I loved this gallery of Taras in Bhutanese style thangkas at Mumbai’s Tasting Room, and thought it would be nice to share this with my readers. The goddess Tara is a great deity in Tibetan Buddhism and in the Mahayana tradition. I like Tara because she was an early feminist. When she attained Bodhisattva status…
Category: Beauty of Buddhism
What a Buddhist monk taught me about breakfast & meditation
Of late, some of my Instagram food posts have been getting some love . It is a good feeling as I am neither a food expert, or a home chef. In fact I don’t particularly like cooking. But I am trying hard to put my head in order . And strangely breakfast came to the…
Jentsunma Tenzin Palmo in Mumbai
It was inspiring and delightful to hear Tenzin Palmo in Mumbai thanks to Aspi Mistry at the Dharma Rain centre and the Piramals, the wonderful folk who made the Lotus Lounge, a serene, green, silent space in the heart of the city available to dhamma seekers. Jetsunma’s story is well known and documented ( check…