A new dawn appears to have come to Burma. After years of stultifying inaction, thick obfuscation, an iron hand on the head, Burma is emerging from its prison walls into the sunlight. Aung San Suu Kyi, my hero – the world’s hero – prevails. Quietly, patiently, peacefully, Suu Kyi, embodying the best in us, has proven that good can outlast, outwear and overcome the negative around us.
My favorite spiritual places are those where worshippers are at home with their god and at home with themselves. Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Burma is a city in itself, a place where friends pray together, where children accompany their parents, where a monk will share space with a tourist guide, where the sorrowful find solace.
Photographs: Jeremy Lindblad
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