{"id":157,"date":"2019-11-04T14:42:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T14:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindbootcamp.org\/?p=157"},"modified":"2019-11-04T14:42:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T14:42:35","slug":"2019-11-4-q2sqahgicz2balkn6joor39lwus3j4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindbootcamp.org\/?p=157","title":{"rendered":"Dharamsala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Finally out of Delhi and it\u2019s toxic air.  Landed in Dharamsala and didn\u2019t realize I would have a majestic view of the Himalayas.  Clean, pure air!<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">My taxi driver was a maniac!  Man, that was probably some of the scariest minutes of my life.  The road to Mcleod Ganj is narrow and he was speeding and overtaking like he had an emergency.  <\/p>\n<p>Kunga Guest House and Nick\u2019s Italian Kitchen look promising.  I went to the Security Office to register for the public teachings of HH.  Met two young Tibetans while in the queue \u2014 Kelsang, a very pleasant young woman from Ladakh, and Karma (what a name?!), a gorgeous young guy who came from Tibet when he was 11 years old.  <\/p>\n<p>Walked to the Dalai Lama temple and a swarm of humanity was walking in the opposite direction.  Went inside and looked around.  Still a lot of people listening to a speaker and just milling around.  I managed to remember to ask how to get a private audience with HH.  Prepared a letter and spoke with a Reception guy.  Fingers crossed.  Decided to go to Tibetan library which was in the government complex.  I am kind of amazed that they have a Supreme Court and other administrative offices \u2014 I was kind of expecting they would have something more exotic.  It was a long walk by the way.<\/p>\n<p>Then went to Illiterati Cafe.  Very cool and calm vibe.  Owner suggested The Other Space to hold my kindness event.  Beautiful space \u2014 coffee shop, art gallery and co-working space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Walked back to Kunga and I was pooped.  Hope I\u2019m not coming down with something. <\/p>\n<p>Beautiful views from the room.  Thomas Patoureaux, a French guy I connected with in my first 10 day silent retreat in Thailand is joining me on Nov 10.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">I wonder what has happened to my other friends from that retreat. <\/p>\n<p>I was even able to look at thangkas.  Should I get for my future temple? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">I was messaging with Viber groups and other friends through WhatsApp.  Good way to continue to connect.  FB deactivated but I might need to reactivate for kindness event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Quite an accomplished day I have to say.  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Landed in Dharamsala and didn\u2019t realize I would have a majestic view of the Himalayas. Clean, pure air! My taxi driver was a maniac! Man, that was probably some of the scariest minutes of my life. The road to Mcleod Ganj is narrow and he was speeding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindbootcamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindbootcamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindbootcamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindbootcamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindbootcamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mindbootcamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mindbootcamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindbootcamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mindbootcamp.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}