My thoughts returned to Tharmanay Kyaw Sayadaw unexpectedly tonight, but these thoughts have a way of appearing unbidden.

A tiny spark is usually enough to ignite the memory. The trigger today was the sound of paper sticking together while I was browsing through an old book left beside the window for too long. Humidity does that. I lingered for more time than was needed, methodically dividing each page, and in that stillness, his name reappeared unprompted.There is so

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