August 2008
Venerable Tenzin Priydarshi introduced pilgrams to some of his teachers that are still alive, giving regular teachings and leading meditations. Retreatants visited monasteries that have been active for over 1000 years. They went inside the very caves that Naropa meditated in and visited the historical sites associated with the historical Buddha including staying in a temple next to Vulture Peak. They discovered the landscape the Buddha walked through, and had a break by luxuriating in an apricot grove where mediators have become one with the lush smell for centuries.