Category: religion
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The Nature of Ritual
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I’m not a big fan of ritual. In fact, if asked directly about my opinion of ritual, I will almost certainly say I dislike it. However, I also know that life is more complicated than that. There is a lot of ritual that I dislike. Rituals I have participated in…
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Kathmandu
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I spent about 4 days in Thamel in Kathmandu. Thamel is a neighbourhood popular with tourists. I stayed in a mixed dorm in a hostel and just hung around Thamel mostly. It took a day or two to work out how to cross roads. For the bigger ones, I still…
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Terrific Traveller, Terrible Tourist
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From quite a number of years of travelling to lots of different places (I am a very lucky bunny), I have discovered several important things about myself: I make bad decisions when I’m tired and hungry; I get travel sick some of the time (unpredictably); I love buses (despite the…
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A Buddhist Art College
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When I was walking through Kathmandu listening to a self-guided audio tour I got interrupted by a young man (Maneesh) wanting to say hi. He assured me that he wasn’t a guide and didn’t want money, he was a student and wanted to speak English. We chatted for a bit.…