Monks reciting practices reciting prayers. Clementon, India. Never forget how swiftly this life will be over, like a flash of summer lightning or the wave of a hand. Now that you have the opportunity to practice Dharma, do not waste a single moment on anything else, but practice with all your energy.” H.H. Dilgo Khyenste Rinpoche, The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones
A pilgrim meditating in the deer park at Sarnath, India. All pilgrimage ends with a return to the familiar world that was left behind, yet if one’s journey was successful, the old world has been irrevocably transformed. The end of pilgrimage is to envision a new beginning.