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Obstacles

Collection

Shortcuts to Enlightenment

Creator

chilingo

Description

8/1/09 Dharamsala is home to the Tibetan government in exile, and the official residence of the Dalai Llama. The population, by my estimates, is approximately 1/3 Indian, 1/3 Tibetan exiles, and 1/3 grungy hippie travelers. As such, I've met some interesting people. I've been hanging around a group of Spanish kids I met. One of their friends is an English guy named John, who essentially speaks no Spanish. John, or "Juansito", as the Spanish kids call him, was a cook back in the UK. He has spent the last three months traveling through India, and, since recently becoming a vegetarian, is having doubts about his chosen profession. I also met a former electrical Engineer who took a leave of absence to travel, and quickly discovered he was making more money playing online poker than he was while working, so two months into his trip decided to travel indefinitely. Truly inspiring. But probably the most interesting character was Tashi (sp.?), a Buddhist monk who had previously been a contract negotiator for NASA (only for non-military projects, he was quick to point out). I spent most of my mornings in Dharamsala pestering Tashi with questions about enlightenment (to which he very kindly and patiently responded).

Traits

Artist

chilingo

Country

India

City

Dharamsala

Year

2009

Collection

Shortcuts to Enlightenment

Token

Contract: 0x5D0D...6CD7
Token ID: 12

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