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Larchfire: Photography from India, Nepal and Tibet, plus quotations primarily from traditions in Yoga and Buddhism

There is a self at the core of us—what some call “Christ,” others the “Buddha nature,” and poets refer to as the immortal soul—that is simply part of the nonshifting nature of the universe. Not in any exalted way, just like the soil or sky or air. It does not fit into our everyday notions any more than the sky fits into a bed. But I steal into this better world as into a secret love, and there, as in the best of loves, I feel I am known in a way I know is true. This is who I am when nobody is looking. —Pico Iyer, <i> Yoga+ </i>
<i>L1473 Rishikesh</i>

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There is a self at the core of us—what some call “Christ,” others the “Buddha nature,” and poets refer to as the immortal soul—that is simply part of the nonshifting nature of the universe. Not in any exalted way, just like the soil or sky or air. It does not fit into our everyday notions any more than the sky fits into a bed. But I steal into this better world as into a secret love, and there, as in the best of loves, I feel I am known in a way I know is true. This is who I am when nobody is looking. —Pico Iyer, Yoga+ L1473 Rishikesh

Rishikesh Pico Iyer Yoga