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After a million years of shining
The sun doesn’t say to the earth –
‘You owe me.’
Imagine a love like this.

Hafiz

To the memory of John F.B. Miles, Jampa
from Lhasa, Khamtrul Rinpoche, and Sid-
dhimuni Shakya – four divine artists who
shone like the sun and who will always
continue to inspire me with their radiance.
And to the memory of my dear friends
Layla Norland and Geoffrey Blundell, who
died during the compilation of this text,
and to our cat ‘Dread’ who died upon the
day of its completion.