The Monk

(the travels of Tenzin continues…) I have now rested for a few days here in Pokhara. Walking is hard on the feet and legs, especially when walking long distances. My feet are hardened, but muscles are not used to walking many days in a row. Since you might have read, my aunt told me I [...]

Today, I would like to meditate about the topic of ”helping people in need”. It is a very complicated topic, and I am sure many of you have wrestled with this topic. There is a person in front of you. You can help this person, but chose not to. Did you do wrong? No, you [...]

It is believed that Buddha was born and lived in Lumbini, Nepal. This is a place to which many buddhists pilgrim. I have done the same, and walked for five days from Pokhara to Lumbini. My goal was to sit down in Lumbini, and meditate what to do with my future. Grandmaster Xi set me out [...]

Yesterday I did not have time to write about my meditations about the feeling of missing someone. I missed my grandmaster Xi very much yesterday, so I wanted to reflect on this. Grandmaster Xi has been everything to me. Father, grandfather, friend, teacher. I think he is the most wonderful person in the world. Very [...]

I just arrived in Tansen, Palpa. It is a lively village/city over a large area. People have been extremely friendly, and there is something special about this place. Very harmonic. I am very tired. It has been much up and down road!

Have walked all day, and I am now south of Waling. There is a little river here. Looks to be sometimes dry, sometimes flooded. Will, write about my meditations about the feeling of missing someone, soon. I do miss grandmaster Xi and the others at the monastery. Again, this is not my photo. I do [...]

When I am on the road, it becomes more clear to me that looks and appearance is interprated differently by different people. Some wear much make-up, some wear none. Some wear only new new clothes, some never buy new clothes. And I think about things like fashion and other things related to looks. My experience [...]

The old man will see something like this tonight. I think it makes up for the lonely times he might have there every now and then. But still, he is old. I would not recommend young people to become montain-climbing-sunset-watching-hermits! At least not full time.  

No, I am not talking about myself! At the top, I met a man who kindof looked like a monk. He had a bowl and some visitors gave him food. I asked him if he was a monk and he said: ”I am just a man at this hill”. It turned out that he lived [...]

Today I have been a tourist in my own country! I have walked around the city of Pokhara, visiting many houses and saying hello to people. It really is a wonderful city. Its up and down, mountains and lakes. Everything you can imagine. I also saw some tibetan camps just outside the city, which I [...]