Just Finding Out: Number 1

As part of my journey, I thought it'd be interesting to look into other areas of the world where maybe I wouldn't have thought Buddhism would be all that prevalent (more to show up my lack of knowledge, and to help me learn and understand more about my journey). One such area of the world is Russia; now I know little of Russia other than that we see occasionally on the news reports (and not much of that is often a positive message!), so I was happily surprised to see the following areas mentioned on another web site that had sent representatives to meet the Dalai Lama...traditionally Buddhist Russian regions of Buryatia, Kalmykia, Tuva, as well as from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg. Oh, I am so ignorant! This journey is teaching me so much, yet the more I learn the more I realise how little I know and how much more there is to understand. I have also noticed that there have been several visits to this blog from friends in Russia; to you and all visitors, thank you and may peace be with you.