Ah, country life.
This morning, on my daily post-meditation walk past the monastery, I happened to run into a young bear who was just about to cross the road to get back to the state forest. This bear seems to be a regular at KTD, especially after the pujas when the food offerings are brought outside. Anyway, I’m so used to bears at this point in the season that I didn’t even pause when I found myself a few feet from this one.
“Hello, Torma Bear,” I said casually, taking out my ear buds in case he had anything to say. “Be careful crossing the road.There are a lot of cars out today.”
I swear the bear looked both ways and gave me a nod as if to say, “I’m cool.”
Then we both went our separate ways: he into the forest, me down the hill. Oh, how I love summer!
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