Working Alone

• Photographer
  Taeho Shin
• Technical Info
  70mm, 1/125s, F/5.6, Iso 200
• Photo Date
  Jan 19 2023

We often ask ourselves, “Am I living rightly?” This question does not arise from the standards of others or the trends of the times, but from a voice awakening deep within. Dharma as your lamp, self as your lamp—this teaching, to light your own lamp and move toward the light of truth, is ultimately a command to become the master of your own life. The light offered by others may reveal the road for a moment, but it cannot tell you the meaning of that road. Only when you light the lamp within can you truly meet the world, and only then will that light guide you. That lamp may flicker, it may dim