Meditation

Tony Lupinacci

Devotional retreat 2027, Varanasi, India Varanasi Named after the Varuna and Assi rivers that frame the city. Grounded, geographic, real. Kashi “The Luminous City.” A place of light, awareness, and liberation. Banaras (Benares) The lived-in name. Earthy, cultural, woven into daily life. Three names. Place, spirit, and human experience. All encapsulated into one city. One of the world’s oldest continuously lived cities. Fire rituals burn here, day and night. The city of light and liberation Varanasi is A threshold. A place that strips you back to what’s real.