you, darkness,

of whom I am born –

I love you more

than the flame that limits the world

to the circle it illuminates

and excludes all the rest.

but the darkness embraces

everything – shapes and shadows,

creatures and me –

people, nations, just as they are.

It lets me imagine

a great presence stirring beside me.

I believe in the night.

-       

Rainer Maria Rilke

Hare Rama Hare Krishna

Hare Rama Hare Krishna title song from the 1971 Hindi movie (Dum Maro Dum).









link to the full movie:

http://www.einthusan.com/movies/watch.php?lang=hindi&id=970

:) xx

Kathmandu

A snapshot of my time in Nepal - mainly based in Kathmandu. Beginning with the three-day bus journey from Rekong Peo, Himachal Pradesh, India, to Shimla, then Chandigarh, to Haridwar, to Rupaidiha, walking across the border to Nepalgunj, then finally a bus to Kathmandu. 2 weeks at Kopan Monastery, a bit around the Kathmandu Valley and a little bit of mountain walking in Pokhara. 

Dhanyabaad to all of my dais, bainis and dizus in Nepal... what a special place. 

ॐ

Shimla

 Chandigarh

 somewhere between Haridwar and Nepalgunj

India Immigration, Rupaidihia

 finally arrived in Nepal 

 Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu

 avalokiteshvara

 bodhi

 Pokhara

 Nagarcote

 begging for alms

 magic door

 Jamie

Jenisa and Ambie. 

 Pharping

Lama, Baba

 Canada-Nepal connection

Pushapati 

 Goram, Sanjog, making momos

Pandey, all smiles

Smeeta, Pandey house 

Thamel