dhamma musings

Hospitality ( sakkara ) is the act of being welcoming and helpful to guests ( atithi or pahunaka ), strangers ( agantuka ) and travellers (...

Even though I take a deep interest in India’s Buddhist past and have travelled widely through the country I had never heard of Sripura until...

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. And all went to be ...

Putting aside the bonds offspring have for their parents, and giving up the love he felt for his wife and child, the Lord renounced the w...

The year is coming to an end so I am clearing some of the photos I have taken in the last 12 months. In October I was in Indonesia to give s...

Here are pictures of two panels from Borobudur illustrating the famous Sasa Jataka (No.316). Four friends, a monkey, a jackal, an otter ...

Here are a few photos taken at the wonderful botanical gardens at Bogor , Indonesia . I always wondered where they get sausages from. Now I...