My final week in China has started and I still have a couple of things on my list. I want to visit the Jade Buddha temple a tranquil retreat in the heart of Shanghai, established in 1882 during the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. It stands as one of the city’s most significant spiritual sites. The temple is …
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Our hotel receptionist recommended a trip to Yen Tu mountain for us. He organised a driver who took us there and picked us up again when we were done. Around an hour drive from Ha Long city we found ourselves all of a sudden in a local touristy spot, being the only foreigners we earned recognising views from the Vietnamese. …
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The last days I spent in Bali, but not south, this time I went further north to Ubud, the art capital of the island, a lot of painters, sculptors, wood carver and artists live close by. The whole area is surrounded by rice fields and a lot of temples can be seen. I went to the most important ones and was templed …
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The program I attended is called Bhava Spandana (BSP), the description sounded quite intriguing “The word Bhava literally means “sensation.” Spandana can be loosely translated as “resonance.”” or “…go beyond the limitations of body and mind and experience higher levels of consciousness.” and “…a world of unbounded love and joy.” Also in my initiation to Shambhavi Mahamudra in Berlin last September one …
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The moment I’ve been waiting for so long has arrived, in the early morning I arrive by train at Coimbatore and an advertisement with Sadhguru on it is greeting me as I disembark, on my way to the ashram some 30 km out of town in a lush forest surrounded by mountains I’ll see his face on various shops, the Isha foundation …
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Considered one of the best trails in the world – 40 years ago, still advertisements can be found today promoting the trek. In the 1980’s the construction of a road started which changed things a bit, now the road goes up to manang on 3500m. the road is the worst dirt road i’ve seen so far, big boulders, lots of …
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I made friends with Matthew a kiwi from new plymouth in lovely aotearoa, we got on quite well and took a hike up the hill to the worlds peace pagoda. Anyone interested in more info about the stupa, follow the link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanti_Stupa,_Pokhara First we got a boat to the start of the trail and managed to climb the steep hill in under …
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Every morning the holy river will be awaken by hundreds of people all along the shore, they pray, sing or play music, others take a bath in the brownish waters. So i got up at 5 to walk upstream away from the main tourist drags, its still dark outside, hardly anyone is up, still some people sleeping at the concrete …
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in hindu religion after a person dies he’s ought to be burned, for the few who can afford a burning ritual at the holiest of all rivers in the country is a must. the process follows a certain ritual and at the main burning ghat of the city “manikarnika ghat” you can see fires along the shore of the river 24/7. …
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