The days in the village continue to be filled with warmth and beauty.
I seem to find myself doing almost daily koras around the Dalai Lama temple and back garden - although i´m reserving all 108 prayer wheel spinning for "special" occasions. Please note i will do reasonable requests.
There are plenty of cows and their dirt on the path around, but it never seems to put off the series of beggars.
This woman is a regular at the top of the steep incline. The lighting is gorgeous and so is she. Having given my coins out already (Mr Toothy is still situated at the bottom of the hill), I know it´s going to cost me a Rp10 note, but as i hope you will agree, so worth it.
A special day for me to look forward to tomorrow. I am heading down with Mhue for an audience and blessing with Karmapa Lama at his monastery in nearby Sidphur for what i hope will be another Ketchup exclusive. As head of the cool Black Hatted sect of Buddhism, he is seen as an important part of the triumvirate in Tibetan Buddhism hierarchy. Not least due to the abduction of the Panchen Lama.
Mhue has met Karmapa twice before, and indeed K. met him as a toddler in Tibet. As the only High Lama accepted by both Tibetans and the Chinese government, Karmapa is very much the future of the Tibetan freedom movement. It should be special to spend time with him.
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