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A chaikhana is a teahouse along the legendary Silk Road pilgrimage and trading route linking China to the Middle East and Europe. It is a place of rest along the journey, a place to shake off the dust of the road, to sip tea, and to gather together to sing songs of the Divine...

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About Yoka Genkaku (Yongjia Xuanjue) Timeline (665 - 713) English version by Robert Aitken
[25] Just take hold of the source (from The Shodoka)
Just take hold of the source And never mind the branches. It is like a treasure-moon Enclosed in a beautiful emerald. Now I understand this Mani-jewel And my gain is the gain of everyone endlessly. / Photo by Ivan_M_Granger /
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