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

What are we—we who are drawn by divinity and held down by our selfish concerns, we who hear the call from the other shore and betray it? The movement from this shore to the other is the spiritual pilgrimage. Our life touches both shores, but out of ignorance and fear we cling to this shore which we imagine we know and where we feel secure and in control. —Ravi Ravindra, <i> Pilgrim Without Boundaries </i>
<i> L1149 Benares </i>

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What are we—we who are drawn by divinity and held down by our selfish concerns, we who hear the call from the other shore and betray it? The movement from this shore to the other is the spiritual pilgrimage. Our life touches both shores, but out of ignorance and fear we cling to this shore which we imagine we know and where we feel secure and in control. —Ravi Ravindra, Pilgrim Without Boundaries L1149 Benares

Benares Ganges tourist Ravi Ravindra