Ga Ma Shar Monastery

 

This is the smallest monastery I every visited. It is situated in the heart of Lhasa old town section, near Jokhang. As you walk in, there is a man monitoring who enters. He is a nice guy and saw I was carrying an old Lonely Planet Tibet guide book. He pointed at it and I offer to let him see it. When he open the front page, somehow he recognized the Dali Lama’s signature in a forward he wrote for the book. The man became very excited and began to touch the book to his head. All though he couldn’t read a word, he was trying to sound out the type and would repeat touch the book to his head as a sign of respect and to transfer the Dali Lama’s words to his thought. It was an incredible moment. I was permitted to take a few photos but it is very small. Still worth a visit.