Tango Gonpa is a monastery high on a hillside north of the Thimphu Valley.
Aksel loved the prayer wheels. He got some help spinning the huge prayer wheel.
A guardian spirit called a lu.
Even monks have to do laundry. Chop wood, carry water, is said to be one way to enlightenment.
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Anonymous said…
Enlightenment = builds character. However, it's still a bit easy to just throw laundry into washer instead of the old country's way of washing clothes by hand and the wring them through the rolling machine.
Anonymous said…
but hella hard to get the washing machine up that steep mountain path!
see http://beinbhutan.blogspot.com/2008/03/be-spiritual-be-different.html
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http://beinbhutan.blogspot.com/2008/03/be-spiritual-be-different.html