Silence in Bodhygaya

Bodhygaya, India - where the Buddha attained enlightenment, claimed to be one of the most secred places in the world. I now know what that means. The profound spiritual energy that emanates from this place is highly healing to any sort of mind or persona. If I had to choose a word to best describe this place it would be the 'silence'.

Noises are many here, yet this is the silence that all of those sounds appearing from, including your mental noises. Have a look to see for yourselves. Place to look is within and I guarantee it's always present where ever you are, what ever the time of the day. It is like writing on a blackboard. No matter what gets written on it the blackboard is always present. All noises (within and without) appear from that silence and disappears to that.

Locals here refer to it as the village, and specially from where I am staying (about 15min on bicycle), I guess it is the village to go in order to find food, Internet, post office and shops. The place is full of many devotees, spiritual seekers and monks from all walks of life. It is actually not so hard to find oneself in the middle of a deep spiritual conversation with someone you just have met while you are sitting down for dinner. Countless reasons, all personal and individual have led all these people here. It may have been out of devotion, pilgrimage, in search, or even holiday.

It is hard for me to explain exactly what Bodhygaya is. To me the mare explanation of how the place looks like or how it's people are is unacceptable, rather it is a place to feel. Yet there are no words I can find that can describe the feeling...


~Bodhygaya main stupa~


~Candle light festival~