Enlightenment

 The mandala of infinite paper making, at the Tibetan papermaking archive (Photos on this page Clark Goldsberry). The monk, in the conversation class, asked me, "Why are you studying Buddhism?" It is partly curiosity about the calmness of enlightenment, the idea of enlightenment, and now, about the resilience of Tibetan culture: what is this resilience and dedication to preserving a culture while being driven away into another country?

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 The monk who showed us all around the prayer area and explained things to us, and the monk who had visited the Khombu in Nepal.

The big fair at Dal Lake.  Trying to out throw the monks to gain merit, and like the sounding of a bell, the strike of the tennis ball says, be here.

The quite solitude of a book  the Buddha, and the friendly communiion of  milk tea and sugar crackers.