In 1968 we hade many dreams...We wanted to live that way and be free and away from money, society...
We wanted complete freedom...
We wanted to be different, true, honest, pure...
Very few of us still live the same way...My friend Remi does...one of the last true man I know...
Theodore, I wish I could follow all what you said...
Learning solitude...
Hermit life, in my way...So I must read and meditate those texts...and learn...never stop learning...
Shabkar, Tibetan Buddhist Hermit
Shabkar Tsogdruk Rangdrol, or Zabs-dkar Tshogs-drug-ran-grol (1781-1851), is called by his translator the "perfect hermit." So much was he a model hermit that contemporaries considered Shabkar the reincarnation of Milarepa, the ninth-century Tibetan Buddhist hermit and composer of songs or dohas, compositions of instruction, reflection, and inspiration.
Shabkar developed ten "benefits of living in isolated places," based on the "King of Samadhi" sutra:
one's activities will be fewer
one will be far removed from noise and distractions
one will be free from quarrels
one will be free from harm
one will not let obscuring emotions increase
one will not create causes for discord
one will always enjoy perfect tranquility
one will keep one's body, speech, and mind under control
one will live in a way that is conducive to liberation, and
one will quickly reach complete freedom.
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