u/Altruistic-Sock6872

I'm from india, i recently travelled to Himachal pradesh, a region with many mountains and monasteries. I visited many places, one of them being the Dalai Lama temple. It started off as simply visiting a famous place tourists often go to, and when I came out it was so much more than that. I don't know how to put it in words, I haven't ever felt this way. Before coming to Himachal I had seen many videos on the internet showing how beautiful buddhism is, but when I stepped in that place it was so much more than just an "aesthetic" I was attracted to. I saw many child monks, older ones, and i couldn't tear my eyes off them. All of them had this energy about them, again i don't know how to explain it. Then I entered a room, the main temple part I think. Many articles were placed there, and there was a wall where the history of the temple or buddhism, I think, was written there. I go to many different religious places, usually i never stop and read the written parts, this time for some reason I did. I stopped and took my time and read it. When I stood in front of the main deity, i didn't find myself asking for happiness in the sense of a successful education or career. Rather I found myself naturally asking for inner peace, the path to enlightenment with self belief and satisfaction. It amazed me, to even think about it now. The next day I went to another monastery, just because I felt so drawn to the Dalai Lama temple.I left himachal but the sense of captivation couldn't leave me. Can anyone suggest how I can start off learning about Buddhism? And another question, back there I had seen some child monks and some older ones, performing a practice I think. They were in pairs of two, one was sitting and the other was standing, they were saying something to each other and the standing one would periodically clap their hands. Some other tourists tried to communicate with them but due to the language barrier they were unable to. Can anyone tell me what that was?

I had this guy friend for two years, we weren't like BESTFRIENDS but yes i would say we were fairly close. Close enough that none of us would rethink our messages before pressing send, could bond well in group settings or on a personal level. I wouldn't expect him to have my back in every situation but i could rely on him a lot of times for small stuff. 5 months ago he got a girlfriend, I was quite happy for him. Everything was normal for a week or two, he was posting her and stuff and even told me about her briefly. It's not like we used to chat everyday but yes once in two to four days we would chat, or often meet in social settings. Now this one random day he blocks me, I feel so taken aback, i contacted a mutual friend and asked them if they had any idea why this happened. I got to know his gf asked him to unfollow all his female friends (he didn't have a LOT to begin with) and kind of stop talking to them I guess. I know one's priority should be his gf but it felt super weird to me that I was blocked abruptly without a word, i even felt upset to a certain point. Cut to a week ago, I get a "hey" on instagram, asking me how I'm doing, I did not reply. Even in real life indirectly he tried to initiate some conversations, I got to know he broke up with his girl. I did kind of miss him as a friend but I didn't take him back, somewhere I feel guity taking in consideration he blocked me for his girlfriend which theoretically doesn't seem wrong taking their relationships pov, but I did feel upset and hurt somewhere, i still don't know what to do.