Many people use the area under the Bhodi tree to meditate and silence is encoraged. Stangely all of the silence please signs are in English and all the people who talk in this area area chatting in Hindi. This is not the same monk from the earlier photograph, but there are many around and all dressed very much the same. (well except for the the Thai monks in orange and zen monks in grey)
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25 April, 2008 at 7:32 am
thebiglife
Wow. Been reading up on your India facts. I’ve got to say they’re pretty interesting … and I might be coming to India this year. Hmmm…