It was a brief meeting with a stranger in India, that had me face to face the Dalai Lama. In his house of residence, whilst I was travelling India. It doesn’t get much cooler than that.

I’d always wanted to meet the Dalai Lama and had written it on my bucket list. But I didn’t think it would actually happen. How could it? How would my path cross with the Dalai Lama’s? Well it did.

Listen now to hear how to go from a wild and crazy travel idea, to it actually happening…

Accidentally meeting the Dalai Lama…

This travel episode is about …

• Having a Bucket List to use as a Travel Guide (get help and exampled here)

• Wanting to meet the Dalai Lama but not knowing HOW I was going to do it

• Dalai Lama scheduled to be in London when I was in India

• Himachal Pradesh – see something different in India 

• Randomly being approached by a stranger who asked me three times “are you here for the teaching?”

• A change to his schedule

• Getting photos and passes to see the Dalai Lama

• Waiting in anticipation to see him come out of his home for the teaching 

• A wave of silence over the crowd and being in awe

• Thinking everyone’s going to be cheering – but instead pure silence

• How a 10 second decision took my travel experience to a higher level

• Having the courage to wave, yes wave at the Dalai Lama and his response

• Being surprised at the reaction of the audience on his way back to his home

• Arriving in Australia to receive a package from home that contained my bucket list and the realisation that I had met the Dalai Lama

• Yes you could go to India, but what if you went to India and met the Dalai Lama?

• Bucket List package with help, advice and ideas can be found here

Episode Links:

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Any chance meetings you’ve experienced? Let me know in the comments below…