I haven't left New York yet but will be shortly - heading to Chengdu. After I leave Hong Kong I won't be able to access this Blogger account so will instead post to the On the Road account. Last time I had some problems posting images to the account largely due to the fact I couldn't figure it out using an Ipad. I will try and post more images with the laptop. Anyway, here is the Url - http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Jeff-on-the-Road/
A few weeks ago when heading to Vancouver on Cathay they bumped me to the new Premium Class. I didn't like it. They gave me an aisle seat but in a regular row. Yes there was more leg room than usual, but, that is not the issue with tall people. It is knee space. There wasn't much. Today Cathay has upgraded me again to Premium. I declined, but they talked me into trying the front row aisle seat which they say has even more leg room without the knee space issue. The problem with tall people and flying is often the knees press against the back of the chair in front. After awhile this becomes excrutiatingly painful. In the front row of Premium there is only more leg room and then a barrier separating you from Business. I agreed to try it. We shall see. The flight to Hong Kong is a little long to be experimenting with new untried seats but there you have it - a new adventure in sitting. The food is much better in Premium based on my first experience some weeks ago. I was actually surprised by that. It was even comparable to Business Class which is very goood on Cathay.
More later......
Virupa, the Lord of Yoga, 9th century (Tibetan: bir wa pa, nal jor wang chug); foremost in magical attainments amongst the 84 mahasiddhas of India. He can appear in a number of different forms and colours. He can also appear in different contexts such as a set of lineage images, a narrative scene, the set of Eighty-four Mahasiddhas, as a Guruyoga meditation form, etc. Virupa is not unique to any one tradition of Tibetan Buddhism and therefore can be found almost anywhere. In the Sakya Tradition Virupa is typically depicted in one or all of six textually documented forms that follow the major events in his life story.
Yes, it is Asia Week again in New York City, but for those of you that have been through a few Asia Weeks, then you know it is more like two, three or four weeks in total time investment and cumulative exhaustion.
Wangdu Nyinpo is sometimes employed as a guruyoga practice based on a text that he wrote himself. He is depicted in a wrathful form with either a black hat topped with a raven or a standard Sakya hat with lappets draped across the top.
The 69th Abbot of Ngor Evam Choden Monastery, Ngagwang Yontan Gyatso (1902-1963), was believed by some to be an incarnation of Wangdu Nyingpo, as is the current Sakya Tridzin, Ngagwang Kunga (born 1941).
- Yellow Pillar
- Tiger Pillar
- Wild Yak Pillar
- Black Blood Dripping Pillar
