Uh....let me say that again... (Kandy, Sri Lanka)
"If all goes according to plan I will be experiencing the most holy Buddhist places one week, the mighty Himalayas the next, with the following week in Palau, then 2 weeks later - the deserts of Arabia. This no doubt will be a weird AND unnatural sensation. I'll let you know how it goes. All ahead!"
Quoted from two journals ago. I was in such a rush while at the airport lounge that I got the order of where I was going confused in that paragraph above!!
It should read like this:
If all goes according to plan I will be experiencing the underwater wonders of Palau one week, then the chaos of India, the holiest places of Buddhism (And Hinduism I'll add now), then the Himalayas in Nepal, then the deserts of Arabia. This no doubt will be a weird AND unnatural sensation. I'll let you know how it goes. All ahead!
...I'll add now that I have done further research and traveled in Sri Lanka...there are quite a few major Buddhist spots here in Sri Lanka. It is now also clear the difference between Sri Lanka and India. While India is the source of Buddhism, there are very few Buddhists there (Less than 1%), it is dominantly Hindu. Sri Lanka is mostly Buddhists. Despite the fact that the Dalai Lama bases himself in India for some parts of the year too. ...Also...though the line is gray (So I read) Nepal is more Hindu thasn Buddhism. It's Tibet - where I won't be going - that is Buddhist.
And it turns out that there are two major schools of Buddhism too spread between different countries...but that discussion is for another day. I'm sure if you look on the Internet it will be easy to learn more about it. Mahayana and Theravada. I guess somewhat like the differences between all the schools of Islam, Christianity, etc...
Going to check out the Temple of the Tooth. A Tooth from Buddha...yeah. Like the Shroud of Turin I suppose.
More soon...
Quoted from two journals ago. I was in such a rush while at the airport lounge that I got the order of where I was going confused in that paragraph above!!
It should read like this:
If all goes according to plan I will be experiencing the underwater wonders of Palau one week, then the chaos of India, the holiest places of Buddhism (And Hinduism I'll add now), then the Himalayas in Nepal, then the deserts of Arabia. This no doubt will be a weird AND unnatural sensation. I'll let you know how it goes. All ahead!
...I'll add now that I have done further research and traveled in Sri Lanka...there are quite a few major Buddhist spots here in Sri Lanka. It is now also clear the difference between Sri Lanka and India. While India is the source of Buddhism, there are very few Buddhists there (Less than 1%), it is dominantly Hindu. Sri Lanka is mostly Buddhists. Despite the fact that the Dalai Lama bases himself in India for some parts of the year too. ...Also...though the line is gray (So I read) Nepal is more Hindu thasn Buddhism. It's Tibet - where I won't be going - that is Buddhist.
And it turns out that there are two major schools of Buddhism too spread between different countries...but that discussion is for another day. I'm sure if you look on the Internet it will be easy to learn more about it. Mahayana and Theravada. I guess somewhat like the differences between all the schools of Islam, Christianity, etc...
Going to check out the Temple of the Tooth. A Tooth from Buddha...yeah. Like the Shroud of Turin I suppose.
More soon...
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