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Before the 1930’s the region existed as a blank spot on Western maps. The eclectic British explorer and botanist Frank Kingdom-Ward was the first outsider to penetrate its shadowy lands. He had returned home speaking of dwarves and of a
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“Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future.”
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“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”
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“The wave does not need to die to become water. She is already water.”
― The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
― The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
― Cosmos
― Cosmos
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