Is It Possible to Be a Secular Hermit?

Even among the most religiously motivated, there's still a core of something that can appeal to anyone. I think it's also a view of how one configures the world. A Japanese essayist from the 11th, 12th century says everything ends this way. He's observing the impermanence of the world and not attaching oneself to them or to the world.

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