Silence is something more than just a pause; it is that enchanted place where space is cleared and time is stayed and the horizon itself expands. In silence, we often say, we can hear ourselves think; but what is truer to say is that in silence we can hear ourselves not think....In silence, we might better say, we can hear someone else think.
Pico IyerMany people would say that A Tibetan monk, even in Lhasa, may be free while the ruler of China may not be free.
Pico IyerI think Dalai Lama is always careful about stressing that people be led into the practice by somebody who knows what's going on.
Pico IyerSome people will always ground themselves very strongly in a piece of soil, a grandmother's property, a tiny plot of land, and that's great. But in the Age of Movement, there's no question that the number of people who don't - or can't - is growing exponentially.
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