Pain Solutions on 88Temple Shikoku Pilgrimage
Pilgrims offer each other mutual respect born of understanding the common yearning to realise our Buddha nature. I bow my head as I pass...
A Sacred Area
Takayama is a small town in the Hida region at the base of the Japanese alps. It's surrounded by forest and mountains. Hida has been a...
Temple in the Sky
The last light of a perfect day is dropping between the mountains beyond Devprayag. I listen to the voice of River Ganga. This is the...
Separation Grief
Arriving at PONDICHERRY was a shock. The noise, the traffic but more so the focus on commercialisation. Unlike at Peedam where light...
Better Than a Rock Star
In the early morning of the last day with Sakthi Amma at Peedam, I sat in the Vishnu temple in front of the huge statue twice the size of...
Awakening
Early morning is my favourite time. At the temple everything is renewed. The past has gone there is only the present moment again. I wake...
Every Little Moment
Every moment is crammed with potency. Being in Sri Narayani Peedam means for me to be open and receptive to everything; the people, the...
We Cannot Pursue Joy
I have been reading The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. This is how they summed up finding joy. "we cannot pursue...
Steer Your Life
What will this year bring, and how will we steer it? I've been reflecting on this. And thanks to Missy Higgins this time for my quote,...