The Twenty First Vision (22 June, 2025)

set in Kumbum Monastery, Qinghai, The People's Republic of China

Prayer 3: As a Gelug Tibetan Buddhist, Praying from Kumbum Monastery,

Xining, Qinghai, the People’s Republic of China

I take a step. I bend down my knees. I kneel down. I genuflect. I lay down. I rise up. I face the sun. I stand fully. I take a step.

I want to be free from suffering. I want to be liberated from hate.

I take a step. I bend down my knees. I kneel down. I genuflect. I lay down. I rise up. I face the sun. I stand fully. I take a step.

I see someone I hate and I feel angry, and this is sometimes my son or sometimes my sister or sometimes my own mother or sometimes a stranger. These are people I hate, but they are also people I love. I pray in order to forgive them.

I take a step. I bend down my knees. I kneel down. I genuflect. I lay down. I rise up. I face the sun. I stand fully. I take a step.