“Thanks to our Dharma path and practices, I’m going through my medical process in the most positive way possible. I’ve started painting here, inspired by our mantras. The first piece I created is for my son. I combined the Padmasambhava mantra with the Nazar Boncuğu—the protective eye symbol of Anatolia.” Bahar Nihal Ersözlü
“In the piece in the form of a hand, I wrote the mantra “Tadyatha Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha”; and in the other two, I used the mantra “Om Aa Hung Benza Guru Pema Siddhi Hung.”
Sad to say Bahar, our sister in the Sangha, died on September 9th 2025, leaving her husband Safak and her son Cosa. For two years she had been receiving treatment for leukaemia.