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                                        Upasaka Greg: Pilgrimage 2010: 3/28/10 - 4/4/10
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                                        Upasaka Greg: Pilgrimage 2010. A Buddhist lay person's pilgrimage through India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Four months of history and culture. Saturday, April 3, 2010. For Intuit QuickBooks folks. An interesting add in the Sri Lanka newspaper, Ceylon Daily News. Thursday, April 1, 2010. The river Bentota Ganga separates Aluthgama from Bentota. Some of the quiet is probably that the high season is just passing and some that it is just under a year since the war ended, but I rather appreciate the rela...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Upasaka Greg: Pilgrimage 2010: 2/28/10 - 3/7/10
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                                        Upasaka Greg: Pilgrimage 2010. A Buddhist lay person's pilgrimage through India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Four months of history and culture. Wednesday, March 3, 2010. It was a fine day in India. Prajna Vihar is a charity that IMSB supports. More info is available at http:/ imsb.org/about/charityProjects.php. Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Mahaparinibanna Sutta, DN 16. Lumbini - A Buddha is Born. Bodhgaya - The Enlightenment. A longer list (Wikipedia). 
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Upasaka Greg: Pilgrimage 2010: 5/9/10 - 5/16/10
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                                        Upasaka Greg: Pilgrimage 2010. A Buddhist lay person's pilgrimage through India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Four months of history and culture. Saturday, May 15, 2010. Temples, statues and roadside shrines. Being in a Buddhist country, temples, statues and roadside shrines are everywhere, particularly in the west and south. I really like seeing the Buddha in all the villages and sometimes just out in a field by himself. Friday, May 14, 2010. Mogul Maha Vihara, Lahugala. Mahiyangana Raja Maha Vihara. 
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Upasaka Greg: Pilgrimage 2010: 3/21/10 - 3/28/10
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                                        Upasaka Greg: Pilgrimage 2010. A Buddhist lay person's pilgrimage through India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Four months of history and culture. Saturday, March 27, 2010. Colombo, Sri Lanka. I had the thought today that maybe I should get a camera. Hmmm, I'll have to contemplate that. Friday, March 26, 2010. A note to techno-geeks. Take a train, or bus, or walk. Wednesday, March 24, 2010. On blogspot with a bunch of useful info about traveling and playing in Nepal. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Bodhgaya...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Upasaka Greg: Pilgrimage 2010: 5/16/10 - 5/23/10
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                                        Upasaka Greg: Pilgrimage 2010. A Buddhist lay person's pilgrimage through India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Four months of history and culture. Saturday, May 22, 2010. Arankele is a meditation monastery. A new monastery to the front of the site has about 30 monks. This ancient cave shrine is still in use. The walkway from the cave shrine runs about 300 meters to the main monastic complex. A great place for walking meditation. A sign at the bottom of these steps says something like "WARNING! Both side...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Upasaka Greg: Pilgrimage 2010: Geek Heaven
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                                        Upasaka Greg: Pilgrimage 2010. A Buddhist lay person's pilgrimage through India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Four months of history and culture. Sunday, May 30, 2010. This very cool indoor high tech mall is six floors of many, many computer and high-tech stores. The pictures of the central area where you can see all the individual floors don't represent. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Mahaparinibanna Sutta, DN 16. Lumbini - A Buddha is Born. Bodhgaya - The Enlightenment. 
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Upasaka Greg: Pilgrimage 2010: Buddhism in Thailand
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                                        Upasaka Greg: Pilgrimage 2010. A Buddhist lay person's pilgrimage through India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Four months of history and culture. Saturday, May 29, 2010. Thailand has a population of about 65 million with 95% Theravada Buddhist. There are reportedly some 35,000 monasteries and temples in the country and 400 just in Bangkok. Of course, with a population of 12 million, Bangkok should have a lot of monasteries. A nice feature of Wat Benchamabophit was this central marble courtyard ringed w...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Upasaka Greg: Pilgrimage 2010: 3/14/10 - 3/21/10
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                                        Upasaka Greg: Pilgrimage 2010. A Buddhist lay person's pilgrimage through India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Four months of history and culture. Friday, March 19, 2010. OK, it is a very touristy place and the foreigners may outnumber the locals; but, somehow it is all OK and I am enjoying Pokhara. On the banks of Phewa Lake. And surrounded by hills. Absolutely. Oh, don't mind the yak-cow bovines grazing all around you - they aren't in a hurry either. Take six months or a year in between! Well, there i...
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Upasaka Greg: Pilgrimage 2010: 5/2/10 - 5/9/10
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                                        Upasaka Greg: Pilgrimage 2010. A Buddhist lay person's pilgrimage through India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Four months of history and culture. Sunday, May 2, 2010. Overheard from backpackers at a nearby table. You'd be surprised; we fill our day with nothing.". Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Mahaparinibanna Sutta, DN 16. Lumbini - A Buddha is Born. Bodhgaya - The Enlightenment. Sarnath - The First Discourse. A longer list (Wikipedia). Bodhgaya Retreats (The Gathering). 
                                     
                                    
                                        
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                                        Upasaka Greg: Pilgrimage 2010: Bangkok boat ride
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                                        Upasaka Greg: Pilgrimage 2010. A Buddhist lay person's pilgrimage through India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Four months of history and culture. Sunday, May 30, 2010. Bangkok has significant inland waterways and a nice boat ride through some of them provided some nice views of the city. Since the waterways are transportation routes, it makes sense that some parts have street lights and telephone lines, but it is still a little curious. I really like these trees; in person, the color is really beautiful. 
                                     
                         
                            
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