Experience in Nepal and India 1

Place: Nepal jagrtii

There was no electricity after 10:00 pm.  We need to go to bed at 10:00 pm.  In December,  it's very cold. I did not bring enough for sleep.  We slept on the cement floor.  i had a snow jacket and a sleeping bag.  i found out sleeping bad i bought in Taiwan was not good enough for this kind of cold weather.  Remembered, this was right under Mt. Himalaya.  Even with a mat, still it's very cold.  I got up at 2:00 a.m. every morning.  Took a cold shower.  Because we did not have light.  I lit up a candle, then, continued to take a bath.  After cold shower, i had to go to D.C. room to do meditation.  Becuase of too cold, i could not sleep.  i sat in padmasana and meditaing, there, i was waiting for other people to wake up.  This was the way to keep warm for me to survive.  No one will share with you in the cold weather.  Actually, i had other 3 roomates as trainee.  2 Indian and 1 Italian boy.  They had nothing.  Every day, we had 3 hours kiirtan.  Even after fasting day.  After morning kiirtan and meditation, we ate.  In breadfast we had bean sprout and yugart water.  After breakfast, i would bring sleeping bag to the roof.  On the roof, i started to pick out flea every day.