Tonight, we step quietly into the open desert of the ancient Silk Road, nearly 1,300 years ago, in the height of the Tang Dynasty.

In this sleep story, a Buddhist pilgrim monk returning from years in India pauses for one perfect late-spring night at a desert oasis along the ancient Silk Road. He walks out from the sleeping camp into the open sand and watches the vast silver arc of the Milky Way — fill the sky from horizon to horizon.

The desert is still.

The oasis pool holds a mirror of stars

And the world asks nothing of him at all.

Settle in, relax, and drift gently into sleep. 😴

Chapters

00:00 Welcome

02:56 Sleep story begins

33:08 Goodnight

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