Tag: Buddhists
In the Arizona desert, Buddhists will embark on a three-year silent retreat
Duke Helfand September 6, 2009.
Print: L.A. Times
Deep in a remote desert valley, where rattlesnakes lurk in the scrub, Stéphane Dreyfus and several dozen other Buddhists are preparing to undergo a mind-altering journey. There will be no word from the outside world in the Great Retreat, only the deafening quiet of rock and cactus, with seemingly endless time to ponder the emptiness of life.







