miércoles, 14 de noviembre de 2007

incredible india, 2 - rajastan, bodh gaya, varanasi






our lovely ladies in saris in rajasthan, blending in completely, trying to find a moment of anonymity in this tiny yet crowded village that has never seen foreigners




our meditation abode, in bodh gaya, where the buddha found enlightenment -- or rather realized his buddha nature -- under a tree. this was a 6-day buddhist retreat, mostly in silence, from the tibetan buddhist tradition

playing with fire..... which one is me and which one is the master?

we spent 1 week in mcleod ganj, the tibetan's home in exile. my eyes are opened to the sacrilage of the olympics in beijing, the plight of the tibetans, the hardships they face there and the importance of quick action. soon tibet will be fall victim of chinese-ization and there will be no ethnic tibet to speak of freeing
halloween! from left to right: blue man, hindi newspaper-man, peter pan, a character from Wet Hot American Summer, a tibetan monk, a ninja, and tinkerbell.

incredible india


siobhan, weilder of words, insanely irish and has cussing curls



william, hairless with a mischevous moustache, knows what he's got and isn't afraid to show it



kevin, king of mystery, music and mahem, bringing the beat and riding the magical moment
ben, lover of trees, hugs, rocks, people, things, places, books, philosophy, and just about everything, crusader against ignorance and fighter for justice




alisha, reader of fortune, deck master, has powerful fists of fury and special cookbooks


nate, here with "mitch" the long-lost member of our group, builder of blogs and wagger of tongues
dawn, the fearless co-leader, manifester of magic, tender of trees and has the power to shoot rainbows out of her palms