Loaves and fishes, and a whack on the head

Prayer wheels in the center of town (McLeod Ganj)
Spinning prayer wheels in the temple
Tibetans waiting for a blessing from the lama
Sakya Gongma Rinpoche, who blessed me by tapping me on the head with a stick ;-)

The Dalai Lama finished his teachings early, so in the afternoon we were allowed to take cameras in and Sakya Gongma Rinpoche was giving blessings. The queue was huge and I wasn't intending on joining it, so was standing to one side taking photos. Then they were handing out blessing cords, so myself and another lady that i met there decided to ask for a blessing cord. We then somehow managed to land in the front of the queue for blessings without having the customery Kata to offer. It was a mad moment, which left me laughing. Needless to say, we got our blessing cords after the tap on the head. LOL!

What has fascinated me, was how when sitting at the temple for teachings, they manage to provide Tibetan bread and tea for everyone there... It kind of reminded me of the biblical story of the loaves and fishes... there always seems to be an abundance of food, no matter how many people are there...