Tag: buddhism

• Buddham Saranam Gacchami

  

  A half-day excursion to Sarnath “Buddham Saranam Gacchami. Dhammam Saranam Gacchami. Sangham Saranam Gacchami.” (“I go to the Buddha for refuge. I go to the Dhamma for refuge. I go to the Sangha for refuge.”) We have been drawn towards Buddhism for a long time now. As we visited places like Bhutan, Ladakh & Spiti, […]

  An Ordinary Girl

  December 11, 2019

  Travel

  archaeological museum, architecture, art, artifact, ashoka chakra, asoka pillar, attract, balanced religion, beautiful, buddha, buddhism, calm, chant, chinese buddhist temple, deer park, delight, dhamek stupa, dhamma, edict, exquisite, frescoes, gautama buddha, history, huein tsang, India, legend, look within, magnitude, mangrove, mulagandha kuti vihara, peace, pilgrimage, prayer flag, pretty, sarnath, shakyamuni buddha, siddhartha, significant, spiritual, Travel, tree, wish

• The Land of Happiness – Part III

  

  We are struck by the similarity between Bhutan and Scotland. On curves, we feel we are on our way to Hogwarts. We will turn around the corner & there will be the Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft. Sigh!

  An Ordinary Girl

  September 8, 2018

  Travel

  bathpalathang airport, bhutan, buddha, buddha point, buddhism, bumthang, centenary farmer’s market, changgangkha temple, chief abbot, clock tower square, cordyceps, cypress tree, duar war, dzongkha, folk heritage museum, friday, handicrafts emporium, happiness, himalayan serow, hogwarts, hogwarts school of wizardry & witchcraft, institute for language & culture studies, institute for zorig chusum, je khenpo, kuensel phodrang, land, lock tower square, log jay gay, mini zoo, motithang takin preserve, national library, national memorial chorten, paro, paro river, phobjikha valley, punakha, punakha river, punatsangchhu cottages, scotland, semtokha dzong, sunday, ta dzong, takin, taktsang palphug monastery, terma linca, thimphu, thimphu river, third king of bhutan, trashichhoedzong, travelogue, trongsa, trongsa dzong, trongsa penlop, wangdue, wangdue dzong, yangkhil resort

• The Land of Happiness – Part II

  

  It is on the way to Punakha that the King crosses us on a bicycle, His envoy following him. While cars stop & hawkers stand up in respect, the King’s simplicity touches us…

  An Ordinary Girl

  September 1, 2018

  Travel

  bhutan, buddha, buddhism, central monastic body, chimi lhakhang, divine madman, dochu a lhakhang, dochu la, drukpa kunley, dzongkha, guru rinpoche, guru shabdrung, happiness, Himalayas, khada, kinchu monastery, king, lampaneri park, land, lobesa, mo chhu, mt. everest, mt. gangkar puensum, paro, paro airport bird’s view, paro dzong, paro taktsang, po chhu, punakha, punakha dzong, pungthang dechen phodrang dzong, rinpung dzong, rkpo green resort, spanish moss, suspension bridge, ta dzong, thangka, thunderbolt of flaming wisdom, tiger’s nest, unesco, zhiwa ling

• The Land of Happiness – Part I

  

  It has an idyllic setting; you can see the Sun rise behind the mountains, the village slowly coming to life, unpaved roads, greenery, calm & tranquil… There is nothing not to love. If there is one place you should cover in Bhutan, it is this.

  An Ordinary Girl

  August 24, 2018

  Travel

  active, bhutan, black-necked crane, buddhism, bumthang, chhu, druk air, dzong, e-permit, food, gangtey gonpa, gonpa, happy, harmony, hot stone bath, jakar dzong, jambay lhakhang, kingdom, kurjey lhakhang, lam, land, lhakhang, magic, mebar tsho, nature, phobjikha valley, snow, tradition, women employment, wow bhutan travels

• My Gangtok Chronicle – Chapter 5

  

  any sight different from the usual is worth seeing…

  An Ordinary Girl

  February 2, 2018

  Travel

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