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RPE INDIA 2019 Day 4
With an early start we travelled in to the foothills of the Himalayas to the ancient holy city of Rishkesh where some of us braved the freezing waters of Ma Ganga and cleansed ourselves before taking part in a rooftop…
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RPE INDIA 2019 Day 3
The next day saw another early start and a six hour bus ride to Haridwar, a city steeped in Hindu Mythology and located on the banks of the sacred river Ganges. The journey was long but time was not wasted…
RPE INDIA 2019 Day 2
Day 2 entailed an early start and a bus ride across the city to the Swaminarayan Akshardharm Hindu Temple complex, the third largest in the world. This was an extraordinary architectural feast spread out over many acres of land with…
RPE INDIA 2019 Day 1
We (18 RPE students and two staff) flew to New Delhi. Usual delays at customs and money exchange then bus ride in to the city. After a quick change of clothes and a snack we approached the Old city. Here…
India 2019 : Rishikesh- Spiritual Home of Counter Culture
RPE at Glos students may have the opportunity to visit Rishikesh where the Beatles stayed in the Ashram of Maharish Mahesh Yoga the founder of Transcendental Meditation. Their stay marked a turning point for the Beatles who went on to…
INDIA 2019
RPE @ Glos are in the final stages of preparing for their first field trip to India. We leave next Thursday to embark on a major tour of the religious landscape of New Delhi then on to the holy city of…
Soka Gakkai, Maidenhead
One of the students participating in this field trip commented: ’I absolutely loved the trip and found it enlightening to see a New Buddhist Movement in action and the devotion to the practices was interesting. I felt it would of…