The Darkest Hour It is always darkest just before the Day dawneth. --Thomas Fuller We were with our sons in a boat on the Ganges in Varnasi, India when one of them took this dawn photo.

The Tibetan Book of the Dead Isn’t Just About Dying Not too long ago, I had a blog entry containing a summary of an interesting interview from a magazine. Now, I am again presenting a summary of an article from another magazine that I have also found very interesting. The form of the summary is revised excerpts from a recent article in the November 2025 issue of Lion’s Roar magazine, a Buddhist publication emphasizing Buddhism, Meditation, and Mindful Living. The subject of t