



Ate' 'a proxima...
photos by Nic at Namobuddha Buddhist monastery, Nepal - april 2000
Descriptions and impressions acquired when travelling abroad... As viagens aqui blogueadas, sao percursos fisicos e mentais, feitos fora da minha terra...









Foi no Hippie Temple que a viagem comecou. Ja' estava ha' uns dias em Kathmandu sem ter decidido quando e como haveria de seguir na proxima direccao. Entretanto, tudo 'a volta me indicava que seria algures para cima. Estava entao sentado na parte superior do templo, a contemplar a vida, a praca e as gentes, quando fui interrompido, por aquele que viria a ser o meu guia, e me perguntou: Would you like to go further?... (Queres ir mais alem?). A uma pergunta destas - pensei de imediato - nao se pode responder negativamente. Depois duma interessante conversa, sugeriu-me um intenerario que me pareceu interessante: subir uma pequenissima parte dos Himalayas, visitar o sitio onde Buda alimentou uma tigre com a carne do seu proprio corpo e ficar por la' uns dias, alojados num mosteiro Budista.
Nao resisti a esta proposta e no dia seguinte partimos com o nascer do sol. Saimos da cidade num autocarro que nos deixou numa povoacao que se estendia no sope das montanhas, Dhulikhel. Dai' tomamos outro transporte que iria subir parte do nosso caminho. Um veiculo que ha' varias decadas tinha sido um autocarro e hoje fazia o pale de todo o terreno com toda a carga, pessoas, animais e mercadorias. A nos, coube-nos uma pequenissima area do tejadilho, que compartilhavamos com outras pessoas, cabras e vegetais. 













The word kama basically means "desire," and, hence, the Kamasutra is a book that helps facilitate the fulfillment of human desires. The essential message of the Bhagavadgita is devotion - complete and unconditional devotion to God - as the principal mode of attaining salvation. In order to gain salvation, however, one must first be motivated and, therefore, behind devotion lies the impetus of desire. The urge or the yearning to unite with the divine is no less passionate and intense than the desire of two lovers to unite. Hence, Indian religious thought has always recognized the parallel between sexuality and spirituality.










UN rights investigators condemn Nepal's use of force
Thu 20 Apr 2006 12:10 PM ET
GENEVA, April 20 (Reuters) - United Nations human rights investigators on Thursday condemned "excessive and deadly use of force" by Nepal's security forces against protestors and called for the government to exercise restraint.
In a joint statement, the five special rapporteurs also asked demonstrators to act peacefully, noting some had attacked police with stones and other projectiles.
Nepali police on Thursday opened fire to block tens of thousands of pro-democracy protestors marching into Kathmandu to confront King Gyanendra, killing at least three people and wounding up to 100.
"We strongly condemn the excessive and deadly use of force by members of the security forces against protestors and innocent bystanders," the U.N. investigators said in a statement issued in Geneva.
"The law enforcement agencies have resorted to indiscriminate firing of rubber bullets -- even on occasion live ammunition -- into crowds, beatings, raids on homes and destruction of property," it said.
Women, children, journalists and lawyers were identified among the casualties -- which came as police were enforcing a strict curfew in the capital -- according to the statement.
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