The bowl is dark.
A lamp for the traveler
Kṣitigarbha, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow, is said to walk the roads no one else will take. This page is a small room built for that road: one lamp, one breath, one counting bead at a time.
A monk's staff in the right hand, a wish-fulfilling jewel in the left — the two marks by which Kṣitigarbha is recognised. Kṣitigarbha is the only bodhisattva shown in monk's form: no crown, no jewels, only the patched robe of an ordained wanderer.
Jizō Bosatsu, ca. 1202, by Kaikei. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Open Access (CC0).
Count a mala
One tap, one bead. The number on this page exists only in your browser and disappears when you close it — nothing is sent anywhere.
Follow the breath
Four counts in, two held, six out. A slow room for a fast day.
Sit for a while
A count that keeps itself. Start when you sit down, stop when you rise — the minutes are kept only on this device.
- Today (min)
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- All time (min)
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- Days in a row
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Stored on this device only. No account, no server, nothing sent. Clearing browser data will erase it.
Leave a wish
Write one line, then let it go. It is not sent, not stored, not shown to anyone — the words exist on this screen for a few seconds and then they are gone.
Not saved. Not sent. Nothing leaves this page.
A line for today
One passage, changing with the date.