Japa Walks

Japa Walks

When devotees ask me if I’d like to go on a japa walk with them, I think, “You say japa walk, but you mean japa talk.” Their proposal is that we will walk together, preferably in a scenic, peaceful place, and both chant on our beads. What usually happens, though, is that as soon as we enter the wooded path or start our circumambulation of the temple building—we start to talk…