A constant flow of people circles the stupa at night.
The Jador Rinpoche believes that the teachings themselves give a marvelous range of advice. Moreover the blessing part is for everybody. They will go home stronger than they came. They will continue what they have done here: reciting mantras and prayers. But Buddhism is more that praying and wishing. It is taking one's own responsibility in one's own hands.
I turn his words in my head as I make my way to the live Tibetan concert, one of the many other social events held. As I pass the site of the old Stupa. I see the thousands of pilgrims peacefully flow around the sacred site, lit with a reddish glow from the little flames of the butter lamps. Above, thousands of tiny prayer flags sway in the breeze of the night sky.
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