Recently, on my continuing Buddhist pilgrimage travels, I also visited the Vietnamese city of Ho Chih Minh. I have never been here before, and like my recent trip to Hanoi, and so was interested to see what the city was like, but also visit the Buddhist temples there. This article is about my experience there… Continue reading SAIGON (HO CHIH MINH) CITY SIGHTS AND SOUNDS: Temple of Ten Thousand Buddhas, magnificent Manjushri on a lion, the Relics temple, magical river lights and lots of amazing cafes (Vietnam pilgrimage III))
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HANOI DAYS AND NIGHTS: Three ancient temples, colonial architecture, vintage art, Train Street, and the Indian Bodhi tree gift in the ‘non-stop’ traffic capital city of Vietnam (Vietnam pilgrimage II)
Recently, I had a break from travelling, for a variety of reasons, but started up again with a brief (but necessary) long weekend visit to Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. I have visited Vietnam before, the coastal city of Danang, where I saw among other Buddhist sites, the magnificent huge Mother of Compassion statue, see… Continue reading HANOI DAYS AND NIGHTS: Three ancient temples, colonial architecture, vintage art, Train Street, and the Indian Bodhi tree gift in the ‘non-stop’ traffic capital city of Vietnam (Vietnam pilgrimage II)
VISITING NO-HIGHER LAND (OG-MIN LING/FUGUO SI 福國寺) MONASTERY : 17th Century founded, ‘mother’ Karma Kagyu monastery in Lijiang, Og-Min Ling, its historical background and contemporary state (China/Tibet pilgrimage, part 8)
"Before its being built, it was reported in Chinese sources, that prior to its founding, the 6th Zhamarpa, Chokyi Wangchug, had been given the land by the Mu Naxi King after he pointed to it and said that would be a good place to build a monastery. Six Naxi disciples whom the 6th Zhamarpa had… Continue reading VISITING NO-HIGHER LAND (OG-MIN LING/FUGUO SI 福國寺) MONASTERY : 17th Century founded, ‘mother’ Karma Kagyu monastery in Lijiang, Og-Min Ling, its historical background and contemporary state (China/Tibet pilgrimage, part 8)