15 December 2010

Place of Enlightenment, Bodh Gaya

Buddha, the enlightened one, attained his enlightenment under the bodhi tree in Bodh Gaya on the eastern plains of India. This important stupa and garden was filled with monks and followers listening to one of the high Tibetan lamas. A mysterious man handed me two leaves that had fallen from the bodhi tree, fourth generation from the original, and disappeared.