how fortunate we all are!
we took lay-vows under the bodhi tree this morning and listened to Rinpoche's beautiful teachings. Several westerners and Tibetans joined us and everyone received a blessing string (sorry don't know the official name) from Rinpoche afterwards.
I feel especially blessed because she is practising her German with me and said 'Achtung' and 'Gesundheit' as she blessed me (Achtung doesn't just mean 'attention' it also means 'respect').
It's another of those beautiful mild sunny days and it feels like we've been living here for a long time. A lot of the world's spiritual energy seems concentrated in this spot - I especially love hearing the call to prayer of the muezzin from the mosque which often coincides with the end of my meditation and reminds me that I'm a Sufi as well as a Buddhist...
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