Delta International Hotel Bodh Gaya

... serene place to just stroll around. And stroll I did.

Of all the major religions in the world, I think Buddhism may be my favorite. There is a real element of empowerment from within rather than some outside source that I find appealing. One of the Buddha's basic tenants is that all human suffering is a result of human desires. Therefore, if you don't desire anything you won't suffer. Easier said than done, of course, but I think ...

... from his enlightenment. Putting our shoes back on, we walked to the next temple. An aside about the shoes-you must remove your shoes before entering any temple. Sometimes the shoe removal station is 40 or 50 feet from the entrance to the temple. With temperatures over 100 degrees, it takes a little strategy to get your shoes off and enter the relative coolness of the temple without burning your bare feet. Sometimes a carpet runner is in place for ...

... and do not go to school, despite speaking several languages, so I gave him 20 quid. Just kidding, we politely sent him on his way. Unfortunately this is something we would have to do a lot over the coming weeks as due to the poverty here there are millions after a quick buck, it would just be a shame to mistake this with genuine sincere and helpful people, of which there are many. Over the next couple of days we just chilled here really, it is a Buddhist working ...

... want a Lassi?!, come with me to this local place around the corner where there are no tourists". This guy was so nice to us we couldn't believe it, and they were some of the best Lassi's we've had. We told him that we wanted to find the shoes, and that we hadn't really seen all that much of Jaipur yet. He set up a rickshaw to take us to the industrial part of town where they make the shoes and to some other floating palace. The palace was nice but the same as all the rest. We got ripped ...

... let go of expectations, or at least, any need for them to come to fulfillment. coming on this trip, i always said it wasn't because i wanted to go travelling, per se. rather, i wanted to see what it was like where most people actually live, to try to find some connection with the reality of this world. i also had more personal goals: i wanted to learn to let go, chill out, go with the flow, and find some perspective in my life. i thought the meditation retreat would ...

... thesis for ya!) You walk around the temple clockwise and at the end there was a pot of bright orange paint. I wondered what that was since people had clearly smeared it all over the walls, like a thick and poorly done job of painting, but only 5 ft off the ground. A family came over and they each dipped their middle finger in the orange and gave themselves a bindi. I was too modest to partake, but a Dad who was holding his young child offered to put one on me. I couldn ...

Hey everybody. In Bodgaya now. This is the place where the Buddha attained enlightnement. Just about every Buddhist tradition has a temple'here. Met a friend from McLeod Ganj. He worked in Green Hotel and was returningto his home here in Bodgaya just as I was checking out then. I'm so glad I got his phone number. We met for ...

... with the rest of his journey and caught a rickshaw into Bodh Gaya. As late as it was the only hotel that could accept us was a dodgy one on the main road where the flies fluttered freely in the lighted hallway. The next morning we switched hotels and as we were walking a young boy in a maroon monks' robe approached us. "You just arrived? You must visit the Mahabodhi Temple. I will show you around when you go." The kid seemed to appear ...

foi aqui que buda atingiu a iluminacao. a arvore original, sob a qual ele atingiu a ilumincao foi destruida. mas exatamente no mesmo ponto replantaram-na de um ramo da arvore original. construiram um templo no local. e praticamennte todas as faccoes budistas do mundo construiram um monosterio na cidade.

... who reports seeing remains of these walls, and states that in the sixth century a saivite king of Bengal by the name of Shasanka destroyed the tree. However, even though he dug deep into its roots, he was unable to unearth it completely. It was afterwards revived by Purvavarma of Magadha, who poured the milk of one thousand cows upon it, causing it to sprout again and grow ten feet in a single night. In addition to human destruction, the tree has perhaps perished ...