Saturday, November 3, 2012

Deer Park Institute


We loved the sight of para-gliders on our way to the institute and 3 of us have decided to do it tomorrow hoping that we will be able to convince Hiten too :-p. 


We met a few Tibetans on our way who greeted us and this is what I thought – friendly people! The walk from our Guest House to Deer Park Institute is of about 10minutes and is beautiful. 

We saw some tiny Tibetan homes, lots and lots of prayer flags & fresh lime trees.


At Deer Park we experienced our first interaction with a monk. 
Deer Park Institute is a centre for the study of classical Indian wisdom traditions' established by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche in March 2006 under the patronage of the Dalai Lama. The Institute hosts frequent guest lectures and workshops with reputed scholars and meditation teachers.
He showed us around the institute without even having to ask for. Beautiful people! We visited the Manjushri Hall of Wisdom, Tara Hall of Compassion & the beautiful monastery.
A Buddhist Monk with his prayer beads
Monastary at Deer Park Institute



Knowing about the culture at Tara Hall in Deer Park Institute

The beautiful Buddha at the monastery



Some bells 




As recommended by Rina – the lady in the office at Deer Park, we walked up towards the Garden CafĂ© – an eco friendly restaurant for a late lunch. It was almost 4.15pm. We loved the place. We ordered some veg pizza, veg grilled sandwich, some salad & a walnut cake with vanilla icecream topped with chocolate. 







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