1 10-17 New Delhi airport 2 3 Likir Tibetan Guest House (Delhi) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10-18 10 11 12 13 Lodhi Gardens 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Indraprasthra Park 26 Vishwa Shanti Stupa 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 Old Delhi railway station 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 10-19 Pathankot railway station 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 Dharamsala 74 75 76 Mcleod Ganj 77 Ven.'s Choeny and Wy at Snow Lion Cafe (Mcleod Ganj) 78 79 80 81 82 Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts 83 84 85 86 87 Tushita FPMT center 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 Lama Yeshe stupa 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 Tushita's annual picnic 103 104 105 106 107 108 The gentler lemur 109 110 111 New gompa 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 Meditation huts 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 Trijang Rinpoche stupa 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 Geshe Yeshe Tobden stupa 138 139 140 141 Little Bit, Vajra, and Bandit 142 143 144 145 146 10-20 147 148 149 150 151 Namgyal monastery (headquarters of HHDL) 152 153 154 155 156 Debating monks 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 Altar of main gompa 169 HHDL's teaching throne 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 Items brought from Tibet 177 Kagyur (84,000 sutras and tantras) 178 179 Tengyur (commentaries on Kagyur) 180 181 182 183 184 185 Namgyal Cafe 186 Waiting for HHDL's arrival 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 HHDL is in 2nd car 195 196 Mcleod Ganj computer shop 197 10-21 Tsering 198 Tibetan medical clinic 199 200 201 Staff conducting daily Medicine Buddha Puja 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 Nechung monastery 209 210 211 212 213 214 Nechung office 215 216 217 218 Departing Mcleod Ganj 219 220 221 Pathankot railway station 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 10-22 Old Delhi railway station 230 231 232 233 New Delhi airport 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 Kathmandu airport 253 254 255 256 257 Amber's friend Biem on L 258 259 260 Hyatt Regency 261 Boudhanath stupa in the distance 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 Boudhanath stupa 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 Back of Hyatt Regency 294 295 Amber Tamang, Ani Fran, and Lydie Echernier 296 297 298 299 10-23 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 Day trip to Pashupati and Patan 309 310 311 312 Pashupati 313 Cremation site 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 Sadhu 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 More sadhus 330 Patan, famous for statue-making 331 Mahabuddha temple 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 Golden temple 344 345 346 347 348 349 A stupa built by Asoka 350 Back at Boudhanath 351 352 Tushita Heaven tangkha shop 353 354 10-24 Ven. Robina arrives 355 356 Kopan monastery 357 358 359 360 361 362 Retreat gompa 363 364 365 Dining hall 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 21 Taras building 375 376 Main gompa 377 378 Library / book store 379 Cafe/store/internet 380 381 382 383 Main gate 384 Path downhill from Kopan 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 Internet station just below Kopan 392 393 Sweet shop just below Kopan 394 395 A cat!! 396 Retreat gompa and dorm 397 Our dorm on the L 398 399 Geshe Lama Konchog stupa 400 401 Geshe Lama Konchog stupa 402 Dining hall 403 404 405 10-25 Maitreya and Geshe Lama Konchog statues 406 407 Internet station 408 10-26 Prayer wheel 409 Reception office 410 Visitor from Canada 411 Ani Karin leading tonglen 412 10-27 413 Ven. Robina leading Kopan tour 414 New dorm 415 416 417 418 Hill at center of Kopan 419 420 421 Inside main gompa building 422 423 424 425 Office of the monk who does divinations 426 3D mandala 427 Main gompa 428 429 Lama Zopa Rinpoche's foyer 430 Living room 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 Relic room 441 442 443 Relics 444 Relic of Shariputra 445 First statue at Kopan 446 Dorje given to Lama Yeshe 447 Sangye, puja coordinator 448 449 450 451 Retreat dorm 452 10-28 morning puja 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 Lunch at Three Sisters Cafe 462 463 464 465 Swoyambhu 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 Rice-stealing monkeys! 476 Swoyambhunath stupa 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 Supermarket with Diwali decorations 487 488 489 Geshe Sherab, Kopan headmaster 490 10-29 debating monks 491 492 493 494 495 Pharping 496 497 498 499 Self-emanating Ganesha 500 501 Self-emanating Green Tara 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 Padmasambhava's (Guru Rinpoche's) cave 512 Padmasambhava's footprint 513 Padmasambhava's handprint 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 Vajra Yogina temple 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 Manjushri's Gorge 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 10-30 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 Debating monks 553 Kathmandu airport 554 555 556 557 558 Bhairahawa, near Lumbini 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 Hotel Lumbini Gardens 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 Asoka's pillar 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 Birthplace of Shakyamuni Buddha 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 Amber's archaeology professor 641 642 10-31 643 644 645 646 Nepal-India border 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 Samosas 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 Hotel Lotus Nikko, Sravasti 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 11-1 678 679 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 Jeta Vana Grove at Sravasti 696 697 698 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 Bandit Angulimaal's cave 727 728 729 730 A Thai temple under construction 731 732 733 734 735 My favorite spot at Jeta Vana grove 736 737 Lemurs on the move 738 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 11-2 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 Hotel Lotus Nikko in Kushinagar 764 765 11-3 766 767 768 769 770 771 772 773 774 775 Mahaparinirvana temple 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 Ramabhar Stupa, site of cremation of Buddha 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 11-4 794 Chod practice at Ramabhar stupa 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 Finally lunch 809 810 811 812 813 814 Hotel Radisson Varanasi 815 816 817 Ven. Robina orchestrating table move 818 Farewell dinner for Ven. Robina 819 820 821 822 823 Deer Park at Sarnath 824 825 826 827 828 829 830 831 832 833 Asoka pillar 834 835 836 837 838 839 840 841 842 843 844 845 846 847 848 849 Refuge ceremony 850 851 Bodhisattva vow ceremony 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 859 860 861 Sarnath museum 862 863 864 865 866 867 The Ghats on the Ganges 868 869 870 871 872 Brahmin practicing for upcoming ceremony 873 874 875 Start of Hindu ceremony 876 877 878 879 880 881 882 883 884 885 886 887 888 889 890 891 892 893 Dinner at Hotel Surya cafe 894 11-6 back to Deer Park 895 896 897 898 899 900 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 908 909 910 911 912 913 914 915 916 Near cremation site 917 11-7 918 919 Sunrise boat ride at The Ghats 920 921 922 923 The laughing men 924 925 926 927 928 929 930 Cremation site 931 932 Battering rams refereed by dogs 933 Tooth brushing line 934 935 936 937 938 939 940 941 942 943 944 Road to Root Institute, Bodhgaya 945 946 947 948 949 950 951 952 953 954 955 956 957 958 959 960 961 962 Buying school books for some kids 963 Dinner at Root 964 965 966 967 Mahabodhi temple 968 969 970 971 972 973 Inside Mahabodhi temple 974 975 The Bodhi Tree 976 11-8 Morning meditation with Ven. Namdrol 977 978 979 980 981 982 983 Maitri service project 984 985 986 987 988 989 990 991 992 993 994 995 996 997 998 Maitreya project 999 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005 Prototype of Maitreya Buddha statue 1006 1007 1008 Relics including Lama Tsongkhapa 1009 Room where HHDL stayed 1010 1011 1012 1013 1014 1015 1016 1017 1018 School funded by Maitreya Project 1019 1020 1021 1022 1023 1024 Guddu Kumar, impromptu tour guide 1025 1026 1027 Mahakala mountain in the distance 1028 Niranjana river bed 1029 1030 1031 1032 1033 1034 Kusa grass 1035 1036 1037 1038 1039 1040 1041 1042 1043 1044 Sujata temple 1045 1046 1047 1048 1049 1050 1051 1052 1053 1054 1055 1056 Sujatagarh stupa 1057 1058 1059 1060 1061 1062 1063 1064 1065 1066 1067 1068 1069 1070 1071 1072 1073 1074 1075 1076 1077 1078 1079 Lama Chopa with Root institute residents 1080 1081 11-9 1082 1083 Glen teaching on the Heart Sutra 1084 1085 1086 Karma Kagyu temple 1087 1088 1089 1090 Thai temple 1091 1092 1093 1094 Bhutanese monastery 1095 1096 1097 1098 1099 1100 1101 Japanese temple 1102 1103 1104 1105 1106 1107 Another Karma Kagyu temple 1108 Japanese Great Buddha Statue 1109 1110 1111 1112 1113 1114 1115 1116 1117 1118 1119 1120 1121 1122 1123 1124 1125 1126 1127 1128 1129 1130 1131 1132 Prayers under the Bodhi Tree 1133 1134 1135 King of Prayers under the Bodhi Tree 1136 1137 1138 1139 11-10 Caravan to Rajgir 1140 1141 1142 1143 1144 Military exercise 1145 Rajgir Imperial Highway 1146 Path to Vulture Peak 1147 1148 1149 1150 1151 1152 1153 Line of beggars on the R 1154 Vulture Peak in the distance 1155 1156 1157 1158 1159 1160 1161 1162 1163 1164 1165 1166 1167 1168 1169 1170 1171 1172 Peace stupa built by Japanese 1173 1174 1175 1176 1177 1178 1179 1180 Heart Sutra recitation 1181 1182 1183 1184 1185 1186 Nalanda monastery ruins 1187 1188 1189 1190 1191 1192 1193 1194 1195 1196 1197 1198 1199 1200 1201 1202 1203 1204 1205 1206 1207 1208 1209 1210 1211 Local guide Santos 1212 Multi-purpose oven 1213 Octagonal well portraying Noble Eightfold Path 1214 1215 1216 1217 1218 1219 1220 1221 Drainage system 1222 Single accommodation 1223 1224 1225 Roman-style granary 1226 1227 Bunks in double room 1228 1229 1230 Another room with bunk 1231 1232 1233 Jataka Tales carvings 1234 1235 1236 1237 Feet of Buddha statue 1238 1239 1240 1241 1242 11-11 1243 Mahakala mountain 1244 1245 1246 1247 1248 1249 1250 1251 1252 1253 1254 1255 1256 1257 1258 Cats!! 1259 1260 1261 1262 1263 1264 1265 Banyan tree 1266 1267 Where I bought a stupa 1268 1269 Guddu with nephew and siblings 1270 1271 1272 Overnight journey to Bhairahawa 1273 1274 1275 1276 1277 11-12 Chai break 1278 1279 1280 1281 1282 1283 1284 1285 Extremely large "complain box" 1286 1287 1288 Full moonrise 1289 and sunset after circling 1290 11-13 Boudha 1291 1292 Taxi to Kopan 1293 Statue and stupa filling 1294 Sweet shop below Kopan 1295 1296 1297 1298 1299 1300 Kopan nunnery 1301 1302 1303 1304 1305 Making incense 1306 1307 1308 1309 1310 1311 1312 1313 Main gompa 1314 1315 1316 1317 1318 1319 Old Hindu temple 1320 1321 Final puja 1322 Lydie's gift of robes 1323 1324 1325 1326 Final farewell dinner 1327 11-14 1328 1329 1330 1331 1332 1333 1334 1335 1336 1337 1338 Potala Guest House, Thamel 1339 1340 1341 1342 1343 1344 1345 1346 1347 11-15 Three showerheads! 1348 Kathmandu airport 1349 1350 1351 1352 Shri Lanka hockey team! 1353 1354 Mumbai airport 1355 11-16 1356 London Heathrow airport 1357 Multi-faith prayer room 1358 1359 RDU airport of 1359

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