Sain: - My goodness, there are so many varieties of cakes in this shop. You can see these types of cakes in the Park Street Cake shops of Kolkata during Christmas time only. The little school kids are very fond of those ping-pong sized chocolate ball. See there. They are all buying those chocolate balls. Come on; let us also try it out. Excuse me! What is the cost of this chocolate ball?
Cake Shop Owner: - It is 5 bucks.
Sain: - Umm…it’s really good. But, the taste of this chocolate ball is not as sweet as Cadbury’s Dairy Milk.
Ayandeep: - It is because of the fact that the content of Cocoa is more in this chocolate ball than in a Cadbury’s Dairy Milk. Cocoa is basically not sweet in taste, but somewhat bitter.
Roy: - Hey, look at that cake. I have never seen such an amazing cake. On one side of the cake, it is Chocolate flavored, on the other side, it is vanilla flavored. In between those two flavored slabs, there is a butter-scotch creamy layer followed by an orange jelly. After that layer of orange jelly, I can see another fine layer, which is a mixed paste of dried grapes and cashew nuts. Let us buy this cake. It only costs 10 bucks.
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Debrup: - This cake was really a heavy one. The cake had so many tastes. In our school days, we used to eat ‘Double Bites’ cakes, where, there were 2 flavors. This multi-flavored cake reminded me of that cake only.
Ayandeep: - Hey guys, now it is 3.45 PM. We should go back to that Parking zone. What you people have decided? Should we go to the Law Hill?
Sain: - Omkar wants another 100 bucks, that means the expense will be 20 bucks per head. It hardly matters, boss. We will never get a second chance to visit the Law Hill of Bhutan.
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Debarjun: - We are ready to go to the Law Hill. Take these 100 bucks and start the jeep. By the way, what is there to see in the Law Hill?
Omkar: - Sir, there is a famous monastery of Bhutan on the Law Hill. The name of the monastery is Gumpha monastery. It is a very nice place to visit.
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Roy: - Really, it is a very peaceful place. I have never visited any Buddhist monastery before. I have only seen many artificial monasteries in Durga Puja ‘theme-pandals.’ Few years back, the ‘Shimla Byam Samiti’ of North Kolkata won many awards for constructing a Buddhist monastery theme pandal during Durga Puja.
Debrup: - Buddhism is a very peaceful religion. After Hinduism, I respect Buddhism only. Accha, what is written in these manuscripts? There are lots of flags in the surroundings of this Gumpha monastery. Many things are written on those flags. I can’t even read a single letter. What is that? Three big objects are rotating simultaneously and devotees are touching it and bowing their heads in front of it. I think that those have some sacred value in Buddhism. Also, look at those hanging bells. He he he…with the wind, they really produce some soothing sounds.
Ayandeep: - Who is Gumpha? There is a plate behind this monastery, where a name is written in English with the surname ‘Gumpha’. Is Gumpha a surname of a person?
Sain: - No, I think that ‘Gumpha’ is a title or an upadhi, like we have ‘Roy Bahadur’ or ‘Roy Chowdhury’ in our Bengali society.
Debarjun: - Wow, you people still have some idea about Buddhism. I don’t have any idea. Only, I know the name of one person and that is Mr. Dalai Lama.
Sain: - Arrey, boss, ‘Dalai Lama’ is not a name of any person, but a title or a concept in Buddhism. ‘Dalai Lama’ means a Buddhist person, who has immense knowledge or wisdom like the unlimited waters of Pacific Ocean. Basically, a ‘Vidya Sagar’ of Bengali Hinduism is termed as a ‘Dalai Lama’ in Buddhism. If you read the English version of ‘Tripitaka’, the scripture of Buddhism, then you will have the idea of ‘Dalai Lama’ in details. At least, Buddhist people respect and regard their learned men as God, but in Bengali Hindu society, people have forgotten to buy the ‘Barna-Parichay’ books also.
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