Echoes from the East

A response to Paul Solomon

Abstract

As I sit down to respond to Paul Solomon's article, I am reminded of how many jokes begin with an opening line such as "Did you hear the one about the Jew, the Catholic and the Buddhist?- except that by 1978, I was no longer a Catholic and, instead, was in training in Igatpuri with a Burmese Buddhist from Bombay, now Mumbai, who is referred to in Paul's writing. I want to acknowledge my indebtedness to this inspiring teacher, S. N. Goenka, and his lineage, in my poem: