.mission-page {
            color: var(--hi-ink);
            background: var(--bg);
        }

        .mission-glance {
            position: relative;
            z-index: 2;
        }

        .mission-glance__grid {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr));
            gap: 14px;
            padding: 16px;
            border: 1px solid rgba(121, 43, 42, .12);
            border-radius: 8px;
            background: rgba(255, 252, 246, .92);
            box-shadow: 0 18px 54px rgba(63, 45, 37, .1);
        }

        .mission-glance__item {
            padding: 18px 18px 16px;
            border-radius: 8px;
            background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(244, 230, 209, .58), rgba(255, 250, 241, .92));
        }

        .mission-glance__item span {
            display: block;
            margin-bottom: 7px;
            color: #8a2f2d;
            font-size: .82rem;
            font-weight: 800;
        }

        .mission-glance__item strong {
            color: var(--hi-ink);
            font-family: var(--hi-serif);
            font-size: 1.05rem;
            line-height: 1.45;
        }

        .mission-chapter {
            position: relative;
            overflow: hidden;
            padding-block: clamp(64px, 7.5vw, 104px);
        }

        /* a quiet rhythm between chapters instead of one flat, unbroken
           stretch of identical background all the way down the page —
           the wash is drawn from the sky-to-sunrise-over-water lotus
           artwork in §sadhna-method (buddhi-vivek-yog-sadhna-original.jpg) */
        .mission-chapter:nth-of-type(even) {
            background: linear-gradient(180deg,
                rgba(205, 226, 235, .4) 0%,
                rgba(246, 227, 176, .32) 52%,
                rgba(179, 205, 222, .26) 100%);
        }

        /* a hairline between chapters that share the same background,
           so each still reads as its own beat */
        .mission-chapter + .mission-chapter {
            border-top: 1px solid rgba(121, 43, 42, .08);
        }

        .mission-chapter__grid {
            display: grid;
            grid-template-columns: minmax(0, .92fr) minmax(0, 1.08fr);
            gap: clamp(28px, 5vw, 70px);
            align-items: start;
        }

        .mission-chapter:nth-of-type(even) .mission-chapter__media {
            order: 2;
        }

        .mission-chapter__media {
            position: relative;
            margin: 0;
            overflow: hidden;
            border: 1px solid rgba(198, 148, 53, .26);
            border-radius: 8px;
            background: #fffaf1;
            box-shadow: 0 24px 60px rgba(63, 45, 37, .12);
        }

        .mission-chapter__media img {
            display: block;
            width: 100%;
            height: clamp(330px, 38vw, 520px);
            object-fit: cover;
        }

        .mission-chapter__media figcaption {
            position: absolute;
            right: 14px;
            bottom: 14px;
            left: 14px;
            padding: 10px 14px;
            border-radius: 8px;
            color: #fffaf1;
            background: rgba(41, 29, 37, .74);
            font-size: .9rem;
            font-weight: 700;
        }

        .mission-chapter__copy {
            max-width: 780px;
        }

        .mission-chapter__copy h2 {
            margin: 10px 0 18px;
            color: var(--hi-ink);
            font-family: var(--hi-serif);
            font-size: clamp(2rem, 4vw, 4rem);
            line-height: 1.16;
            letter-spacing: 0;
        }

        .mission-chapter__copy p {
            margin: 0 0 16px;
            color: #62544c;
            font-size: clamp(1.03rem, 1.34vw, 1.18rem);
            line-height: 1.9;
        }

        .mission-chapter__copy strong {
            color: #8a2f2d;
        }

        .mission-note {
            margin-top: 24px;
            padding: 22px 24px;
            border-left: 4px solid var(--hi-gold);
            border-radius: 8px;
            color: #4c3a36;
            background: rgba(255, 252, 246, .78);
            font-family: var(--hi-serif);
            font-size: clamp(1.08rem, 1.5vw, 1.3rem);
            font-weight: 700;
            line-height: 1.72;
        }

        /* the closing mantra as a cascading verse rather than one dense,
           bordered paragraph — it climaxes on its last line, echoing the
           same device used for the karma-sadhana closing verse elsewhere
           on the site */
        .mission-mantra {
            display: grid;
            gap: 10px;
            margin-top: clamp(30px, 4.5vw, 44px);
            padding-top: clamp(22px, 3vw, 30px);
            border-top: 1px solid rgba(198, 148, 53, .32);
            text-align: center;
        }

        .mission-mantra span {
            display: block;
            color: #6d5d53;
            font-family: var(--hi-serif);
            font-style: italic;
            font-weight: 600;
            font-size: clamp(1.04rem, 1.5vw, 1.24rem);
            line-height: 1.7;
        }

        .mission-mantra span:last-child {
            margin-top: 4px;
            color: var(--hi-maroon);
            font-style: normal;
            font-weight: 800;
            font-size: clamp(1.22rem, 2.1vw, 1.6rem);
        }

        .mission-closing {
            text-align: center;
            background:
                radial-gradient(circle at 50% 0%, rgba(198, 148, 53, .16), transparent 36%),
                linear-gradient(180deg, #fffaf1 0%, #f4e6d2 100%);
        }

        .mission-closing .hi-section-heading {
            max-width: 980px;
        }

        @media (max-width: 980px) {
            .mission-chapter__grid {
                grid-template-columns: 1fr;
            }

            .mission-chapter:nth-of-type(even) .mission-chapter__media {
                order: 0;
            }

            .mission-glance__grid {
                grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
            }
        }

        @media (max-width: 640px) {

            .mission-glance {
                margin-top: 0;
            }

            .mission-glance__grid {
                grid-template-columns: 1fr;
            }

            .mission-chapter__media img {
                height: 360px;
            }

            .mission-chapter__media figcaption {
                position: static;
                border-radius: 0;
            }
        }