Jesus was a Hindu
Ten Fast Facts: Rishikesh
Where: Ned Viketan Ashram, Ram Jhula, Rishikesh, Uttranchal, India
What: An intensive hatha yoga, meditation, hindu philosophy course, chilling out by the clear waters of the Ganga, meeting interesting and irritating people, learning about and experiencing ayurvedic massage and medicine
When: 24 March – 6 April 2005
With who: Solo
How: Overnight bus from hell from Delhi (don’t do it, take the train, TAKE THE TRAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Why: Spiritual seeking
Reading: Yoga and Ayurveda
Listening to: Bob Dylan, the Police, the Smiths, Swami Nick Drake
Loving: How’s the serenity!
Hating: The evangelical western convert guys found in every cafe in Rishikesh who, in the guise of conversation, sermonise to awe-struck (and seemingly struck dumb) young women – and everyone else within sufferable earshot
Tags: India
Jyai
April 1st, 2005 at 9:06 am
What an incredible country of contrasts you describe when you talk about India. Those Western converts sound insufferable; poor naive young women who don’t know how to extricate themselves from a position of pinned listener.
Hope you find serenity and wisdom.
Love,
Mum xxx