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Chapter One
A child of deep sensitivity
Wahigala in Matale, then the remote village of Galabodawatte in Theldeniya. He attended school and absorbed almost nothing that was taught. He could sense what people were thinking. He struggled to eat, overwhelmed by awareness of those starving elsewhere in the world.
Meditation arrived on its own, not to gain anything, but to quiet what was flooding him.
“Why do we have to learn what is taught to us? What is the purpose of living?”
