The book is dedicated to JETSUN DAMBA BOGDO GEGEN RINPOCHE
Why do people come to India?
Do you think to become highly spiritual?
No. Such motivation is very rare. Sometimes it happens like this:
For example, one day a man who came to the forum and called himself “Just coming in like that,” wrote:
“Well, what’s the problem? Well, I don’t want anything, so it’s the same for me. Vitamins, meat, a girl? Or bowling, fishing, meditation? Mountains, muladhara, extreme? Or hit the train a little? What should I do? We live on the sly. Vodka, appetizer. Then go hungry, for a taste, build a High-end, get into the idea, understand the dead end, eat a brand, catch cockroaches in the bathroom, fall into a cold sleep, move away, feel sorry for the Buddhists, get enough sleep, overeat, starve again. Buy new speakers. Clean the floor. Go to work, sleep there. Sell all the books, or just throw them away, leave two, put them under a computer, for ventilation, take a walk under the sky, be stunned by being, then hopelessness, and hope for death…”.
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But still, there is something in common that immediately catches the eye. Namely, this is what Indian people do everything together whenever possible. They ride in cars together, packed to the point where many different limbs remain dangling from the windows. They sleep together in one huge bed to keep warm, because our bodies are natural heaters at 36 and a half degrees. And in winter it is quite cool in India and there is no heating. They discuss all the most important intimate details of their lives together, just like they do on the TV show Dom – 2.
Seeing India for the first time, a European sometimes experiences a shock. If he or she finds himself alone among the local population, he or she will be surrounded and bombarded with stupid questions, and if he or she gets on a local transport, then it is to him that the largest number of people will sit on the seat and cling with all their bodies that they can reach. At the same time, they will not understand at all why he is not very happy about such proximity and will constantly look into his eyes, trying to penetrate deep into his white body and see what color his insides are.
And all this will be kind, sincere and at ease.
Sometimes it seems that India has no sense of time at all, or Indians don’t value it at all. One can even say this: Indians, as true sons and daughters of Bharat, live in Eternity!
It’s unimaginable, but a fact! Their horoscopes have been made for years, any meetings are delayed by at least an hour, and if you get to the Indian office of the service area, it may seem that you are trapped, worse than Moscow traffic jams. Indians, especially men, will drag their time incredibly, slowly turning around between the computer and the chair, trying to talk to you on hackneyed and irrelevant topics, asking you completely stupid questions like: “Are you married?”just to keep you around longer. Some people are also ready to give you tea and sweets endlessly.
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