We have heard a multitude of opinions about this Chinese must see and
frankly we were worried. Nothing doing, this was one of the highlights
of my China trip if not my trip in total. You simply have to get off
the middle path, full of hordes of tourists, and see the amazing and
much quieter side palaces. Yes, basho left the middle path… What
would Buddha think?
Today we visted the famous Beijing Lama Temple and took a look at what
must be the biggest statue of Maitriea I have ever seen. 13 meters high!
Tibbetan Buddhism always slightly freaks me out as it is very unique
to the country. I can see influences of Hinduism, yoga and Chinese
mystical theory deep within it. The statues of demons eating entrails,
while standing on human bodies and also having sex are not to be
examined too closely. Connecting such things to the smiling visage of
HH the Dali Lama is not easy.
I can’t help but wonder what the Buddha himself (here relegated
amongst many Buddhas past, present and future) would make of it all.
Welcome to the new theme for Outside Context!
The old theme was getting a little technologically-long-in-the-tooth, with all sorts of troublesome customisations like a hardcoded sidebar (yuk!). This was buggering up some of our Google rankings and so it had to go!
Cesca and I looked around for the last 5 months for a good base theme with better code on which to build the latest version of OC and found it in the brilliant “Innuendo” theme from Theme Forest. We then got to work customising it to our particular tastes and here is the result.
This is a point release and there maybe problems and bugs, so – if you find one, please email me, tweet me, or leave a comment. New features will be added back as we go along, but as it stands today – we really like it!
What do you think? Comments most welcome!
Regards,
Basho
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