It wasn't my intention to dwell on Tharmanay Kyaw Sayadaw again tonight, but that is typically how these reflections emerge.

Something small triggers it. The trigger today was the sound of paper sticking together when I reached for a weathered book placed too near the window pane. Humidity does that. I paused longer than necessary, carefully detaching the sheets individually, and in that stillness, his name reappeared unprompted.There is a peculiar quality to revered per

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