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On The Road From Lhasa To Gyantse
I visited India and Nepal for the first time on a Buddhist pilgrimage led by Shantum Seth in 2007. The following is from my 2008 trip to India, Nepal, and Tibet and is about Tibet.
I had a rather less than pleasant dream in which my mother was criticizing how I was dressed and making me feel humiliated, quite a talent of hers. Not something I should have in mind while in Tibet.
Not realizing that Bina didn’t reserve my return ticket is making me feel incredibly stupid. I’m sure I made it confusing by making some of the reservations myself and letting Bina make other reservations. Next time, I’m only going to one country! Keep the trip simple. Of course, knowing me, I’ll think: Gee, since I’m going to Thailand, I may as well zip over to Cambodia and see Angkor Wat. And what about visiting Borobudur in Indonesia?
Perhaps I shouldn’t be worrying — that’s a Buddhist teaching, or at least a Shantum teaching. I have a plan and will go through with it. Yeah, that sounds like something Thubten Chodron wrote about.
Now we’re in the minivan or jeep or whatever it’s called — and I told Gyantzing — he said no problem, he’ll take care of my return ticket. Whew — what a relief!
As usual, all my worry is for nothing. That seems to happen quite a bit on this trip: I have intense worry, and I do…