Mero Dhangadhi

Ghandruk Village. Nepal

dutourdumonde-photography:

Swayambhunath in Kathmandu, Nepal

Love this!

jampal:

Shot in the Nagarjuna forest here in Nepal, Kathmandu

Kathmandu Valley in the evening as seen from Swayambhunath Stupa.

The Legend of Shambhala

nepal:

guchiandra asked:

“I would like to know something about Shambhalla or Shangri-la, whatever you wanna call it. I would like to know what do you think about it’s existence :) A lot of people say it’s a legend, I’m really interested in it.”

Shangri-la is a fictional place described in the novel Last Horizon by James Hilton. However, many people believe that Shangri-La is Shambhala, a mythical hidden kingdom situated somewhere in the vicinity of the Himalayas/Central Asia. This mystical land is known for representing a Buddhist “Pure Land”, untouched by the west, preserving the innermost teachings of Buddhism, inhabited by semi-perfect human-beings guarding the evolution of humanity.

In Sanskrit, Shambhala means “peaceful place”. Shabhala has been mentioned in various Hindu and Buddhist texts. The Kalachakra tantra, relating to Tantric Buddhism, along with the ancient texts of the Zhang Zhung culture mention Shambhala. In Hinduism, Shambhalla is often referred to as the birth place of Kalki, the 10th and final avatar of Vishnu. According to Hinduism, Kalki will appear at the end of the “Kaliyuga” (the present age of decline) to destroy the dark age that we currently live in. All three references to Shambhala connect in one way or another. When the world is torn apart by war and greed and the value of truth is lost, then the ruler of Shambhala will emerge to destroy all the forces of evil and bring in a new Golden Age.   

As for my opinion on the existence of Shambhala, I’m not going to completely rule out the possibility. However, I don’t have anything to prove its existence.

I shall leave you with an old Tibetan Story:
 
A young man once set off on the quest for Shambhala. After crossing many mountains, he came to the cave of an old hermit, who asked him, “Where are you going across these wastes of snow?”

“To find Shambhala,” the youth replied.

“Ah, well then, you need not travel far,” the hermit said. “The kingdom of Shambhala is in your own heart.”

yfukuoka:

【719日目】
“季節の野菜カレーとジーラライス”
カボチャ、ジャガイモ、シメジ、タケノコ？…今が旬なのかな？
ネパールらしい優しい味付け…だけど、なんだか物足りない。
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Nepali curry

bwook:

@ Himalayas # 79 -  Kidding girls.

- The last shot of the festival.

Leica MP, Summicron 50mm F/2.0

Kodak Tri-X 400

Kodak X-Tol 1:1 Development

Bhaktapur, Nepal

http://www.bangwook.com

webofgoodnews:

Nepalese eye doctor restored vision of 100,000 people

It takes Sanduk Ruit about five minutes to change someone’s life.

In that time, the Nepalese doctor can make a small incision in his patient’s eye, remove the cloudy cataract impairing her vision and replace it with an inexpensive artificial lens.

“Some of our younger surgeons even do it faster than that,” Ruit told CNN.

For many patients, it’s the first time they’ve seen in years, if not decades.

In the past 30 years, Ruit has personally restored the sight of more than 100,000 people across Asia and Africa, and taught his rapid-fire technique to countless other eye surgeons in parts of the world as isolated as North Korea.

Read more

Webofgoodnews.com

kkdas:

The Himalaya by fredMin on Flickr.