Fran suggested India and a couple of other countries beginning with the letter "I." Now we must grant that a few other countries got here first, but a visitor from India stopped by today.Here is a mantra that we learned when I took a course on Hindu wisdom from a fine Jesuit teacher.
Lead us from non-being into being,from darkness into light,
from death into deathlessness.
I still chant it by myself from time to time.
--the BB
