I created this image from watercolor and pencil in the mid 2000s as a Holiday card. It’s anti-war message is strong. I never sent it out thinking at the time, in the middle of two wars, that a message of hope would be stronger. However, I feel its message is still relevant today.

I offer this prayer for the season:

New Millennium Prayer

May all beings everywhere,

with whom we are inseparably interconnected

and who want and need the same as we do,

May all be liberated, healed, fulfilled and free.

May there be peace in this world and throughout all possible universes,

an end to war, violence, poverty, injustice and oppression

and may we all together complete the  spiritual journey.

Lama Surya Das