Grace Hotel Dharamsala
558 Old Chari Road, Kotwali Bazaar Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, 8001, India
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A glimpse of His Holiness in Dharamsala
... spiritual and temporal leader of the Tibetan people – His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Since 1959 he was been a refugee in India, fostering communities of Tibetan refugees and preserving Tibetan religion and culture as much as possible. Since 1949, China has occupied Tibet. As part of Chairman Mao’s 'Cultural Revolution’, the Chinese army destroyed temples, scriptures, and monuments sacred to Tibetan Buddhism while killing ...
The silence was deafening - And I loved it!
... one path. Other religions tie into this as well. As the Dalai Lama says, to call down other religions is completely against Buddhism. You can't call yourself a Buddhist if you hold other traditions in a negative light. Different people have to see things in different ways. Some people need to believe in a heaven and hell, others see rebirth as making more sense. When it all comes down to it, all religions teach the same thing-the betterment ...
Triund- hiking with friends
... to reveal stunning views of the valley and peaks. We came across animal herders and women collecting fire wood. When we arrived up at Triund (2900m) we were welcomed by friendly dogs and tea house owners who seemed to entertain themselves with plenty of drinking.
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Adventures with Amran
... wasn't the deal maker hahaha. But you know why else I helped him? Because he's white. It's terrible but it's true. Do you know how many beggars I've walked by during my time here in India and Nepal? I certainly didn't help them. Why was Amran more deserving? Because he was old? He certainly had money and wasn't starving (although all he ate in the 24 hours I was with him was some crackers). For the most part I've adopted the attitude that giving money ...
Kitchen Stories
... was much better at chopping up the tofu. And when it came to kneading the dough, I was almost as good as Gaisom!
As we each took our turn at the chopping block, we were observed by the neighbor's three year old son who seemed supremely interested in what we were doing and supremely irritated that we weren't paying enough attention to him. Jason and I had met this little character on our first visit to the apartment. Jason had dazzled him with a ...



