Kelly at the Pond

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6. Thanks for sharing

I wish I had my own pond.

Off subject, but I saw the Dalai Lama in Chicago recently at Loyola University. They introduced him by saying he was a friend of Thomas Merton. While waiting to speak, the Dalai Lama sat cross-legged on a small couch they set up for him, which looked so unusual. You never see speakers sitting cross-legged. Then at the end of his talk, he said how he knew Thomas Merton and Merton had said he got up at 2 am and went to bed at 7 pm in the monastery. And the Dalai Lama said he kept the same hours.

Reading some of the Dalai Lama's books, I discovered Buddhists don't believe in God. This was a little unsettling for some reason. But surely it didn't stop Merton from having a relationship and learning from the Dalai Lama.