Vimala
Today D got a letter from a college friend who is in a monastery in Sri Lanka. The friend, whose name used to be K, now styles himself A. Vimala. I couldn't get through the letter, in his close, cramped handwriting, so D read it to me as I did my Sanskrit homework.
D has been urging Vimala to come back to "reality," e.g., a non-ascetic life in the U.S. Vimala ain't havin' it. Apparently, Vimala is half-assed about nothing. In college he was really into a girl named M and he dragged D all over town looking for the perfect rose for her. Unfortunately, she was into someone else. Now Vimala has thrown himself into the monk's life with equal zeal.
Vimala is urging D to visit him in Sri Lanka before Vimala moves on to the Himalayas, where he will meditate in isolation. Vimala went on, "Bearette is welcome to come too, though she would need to stay with the nuns and female laypeople, some of whom speak English." ??!?!?
I have to admire his single-mindedness. I also have noticed that meditation seems to be incompatible with modern busy life...that is, the more you get into meditation, the more you probably want to go to an isolated mountain setting. Or maybe they can be integrated. I don't know.
D has been urging Vimala to come back to "reality," e.g., a non-ascetic life in the U.S. Vimala ain't havin' it. Apparently, Vimala is half-assed about nothing. In college he was really into a girl named M and he dragged D all over town looking for the perfect rose for her. Unfortunately, she was into someone else. Now Vimala has thrown himself into the monk's life with equal zeal.
Vimala is urging D to visit him in Sri Lanka before Vimala moves on to the Himalayas, where he will meditate in isolation. Vimala went on, "Bearette is welcome to come too, though she would need to stay with the nuns and female laypeople, some of whom speak English." ??!?!?
I have to admire his single-mindedness. I also have noticed that meditation seems to be incompatible with modern busy life...that is, the more you get into meditation, the more you probably want to go to an isolated mountain setting. Or maybe they can be integrated. I don't know.
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Now, show me meditation in the middle of Shea Stadium on a game night. From behind home plate. That'd impress me.
Actually, that would explain a lot about the Mets' season.
--Lobo
sri lanka looks mesmerizing.
Bdogg, I know what you mean, I'd probably get sick of it after a week or so.