back in the uk

hi all
i am back at taraloka for a few days. read the new harry potter on the flights back. well the first 500 pages between mexico city and newark then most of the rest on the flight from newark to manchester, uk. quite enjoyed it though the very last chapter was a bit naff i thought (don't worry no plot spoilers that's it for comments).

lots i could write about mexico. as usual i am not managing very well at keeping the blog up to date. i led a couple of workshops in the buddhist centre in mexico city. one on loss and bereavement (hacia una tanatologia budista) with over a hundred participants and one on engaged buddhism (el budismo comprometido) with a mere (!) 38 attending. they both went really well. also gave a talk at the local dharma day celebrations. since i am mentioning numbers, there were almost 200 people at the dharma day celebrations. i gave a fairly simple talk about the turning of the dharmachakra - including the idea that engaged buddhism is considered by some as the 4th turning.