India, I love you!
Jun 28 – Jul 6, 2011 Dharamkot and McLeod Ganj, Himachal Pradesh, India Feeling India Finally, after one intense experience following another for three months [as much as I was grateful for them], I stopped and had a chance to simply be with India. Right after my pancha karma at Kayakalp, I hopped on a bus to McLeod Ganj, the current home of H.H. Dalai Lama.
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In front of His Holiness' residence in McLeod Ganj
The first time I came to H.H.'s temple, I had the opportunity to meditate to him throat-singing with the monks.....the most beautiful Tibetan chanting I've ever heard.
It so happened that I arrived on the day His Holiness was giving a 2-day teaching at his temple. In spite of the ample prophecies of everyone who heard of my intention to go to McLeod Ganj, I was able to rent a small place literally 1 minute away from the Temple! Though I did not have an official pass to the Teachings [one had to register in advance], I was still ...