I just got online at a dial-up cyber cafe in Kathmandu. Got to meet the group in a few minutes to take the van back to the Dzogchen Shri Singha Retreat Center in Godwari, so this will be short. Godwari is a tiny town about a 40 minute drive to downtown Kathmandu, and has no Internet cafe.
After my last post from Varanassi we visited Buddha's holy places in Kushinigar and Lumbini. That was the completion of the second phase of the pilgrimage. It was totally amazing and difficult and fun, but I'll have to write about that later.
Our group of 16 at that time caught a packed 32 seat turbo-prop from Yeti Airlines to fly from Lumbini to Kathmandu. This is like the third phase of the pilgrimage. We arrived safely and Khenpo and Kunchok had arranged an air conditioned bus to take us to the retreat center.
We visited Kathmandu yesterday to see the Boudanath Stupa... amazing. Today we visited the Thamil district and bought air tickets to Delhi for March 23. Also shopped. Gotta run for now.
About Me
- Hazlitt
- I pay my respects to the masters of the Dzogchen Lineage, especially my kind root teacher, Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche.
In the Dzogchen Lineage, we learn about the three types of Buddha:
Ground Buddha is our pure inner nature. We also call this our Buddha Nature. All sentient beings have the same Buddha Nature, which is the explanation why all beings naturally seek happiness and avoid suffering.
Path Buddha is our Dharma, our positive thinking, the cultivation of wisdom by learning, contemplating and meditating on Dharma.
Result Buddha is when our Path Buddha is merged with our Ground Buddha, when we fully realize our Buddha Nature.
The Path Buddha blog is an account of my personal experiences with Buddhism. I began it when I went on a pilgrimage to Buddha’s holy sites in India and Nepal with my teacher. I aspire to continue to write about my Buddhist experiences.
With Dharma in Mind,
Hazlitt Eiler Krog
Upasaka Bodhisattva
Pema Bhadra Dorje
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