Tuesday, June 1, 2010

don't try to fall asleep here

photos from bodhgaya (in bihar):

the mahabodhi temple (behind it is the bodhi tree):


there are monasteries in bodhgaya for most countries with significant buddhist populations. this is the bhutanese one, where we also stayed:inside bhutan:


japan:
tibet (one of 3 or 4 in bodhgaya):
big buddha in the park:

outside nepal:
china:
street fruit market outside the mahabodhi temple:
street barber shop:
kids heading for school as i walk to myanmar:
creative way to ride a bicycle:
thailand:
the new karmapa monastery (tibet):
what happens when you give kid monks musical instruments during recess:
on the walk to tibet and vietnam:
vietnam:

we met a wonderfully friendly monk from Ho Chi Minh City living in the vietnamese monastery by himself for the last 6 months:

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