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Here are summary bullet quotes from Lewis Richmond’s “The Power of a Quiet Life” (Tricycle, Summer 2025):
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“Maybe the fourth great vow of a bodhisattva should be to live a quiet life.”
→ Richmond proposes a new guiding principle centered on simplicity and stillness. -
“At seventy-seven, I no longer feel the urgency to act on every issue.”
→ Age and experience have shifted his focus from activism to contemplation. -
“The COVID lockdown felt like a monastic retreat.”
→ He reflects on how enforced stillness during the pandemic mirrored spiritual practice. -
“Stillness does not mean passivity.”
→ He clarifies that quietude can be an active, intentional stance of clarity and readiness. -
“My teacher Suzuki Roshi always said, ‘Just to be alive is enough.’”
→ A core Zen teaching that informs Richmond’s current outlook. -
“In the silence, we remember who we are.”
→ Emphasizing that solitude and quiet help reconnect with true self. -
“A quiet life is not a withdrawal but a form of engagement.”
→ He reframes quiet living as deeply participatory in a spiritual sense. -
“In Beethoven’s sonatas, I find a mirror for my own inner journey.”
→ Music becomes a contemplative companion and metaphor for his later years.
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