Green Tara perched in a nook along the stone wall.
Today I have a wish for you!
I wish I could share part of my day after an early morning, misty monsoon rain in Dharamsala, India. The birds all make their sweet noises as they flit about the moistened plants and rocks, and the sharp hawks fly over-head. Tibetans young and old, ordained and lay, make their way around the small hill that has on it’s uppermost parts the residence of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama.
The view that extends over Kangra Valley is vast and fair and for some moments a person might feel content to focus on the pleasantness of just this time, this day.
On the final part of the clockwise round there is a road, to one’s left the forest below, to the right a stone wall. It becomes increasingly green, lush with moss and plants as monsoon progresses and the Mani Stones placed there brighten as their colors are soaked with the damp. It becomes a gallery of mantra and prayer, each stone placed in faith, an offering to all.
Please come with me and take a look at what is here, so you might enjoy it there wherever you are.
Om Mani Padme Hum!
A line of prayer stones carved with the mantra “Om Mani Padme Hum” are given a place of honor and enjoyment.
Mani stone with a Butter Lamp carved and painted adds extra offerings.
A full prayer carved in Tibetan language, artistic letters based on ancient Sanskrit.
A cascade of green grasses spring from this window of stone and steel bar.
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Om Mani Padme Hum – the mantra of great compassion.
Photograph by C. J. Schake – © Copyright 2010 – all rights reserved, quality prints available on request.
Mahayana Wish 