Mongolian Moon — visiting Yujie and her family in their home in Inner Mongolia, lovely temple and incredible grasslands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back to the Mountain — vibrant autumn colours, Huike’s house (Huike cut off his arm to prove he was worthy to be Bodhidharma’s disciple), seeing Bodhidharma’s cave across the valley

 

 

 

 

 

Protected by a Mountain Tiger — the new kungfu school, Master Wu Nanfang and students on an autumn mountain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Missions to be Accomplished’ (!) — finding Jingzang’s tomb on Song Mountain and visiting Bodhidharma’s tomb near Sanmenxia with the far reaches of the Himalyan foothills in view

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fortuitous Flu — no more construction (government ruling!), the villagers and mountain in harmony again, my lovely landlady and her adored little dog, the mountain serene….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the most Blessed Mountains — last meditation in beautiful Zhongyue Maio, off to Shijiazhuang in the fast train, visiting Yujie and her uncle, Professor Zhao for essential research and confirmation of my theories, Osho ever present, Rinzai’s temple

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Is it Song Mountain that Osho is referring to when he says ‘this is a most blessed mountain’?