Tharmanay Kyaw Sayadaw resurfaced in my mind quite spontaneously this evening, yet that is often the nature of such things.

The smallest trigger can bring it back. In this instance, it was the noise of pages adhering to one another as I attempted to leaf through an ancient volume kept on a shelf too close to the window. Humidity does that. I lingered for more time than was needed, pulling the pages apart one at a time, and his name simply manifested again, quiet and unb

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