The following talk was given at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California.

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Okay.

So I'm going to tell you a tale about a monk.

And I want to dedicate the tale to a wonderful monk

that I met many years ago named Yusiel Ananda.

And he was the monk responsible for the Burmese temple.

Back then, back in Delhi City, eventually he moved down and built a temple

that's now just south of Haftman Bay.

Back then, the so-called temple was just a small house in Delhi City,

kind of regular looking house in Delhi City.

And when I was going to go to practice in Burma, I heard about this monk

and so I went to, I called him up and said, can I come visit you?

And he said, sure.

So I think I took some bus and walked some way into the neighborhood

and I knocked on the door and he answered the door.

And the remarkable thing about how he received me immediately felt like

I'd been his friend for decades.

We were like old friends.

The best way I could describe how he received me, he'd never met me.

And he brought me in and we sat and talked and it was the kindness and warmth

and friendship and friendliness that he offered was kind of outstanding

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