain, a strange feat for this area of India, where the pastures remain a consistent shade of green almost the entire year and it is believed that your are lucky to walk ...
Bodhgaya, Bihar
What should have been a 4 hour overnight train ended up being a 7.5 hour overnight wait at the Varanasi train station and a morning departure for another 4 hours to Gaya, Bihar. From Gaya a short tempo ride to ...
Buddha said "A HA!"
... ", but absolutely the most important. After years and years of trying to "find" enlightenment, Gautama Buddha came to Bodh Gaya and sat under the Bodhi tree promising himself not to move from that spot until he attained enlightenment. 49 ...
Monlam World Peace Ceremony
... to Bodh Gaya where it stands today. It is quite remarkable to sit under it and contemplate its history. The town of Bodh Gaya, unfortunately, does not carry the same air of peace and tranquility as the temple grounds. It is, in fact, ...
oh my Buddha!
... my Buddha!" reminds me of Thailand, but there is no other place I went to that it is more directly tied with Buddha than Bodh Gaya. This story takes place a long, long time ago in a place far, far away. 2,500 years ago Buddha attained enlightenment ...
Bodh Gaya - Enlightenment
We stopped off and stayed the night in BodhGaya and traveled the next day to Gaya, where Siddhattha Gotama meditated beneath a bodhi tree and attained enlightenment, to become Lord Buddha. It's a beautiful place where we sat for just one afternoon and ...
The Bodhi Tree and more
... out in the country! The kids flocked up to his house to get a look at me. So peaceful, fresh and clean out there. Definitely a side of India I want to see more of. Sorry. In a rush so I'm off for now. Just want you all to know I am safe and ...
Making Friends with Death & Lama Zopa Rinpoche
These are the two retreats i took at the Root Institute. The first was taught by Venerable Amy Miller, an american nun who has been working in hospices and other first hand experiences of helping ppl die. While this may sound depressing i assure ...
Chilling with the Buddhists
... had been warned, but I never expected it to be THAT COLD. (No offense to you guys suffering the real harsh cold at home, but I AM in INDIA!). I've spent most of my trip in the heat and south as you all know, so this was a little shock to me! I had to get ...
The final stop of my pilgrimage!
... took us a while to find the place. Then we went back to Root to get our bags! In the evening we went back to Gaya train station, and pretty amazingly the thangka was there waiting for me! Had to give them a bit of a reward, but was small ...
Bodh Gaya, Legend of the Boddhi Tree
... found the piece of paper where his email address (and password) were listed. Long live modern Indian Union. With the sunrise, India country side wakes up with golden fields dotted by small mud villages...and saaris. The farmers seem to be on the same ...