The Paradox of Being a Warrior Monk

"This is the paradox of what it means to be here. If we chose to say, I am a compassionate being, I won't have to do with armies and guns," he says. "The first guy with a gun that wants to do something to you is going to get away with it." The book's opening line: "Only the stars and dome, the lonely camp ... Only the desert leagues and compulsive, waterless wastes"

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