Mongolia’s vast spaces and enduring nomadism clear the mind and transcend time.

A Zen monastery in California offers a sanctuary of silence in an overloaded world.

A singular friendship formed in Burma brings with it uncomfortable—yet unavoidable—truths.

Amid fire and flood, a California monastery teaches truths of impermanence and peace.

In Kyoto, patterns of sand and moss cultivate silence, serenity, and perspective.

In a Catholic hermitage, the self dissolves in communion with nature’s vastness.

A sacred Japanese mountain symbolizes mortality, longing, and transcendence.

Local walking paths feature global marvels—and new understandings of travel.