Filmed at the Tibetan Homes Foundation. Tibetan Buddhism seems to traditionally favor mechanically-aided prayer. Each of these wheels has a core wrapped with paper inscribed thousands of times with om mani padme hum (“the jewel is in the lotus”). Spinning the wheel sends the prayers up to heaven. You might also like: No related posts.
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India Vlog: Tenzing’s Monkey Tales
Tenzing Nima, Woodstock alum, actor, and proprietor of Momotours, came over for dinner at Sharon & Steve’s, and regaled us with monkey stories. There are two types of monkeys in Mussoorie, langurs and rhesus. Langurs are beautiful, graceful, and fairly shy of people. Rhesus are very aggressive and can be dangerous. So langurs are hard to get pictures of,… Continue reading India Vlog: Tenzing’s Monkey Tales
The Great Turtle Escape
shot Apr 16, 2005, 2:25 mins music: The Animals Now that the weather’s finally getting warmer, we figured the turtles could spend time outside, so we bought some low fencing (intended to demarcate flowerbeds or something) and planted it in the garden. The enclosure didn’t need to be very high – turtles don’t jump, after… Continue reading The Great Turtle Escape
La Bottega del Maiale: A Salumeria in Lecco
This one’s for Carol & Steve, who went shopping in Boston and vlogged it. La Bottega del Maiale (“The Hog Shop”) is a small gourmet food shop in the heart of downtown Lecco (Piazza XX Settembre) specializing, obviously, in pork products, but they also have a great selection of cheeses, wines, sott’oli (preserves in oil),… Continue reading La Bottega del Maiale: A Salumeria in Lecco
Lecco Volunteer Fair
Lecco’s various volunteer organizations had a fair, and some provided entertainment. You might also like: No related posts.