we mend what we didn’t break, 2026

ॐ नमो भागवते

सर्व दुर्गती परिशोधन राजाया तथागतया

अह्ते सम्यक सम्बुध्दाय

|| तध्था : ||

ॐ शोधने शोधने

बिशोधने बिशोधने

सर्व पाप बिशोधने

सर्व पाय बिशोधना

शुद्धे बिशुद्धे सर्व पाप बिशुद्धे

सर्वकर्मावरण बिशोधने

स्वाहा

Om, I bow to the blessed one

to the Tathagata, the sovereign purifier of all misfortune and suffering

to the fully and perfectly awakened one

thus it is declared

Om, purifier

one who purifies fully

purifying all negative actions

purifying all fear, harm, and suffering

all sins completely purified

purify all karmic obstacles

svaha

This piece of “namsangati” is a purification mantra invoking the Buddha as the one who removes suffering, misfortune, sin, fear, and karmic obstacles. My grandmother taught it to me, and I was told to chant it whenever I felt low.

This work is composed of small, separate surfaces brought together through slow, deliberate joining. Each fragment holds an image, a gesture, or a trace of belief where none compete on its own, none seeking resolution. What connects them is not narrative, but proximity. The seams remain visible, insisting that continuity is something made, not given.

Influenced by ordinary lives, the work turns towards the subtle fractures that are woven into everyday life: faith practiced without assurance, care carried across generations, voices that speak despite being unheard, guard against unseen harm, labor that accumulates only after action has ended. These panels do not form a single narrative. They coexist, joined, but not merged.

We mend what we didn’t break, speak to a condition where care, belief, and memory continue not as something to repair, but as presence, and to move forward with gentleness, carrying what still asks to be held.

Lastly, लोक समस्ता सुखिनो भवन्तु 

May all beings everywhere be happy and free.