Manaslu & Tsum Valley, Day 8 Lamagaun

 

Heaven and earth come from the same root as myself.

All things and I are one.

                                         Sêng-chao/Sõjõ

 

 

Today we stay in Lamagaun and visit Piren Phu, the Pigeon Cave, where Milarepa,

Tibet‘s most famous yogi and poet,  meditated almost 1000 years ago.  Except for

one Lama, who lives here temporarily and has been here for three years already,

the monastery is only used for ceremonies. In the afternoon, we visit Rachen

Gompa, a monastery for nuns.  Over 100 nuns live here, mostly children.

 

 

 

Dolma washing dishes with Rachen Gompa in the background (monastery)
Dolma washing dishes with Rachen Gompa in the background (monastery)

 

 

 

Walking to Piren Phu passing Chortens and Mani walls
Walking to Piren Phu passing Chortens and Mani walls

 

 

Piren Phu high up on the mountain
Piren Phu high up on the mountain

 

 

View to Rachen Gompa from Piren Phu
View to Rachen Gompa from Piren Phu

 

 

Boddhisattva Avalokiteshvara ?
Boddhisattva Avalokiteshvara ?

 

 

Vajrapani ?
Vajrapani ?

 

 

Dancing skeletons ?
Dancing skeletons ?

 

 

Prayer Wheel
Prayer Wheel

 

 

Milarepa with Khatas (traditional Tibetan white scarfs)
Milarepa with Khatas (traditional Tibetan white scarfs)

 

 

Invitation for tea by the Lama
Invitation for tea by the Lama

 

 

Living place of Lama
Living place of Lama

 

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gwwienhttps://simplyjustwalking.com
Born and raised in a village along the Danube in Austria, Traude Wild soon ventured out into the world. After a two-year program for tourism in Klesheim/Salzburg, she spent nearly a year in South Africa and Namibia. By returning back to Austria, she acquired a Master of Economics at the University of Vienna. After moving to the United States with her four children, she studied Art History at Arizona State University and stayed in the United States for fourteen years. Here, she was teaching Art History in several Universities like Webster University and University of Missouri-St. Louis. Now, she lives partially in Arizona and Vienna and works together with her husband for the University of South-Carolina, Moore School of business as Adjunct Professor organising and leading Study tours in Central Europe. She also teaches at the Sigmund Freud University in Vienna. Since 1999, she is practicing Zen meditation in the lineage of Katagiri Roshi. She loves to hike and to write and is a student of Natalie Goldberg. During her often many weeks long hikes she brings her awareness into the Here and Now, describing her experiences in an authentic way. She loves to walk pilgrimages. The longest hike so far was the 1,400 km long 88 Temple pilgrimage in Shikoku, Japan in 2016.

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