July 29
The Kurukulla Tibetan Buddhist Center (Medford, MA) community and local Tibetans provided a feast of a potluck for us in the Center's serene meditation garden. Many connections and new friends were made over dinner. We are so grateful for the Center's hospitality and for the support of the local Tibetan community.
After dinner, we gathered within the Temple to get to know one another better and to share our reasons for participating in the walk. The Venerable Palden Gyatso started off the session and his message was so inspiring that he even convinced one local Tibetan youth (Tenzin Tseten) to join the walk for the entire 2 weeks (and only less than 12 hours before the first day began)! Once all the introductions were finished, we slept soundly and comfortably, but alas, not very long, as we awoke the next day at 5:45am.
