So, immediately after that, I got a commission to write a piece for chamber orchestra, and in working on the material I discovered it was possible to incorporate the Buddhist teachings into the music, so that's what I started to do.

So all of the music had reference, or is inspired by something of the dharma that I've come in contact with.

So okay, I accepted, and I realized while working for that concert that I'd been missing something very important and vital to me, and that something was music.

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