yatra May 14

‘Yatra’ is a sanskrit word meaning pilgrimage. In 2010 I initiated and led the first Blue Mountains yatra, and again I will lead a one day yatra to nowhere in particular. In our everyday lives we normally make a strenuous effort to choose those experiences, people and objects that will enhances our selves. We desire pleasantness. A yatra gives you a chance to experience the world just as it is. “The Great Way is not difficult: it just avoids picking and choosing.” (third zen ancestor, Seng -T’san). It is a chance to be fully in your life, step by step, moment by moment.
The area we will walk in, Kings Tableland, is rich in Gundungurra culture and history. It is quiet and remote though accessible by two-wheel drive vehicle. It will be a day of silent meditative walking, meditation in country and some interpretation. The walk is accessible to people of middlin' levels of fitness, as it is along fire trails.


when: Sat. May 14, 2011, from 8am to approx. 5pm

Meeting place: Wentworth Falls, Stockyard carpark 8am

cost: $20 to cover basic expenses + dana


gear: Vehicles needed. Bushwalking gear for autumn. I will send a list to walkers.

Purple irises
under powerlines -
neither good nor bad

DL

BM yatra 2010