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Headline India" Soul searching Dharma Tour! "

" Ladybird on a stalk ", 15th Feb,2012

The forest was a buzz with the colours of approaching spring...the birds were returning to their homing grounds,the squirrels were back to their task of gathering nuts,and there was much talk, about how the sleep of winter had fallen on each.

The Ladybirds were on their own,they had in their sleep seen another quietude.The soul a constant companion had awakened and how..It told them, " Where ever you go, whichever way you look, you will always find in me, a reflection of yourself..!"

" Dharamshala Dairy Notes..Sangeeta Gurung ", 10th Feb,2012

04th Feb, 2012..A quiet day in Dharamsala almost like a furore into my own Dharma tour with myself. The last five/six years have been rather telling..they have questioned and tested my faith in friends and kin alike. There has been much solace in the permanence of ever going change around me at Vidya Niwas, my home!

My old blossom tree, so beautiful in its sharing with my heart. We both hope for an early spring, where the little buds will, from their parental roots, bloom to tell their own tale. With them my world of sharing opinions and ideas, becomes rooted to my own piece of Paradise..I realise growth is best born with change within one's own self, rather than others around us !

Headline India" Thoughts on a note..Dairy Notes! "

" The Writing on the Wall ", 05th Feb ,2012

03rd Feb, 2012..An old parchment paper, with scribbles which could only hint of the content..we put an old cloth with a hot iron on it, lo n behold, the secrets of the dried orange ink, were legible..!

Life can, living in the mountains of Dharamsala, although not far from main city Delhi, can still sometimes be, a miss in the the mirror. Today, we were expecting a guest, a client who changed her travel plans many times..no apology, she finally gave her confirmation for 03rd Feb. The niceties of human nature and reservation on the net with credit, normally disappoints us..brings to mind that the old advise of 'sound business' and 'sound payment', should never be ignored..

While there is no denying the future of the net, for business, it is important to lay out the basics to your client before investing your time n money for giving your services ...!

Listen to the Tales of Tweety..The Sparrow..Click here !

" Buddha India ", 01st Feb ,2012

Even as the holy soul of the Meditating Buddha, saught its salvation in his last breath at Kushinagar..the birds of vision, haloed around him. The aura of the Globe was, within him.

At Lumbini, where he was born for his journey on Earth, at Bodhgaya, where the Bodhi tree nourished him with Enlightenment, it was only the birds, who in their sharing of their abode on a tree top, showed Buddha the vision of Eden.

The joy of a 'shared Universe', has no boundaries of you and me..it is simply the Song of the Lark, which soars in the heavenly Skies..!

Cooing Pigeon Trails...Click the graphic below !

" Butterfly India ", 29th Jan ,2012

A butterfly flying over Dharamsala India, in a journey to a faraway land. Should I or should I not learn, from the lessons of Buddha ?! There can be no bigger world than the one within us, which has, in it the generation of yesterday, today n tomorrow !..But, can we live a life which is purely our own ? Do not the vibrant color of the Globe, color our lives with the experience of Wisdom of the Himalayas..?!!

India" Learning from Animals, Dharamsala ! "

" Animal World ", 25th Jan ,2012

A Dharma tour should have compassion as one of its chapters. Practising kindness to all around us, starts at an early age. Children are often the mentors of progressive mankind and in their innocent play with jungle stories, show the inherent bond between Man and Animal !

India Miniguide..Animal World..Click here !

" News India Search ", 24th Jan ,2012

It was a fine day to record memories. Like the Dalai Lama teachings, old photo albums like favorite songs, never fade away from you. As startling as a news script of a Headline Dalai Lama, an outdoor encounter can trigger off so many forgotten shades of Incredible India..!

Walking Down Memory Lane..Old Album Tributes..Click here !

Headline India" Fragnance of Buddha India ! "

" Dharma Tour ", 22nd Jan ,2012

A 'Dharma' tour, whether it is a furore of the soul or a journey to another culture,should in its fragnance,have the resonance of 'Om India'!

The Call of the Divine..Goa..Click here !

India" Reflection of Love, India ! "

" Love of Taj ", 18th Jan ,2012

" Dance as though no one is watching you. Love as though you have never been hurt before. Sing as though no one can hear you. Live as though heaven is on earth..

Reflection is the ladder of the Soul..the more you love the more Your heart sings..the tune of yourself.. The further you move ahead to your goal of Life..!"

Peace

India" Dharamshala News Highs ! "

" Dharamsala !..A State of Mind ", 18th Jan ,2012

Back from the Mountains, a stray piece of India news, startling in its content..the 'OM' India chants, the blessings of the rotating prayer wheels, so much which can bring back your 'holiday' on the coffee table conversation.

An everlasting companion, trendy and buzzing on my wrist..my spiritual guide to Nirwana..My prayer beads.. " Travel Pen Memoir"!!

"Dharma Tour! ", 17th Jan ,2012

On a Dharma tour, yoga and meditation as your companion, it is good to let the spiritual energy rebound inside you, by what you eat and by what you do..much after the trip is over..!

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Headline India" Meditating Highs ! "

"OM..OM..! ", 14th Jan ,2012

What could be more eye striking than a Headline Dalai Lama, in Dharamshala news !..or, a Lokpal Bill India, which even while it is being born, gallops to its place in News India Headlines.

Years ago we had a twin surge of trying to be aquarium lovers, while learning to fish in strange waters..our first experience in the highs of meditating in the mountains. No one anticipated the kind of madness which gripped us, taking us all the way to Delhi for discovering new home fishes..in the end our Aquarium was left with two gold fishes, the leftover of survival amongst many territorial creatures in the fish pond.

Till today we are left with the memories of what these fishes could teach us, on living with fighting rivals. Like I said, the philosophy of 'Om India' is truely universal..!!

" The Peace of a Shrine! ", 12th Jan ,2012

It was the birth of enlightment in Lumbini,where Buddha was born, Bodhgaya saw the Holy Bodhi Tree blessing the Buddha India,while Sarnath blossomed in the harvest of his Holy Teachings.

..Any sacred journey,any holy encounter,like a meditating monk, deep in the Mandala of his thoughts, seeks for an awakening of the Soul.

Headline India" Snow Meltdown, Vidya Niwas, 08th Jan,2012 ! "

" Dharamsala! Dharamshala News! ", 11th Jan ,2012

In its 'change', Nature transforms itself to adapt to the needs of mankind ! Mother Earth in all her seasons gives to our children, the Spirit of a moving Calendar..which waits for no one.

07th January, 2012..snowflakes on the window..first time visit of snow after many years in some of the regions of Dharamsala..

08th January, 2012..we wanted to capture the essence of melting snow on a clear road at Vidya Niwas, with the backdrop of the snow mountains.

Awesome ! the only word to describe what 'moving on' can mean in life...!!

Dalai Lama Dharamsala Miniguide.."The wine of all seasons"..Click here !

" Dharamsala! Dharamshala News! ", 07th Jan ,2012

..In the mountains there are few instances, when the news buzz can be more striking than a headline Dalai Lama ! For something to happen in a hundred years in a jiffy of a moment, is indeed worth penning down. The snow which normally blesses only, the high reaches of Dharamsala and Mcleodganj, was suddenly knocking at our doorstep.

It was an occasion, a first for us at Vidya Niwas and brought with it, a sudden surge of spring madness..!

The snow enveloped the entire valley in a sheath of forgotten father frost and ice princess tales..like the Dalai Lama teachings which cannot be forgotten for along time, this too had its shades of Eternity.

I will, one day, tell you about it all, but this is about the adventures of our lost dog, Bobo who decided to step out on a snow trail..!

..Click the Graphic below to follow the adventure of Bobo, our petdog..!!

Headline India" Dalai Lama Teachings.."I promise to be a better Listener, 2012 ! "

" Buddha 2000 AD Brochure program, 2012! ", 05th Jan ,2012

The Buddha as he looked up to the skies, for his enlightenment, it was here, on this humble earth that the sacred Bodhi tree with its nourishment, showed him the divine path !

In Bodhgaya (Bihar), this holy seat today,resounds with the drums of the 'Kalachakra Prayers'. Many years ago, at Sarnath near Varanasi (UP)..the Buddha born in Lumbini (Nepal) gave his first sermon. He took his last journey at Kushinagar (UP), but even as he breathed his last, this humble earth which once had nourished him,.. today is alive with his 'bodhisattva teachings' !!

For the Journey of the Bodhisatva Buddha, India..Click Here !

" Water Flavors..Postcard India ! ", 03rd Jan ,2012

..Even as the waterbird shooting sprees ended in a lot of pandemonium in the house, there was still something to take back from our young days of boating in Narora in Aligarh(UP), where my father was posted.

For a long time I thought, they were small green space ships from a Flash Gordon comic..come down to Earth for some India news ! As stoic as the peace of Buddha India, were the flavors on our tonque which still linger in our memories.

Eurasian Water Chestnuts (Singara), green sheets of vegetation growing in water pools, along with the pure and enlightened Lotus at a distance..were an excellent accompaniment to roast duck ! Grilled on an old Kadai with a generous sprinkle of old Sherry wine and white pepper, it was a picture postcard of India which I still share with my kids at home.

India Miniguide Mystic Moments..Click here !

Headline India" Looking Ahead, 2012 ! "

" The God of Self ! ", 01st Jan ,2012

Even as the Lokpal Bill (India) in all its complexity, straddled its struggle onwards, in the corridors of power, one cannot but see what defined it the most ! 2011, in its ending chapter, like a much awaited Dharma Tour, left us questioning the hindsight of wisdom, knocking..knocking..?! The 'self' even in the universality of the society surrounding it, must always come first.

Our Spiritually Energizing Holidays took their own turn wherein, our guests participated, in the actual making of a holiday program..Many suggested that we in our table chat, were offering pearls of wisdom which came only by years of experience on the plate!..Many wanted the secret recipe of living a life which even, while hovering on expectation, could still introduce a heaven on earth, in what we could offer in terms of personal bliss !

" We wish our valuable Surfers and Guests a "VERY HAPPY 2012 !" 'Dharma Cat say', " May Buddha show you the Power of a Smile " !!

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