Monday, October 24, 2016

This And That In The Here And Now




Here are some "random" photos of this and that here and there and now in the Sherabling mandala.......
                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                
First coat white washing of the unfinished Chenrezik shrine hall




Collecting pine sap for sale
Piles of old prayer flags cut down from the trees
Strolling up the road in young monkly affection



A path through the woods and the jungle of wild lantana


My uninvited volunteer companion on my 3/4 hour loop around the grounds


In and around Sansal, a nearby village, on my walk there with Tsultrim






Main building of the shedra, or monastic college at Sherabling

Here are the Sherabling monks during a 10 day drupchen or "vast" puja they held recently. This puja is said to be as efficacious as several years of solitary retreat in awakening and creating the conditions of the sacred necessary for realization, especially in this degenerate age:


2 comments:

  1. It's so good to see where you are and how you are and imaginally taste and smell flavors and textures and sights and sounds. Many things look beautiful and appealing. L'chaim, xo Nina

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  2. Glad you're with us Miss Nina. Oh!...........there you are now!

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