Renya On The Road

11/26 and 11/27 - I am visiting Evan - a spiritual brother who has traveled "around the block a few times as he puts it" --- a world traveler. I especially loved hearing about his stories of living in India. Our many hours of conversation traversed world culture, love of animals, religion, spirituality, and of course travel. Amidst the many paths of conversation, I reminisced over a photo of Jan, a deceased Buddhist nun and prior to that a Noyes Dance Camp teacher of mine from 28+ years ago.

Thank you Pauline for connecting Evan & I

It has been a wonderful sharing

~ I delivered your hug ~

Evan invited me to visit the Sedona Buddhist Stupa which I most gratefully accepted.

What is a Stupa? Sacred stupas have graced the earth for over 2,600 years. Stupas are the physical embodiment of the Buddha's enlightened mind. Their blessings are immeasurable. Their presence, extremely rare in the West. "By seeing a stupa or hearing about a stupa, remembering it, visualizing it -- any kind of connection-- will imbue you with a blessing, will connect you to enlightenment." Tulku Sangngag Rinpoche, master stupa builder of the Amitabha Stupa.

Stupas are one of the oldest forms of sacred architecture on the planet. For millennia, Buddhist practitioners have built them to promote spiritual deepening, healing, prosperity and peace. The building of the Amitabha stupa in Sedona was initiated by Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo, spiritual director of the Kunzang Palyul Cholingn Tibetan Buddhist Centers. It is graced with a bronze image of Amitabha, the Buddha of Limitless Light and it is filled with hundreds of millions of prayers for peace, sacred relics, and ritual objects. This beacon of light and virtue functions as a vortex of Enlightened Presence, radiating waves of compassion to all beings.