May 04, 2007

Buddhist Pilgrims

There are aspects of Buddhism that mystified me in Bodh Gaya and Sarnath - the prostrations to the 35 imaginary Buddhas, the cheap labor of the conscripted child monks, the monastery construction boom amid the squalor of the poorest people of India - but nowhere else in this crowded country did I find the serenity that existed at the Buddhist sites.






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