[Unedited] Jane Hirshfield with Krista Tippett
On Being with Krista Tippett
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Zen Monks
When i was a child, that vision of what lies behind reality, the judeo christian, a basic set up of a divine person, never made the least bit of sense to me. So it never took. And yet, one of my few memories from childhood, which must reflect the expression on my mother's face when i said this to her, is that i suddenly turned to her and looked up and said, you know, it's a real pity we aren't catholic, because now i can never be a nun. For me, it obviously came out of nowhere. 20 years after that, i was, in fact, living in a monastery, having a life of
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