Spinning Prayer Wheels in the Himalayas

Discovering the meaning of “Om mani padme hum”

Photo by bradford zak on Unsplash

The heavens were colored a passionate blue and the earth below was draped in a jagged blanket of white. We were in the midst of one of the world’s most breathtaking plane flights and I lost track of time as we glided in a dream world through shimmering skies above the snow-capped Himalayas. I snapped out of my trance when our aircraft rolled to the…