How the Pooja idea started: Shariff to Charika… My favorite place on Earth, Breitenbush Hot Springs, has burned down.The Lodge and the office seem to be the only things remaining on that side of the river. All of the...
When I told my friend, Dr. Charika Ariyaratne Marasinghe (eldest daughter of the legendary Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne) about the fires ravaging Breitenbush, she immediately organized a “Bodhi Pooja” (sacred healing ceremony) in Sri Lanka, at “Vishva Niketan”, Sarvodaya’s “Peace...
As I write this, the skies above my apartment are hazy with the smoke of raging wildfires across Oregon. Visibility is impaired – it’s hard to see even a block away. Before I drove to the store today, I...