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Some interesting reflections from a Westerner doing charitable work in Sri Lanka

clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk Planting trees in Sri Lanka is good karma The Sri Maha Bodhi or sacred Bo tree in Anuradhapura is apparently taken from a cutting of the original Figus Religiosa where Buddha attained enlightenment. Louise Gray’s blog about working for a tree conservation charity in Sri Lanka It was most auspicious that after three months spent working for a tree conservation society in Sri Lanka, my last trip was to visit the country’s most famous tree. Even after 12 weeks in Sri Lanka I have struggled to understand Buddhism or at least the complex rituals around “auspicious times”. Things only really became clear after visiting the biggest stupa at night. Hundreds of pilgrims dressed in white were sleeping on the stone floor just to be close to the temples where they can meditate about this life and gain good karma for the next.