The Importance of Living in Interesting Times

The world of the three seas, as we called them, had emerged and was in full flood. There were 300 order members by then. When he gave the talks, apparently they were just 80. A lot of American Buddhist movements were in some kind of trouble. So it became obvious to me at that conference that just because you're a spiritual movement doesn't guarantee an unending progress towards joy or enlightenment.

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