TIBET 1 Dzongdien

'Be lamps to yourselves.

And hold fast to the Truth.'
“I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the principal source of success in life. Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace.”

At the beginning of my Tibetan expereince Dzongdien (Also called 'Shangri-la' by the Yunnan 'spin doctors'.)
is a nice town with big monastery close-by.
The old downtown is carried away in a dance spree every day from ~6:30 pm-11pm.
It's a truely wonderful and contagious spirit in the evening here, and in Dequin, and so on, everybody's dancing!!

I have a most romantic evening in the cozy yard of an art gallery - looking up the magnificent reflections of the illuminated temple and its huge prayer wheel. (actually that is the biggest prayer wheel ever as someone told me.)
Little Moon, where do you rest your restless soul now?? - Cambodia, Vietnam, Nepal, or??

Prayer wheels:

'Simply touching a prayer wheel containing 100 million Om Mani Padme Hung mantras accumulates the same merit as having recited 100 million Om Mani Padme Hungs. Turning the prayer wheel once is the same as having done many years of retreat.' Lama Zopa Rinpoche