Shorties#2 Lumbini temple

Next strange story happened in the same shop, same day.
After Sadeep gave me present we keep talking and i share with him my plans. That for sure I will go visit Lumbini ( where Buddha was born), Bhaktapur, Pokhara and so on. Sadeep was so kind to offer me contacts of his friend Raj who lived in Lumbini and told me that Raj will give me good discount to live in hostel. You need to know, guys, that time when I traveled I didn't have any idea about couchsurfing :))) 

Passed few weeks and I came to Lumbini. This place is the most popular among pilgrims if you are really interested in Buddhism. There Siddhartha Gautama (later known as Buddha) was born. There are many temples located near by: for monks, for female monks, for people from Korea and many other different types.

Raj was very kind man. We met and he told me "bad news" as he thought. It sounds:" Nadia, I m sorry, but yesterday i had an order for very big group and i wont have place for any other tourist from "the street". But because I have many friends in temples, one of them invites you to live there for free. Is that okay for you?" 

"Is that okay?!" Noooooo! It's awesome!!! Frankly speaking, to live in any buddhism temples, with real monks, to pray with them or just to be with 'em - it's dream of every "idiot" like me ^_^ !!! 

So two weeks i lived in temple just near by the place where Great Buddha was born. I had opportunity to meditate, pray and meet many interesting monks and people.

Photo by Flyingsoul *:) Buddha was born here!

Photo by Flyingsoul *:) This is famous tree where Buddha became enlightened