Calling the earth to witness

Buddha is subduing Mara, temptation, illusion, in the old Thai city of Sukhothai.

There are so many distractions while travelling - so much for the senses to take in and discard, so much that is unfamiliar that it overwhelms.

It isn't a bad thing, then, to have so many reminders here of that still point, a way to be alive to the world without being overwhelmed by it.

Not that I'm exactly resisting all earthly temptations, myself...