Bountiful Budha

Bodhgaya
Well Ive become a somewhat Buddhist pilgrim. So far I've traveled to the Buddhas birthplace, enlightened place, and first teaching place.

Although all were nice I found that none had the same energy as Bodhgaya. Everyday there were hundreds of people dressed in various shades of red, white, orange or, jean. People were found scattered around the main temple chanting, prostrating, or praying. You could see various groups of Buddhists, Thai's, Bangledesh..ians?, Sri Lankains, Koreans, all praying in different sections in different ways.
The city was dotted with temples of every Buddhist country. The fat Buddha laughed merrily in the Chinese temple while the humble Japanese Buddha looked like he was anorexic. It was such an interesting mix of different ways of worshipping to same man.
The best thing was the amount of giving that was going on. Almost every temple had some sort of program that was dedicated to help the poor, unhealthy, or uneducated. The Japanese temple ran a school, the Tibetan temple had a hospital, but by far the best, was the Roots foundation.