ALEXANDRA DAVID NEAL & HER ENLIGHTENMENT IN SIKKIM
Duration : 7 Days 6 Nights Season: Mid March to May - October to
December
Alexandra David Neal was a French Lady who visited Sikkim
in the year 1912. During the next 2 years she met with the
Gomchen of Lachen ( Rimpoche) and learnt the art of
telepathy from him. She also attempted “tumo” breathing,
the Tibetan art of generating body heat to keep warm in
freezing conditions.
We have prepared an itinerary in
which we take you to the very Cave
where Alexandra David
Neal went in Meditation for months. We can even have an
audience with the present Gomchen of Lachen ( Rimpoche)
ABOUT ALEXANDRA DAVID NEAL
Alexandra David Neel was born in Paris
on 24th October 1868. In the year 1891 she traveled for
more than a year in Ceylon and India. In 1911 she
undertook her second voyage to India and arrived in Pondicherry. By 1912 she was living in Calcutta.
When she arrived in the small Himalayan state of
Sikkim in 1912, she immediately felt at home, and
increased her knowledge of Buddhism by visiting all
important monasteries there and she also met thePrince
Sidkeong of Sikkim. She made great progress inTibetan
language and met the Gomchen (great hermit) of Lachen
monastery in North Sikkim. He was an impressive figure
wearing the five sided crown, rosary necklace of 108
pieces of human skull, an apron carved of human bone, and
a magic dagger. During the next 2 years she met with the
Gomchen of Lachen and learnt the art of telepathy from
him. She also attempted “tumo” breathing, the Tibetan art
of generating body heat to keep warm in freezing
conditions.
Day 04 : Diuthang-Cave-
Overnight Meditation Programme in the Cave
(Click on map to enlarge)
Day 05 : Cave to Phalung.
Night halt at Phalung
Day 06 :
Phalung-Thangu-Lachen
Day 07 : Lachen – Gangtok
Two
years later she met a young man
called Aphur Yongden, and a friendship which was to last a life time, he
eventually became her adopted son. They both moved to cave
hermitage in Northern Sikkim, close to the border with
Tibet, which it was forbidden to cross into. Tibet was
rarely visited by Europeans at that time, let alone
European woman. Nevertheless Alexandra and Yongden did so
twice, the result being expulsion from Sikkim in 1916.
where Alexandra David
Neal went in Meditation for months. We can even have an
audience with the present Gomchen of Lachen ( Rimpoche)
Two
years later she met a young man
called Aphur Yongden, and a friendship which was to last a life time, he
eventually became her adopted son. They both moved to cave
hermitage in Northern Sikkim, close to the border with
Tibet, which it was forbidden to cross into. Tibet was
rarely visited by Europeans at that time, let alone
European woman. Nevertheless Alexandra and Yongden did so
twice, the result being expulsion from Sikkim in 1916.
