New Article in Perceptive Travel
byPlease enjoy my spankin’ fresh essay in the new issue of Perceptive Travel: Nothing to Achieve: In the Place of Enlightenment, Joshua Berman learns…
Darjeeling to Delhi (via the Buddha)
So long, and thanks for all the dahl!
byOur last few days in India rush up to us in a flurry of night trains, rickshaw haggles, and last-minute site-seeing in Agra where…
The sun softly rises: Maa Ganga awakes
byThe pre-dawn boat trip on the Ganges is an obvious once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that we do not neglect. The most difficult part is not waking…
Varanasi: Beyond words
by“Older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together.†That is how…
The Oldest City: Varanasi
byA cold, pre-dawn train – the Doon Express – carries us from Gaya to the Cantonment Station in Varanasi, where we steel ourselves for…
Sunrise in Bodhgaya
byOn the last two mornings of our meditation retreat, Tay and I broke the rules and met each other at 6:00 a.m. on the…
Traveling Mindfully: Root Institute, Bodhgaya
byThe name of the course is “Yoga and Meditation: Journey to Awareness,” and it is exactly what we were looking for, but did not…
While my sitar gently weeps
byI never did get to hear Sarmishtha play her sitar.
Map: Darjeeling to Delhi
bySince we orginally opted for a domestic flight from Delhi to Calcutta (back in August), our current westbound journey by rail and bus completes…
Tuning Out and Tuning In: The Root Institute for Wisdom Culture
byThe last Buddhist teaching I received was in Kalimpong, in the tiny “Road to Lhasa” eatery, whose Tibetan owner, Ola, espoused the Buddha’s teachings…