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“Quite a few years ago, I happened to visit the town of Darjeeling, which means ʻthe place of the thunderbolt or diamondʼ. Darjeeling is quite a small town situated at the eastern end of the Himalayas, in what are generally known as the foothills of the Himalayas, situated at a height of about 7 to 8,000 feet above sea level...
“And in the course of my visit, it so happened that — almost by accident — one day I found myself standing in the morning on a little spur of land somewhat down from the road, standing in front of what seemed to be a sort of three-storey pagoda-like building. And as I stood there, and as I looked, I couldnʼt help wondering what sort of building it was. It seemed rather unfamiliar. But I very quickly noticed that the door was open, so seeing this, in I went.”
Sangharakshita, Padmasambhava — Tantric Guru of Tibet (FBA111)
Tamang Gompa, Darjeeling photographed by Mahaprasara, Sheffield
