It’s as if they couldn’t get enough of him, were afraid his generosity might end, afraid he might leave. He doesn’t return their gaze, though. He smiles to himself. He knows what they don’t know, what the words passed down on palm leaves teach: that wisdom and love are one and the same; that wise love is the love that stays; and that the hand is never empty that gives everything away.
SOURCE: NYT Palm-Leaf Offerings From Ancient India
By HOLLAND COTTER
Published: August 28, 2008
