I think my exposure to Buddhism happened when I was about sixteen and still in High School. I had a friend who knew some other people and one of those people happened to be an owner of a bookstore. We were able to go there, and most if his books were on Buddhism.
UK Yantra Yoga instructor John Renshaw talks about the chain of events that brought him to meet Chögyal Namkhai Norbu in the early days of the Community
What struck me the most was when Rinpoche entered and everyone stood up and there was that silence, a show of respect and devotion. That impression that I had when I saw Rinpoche for the first time remained inside me indelibly in my whole being, body, voice and mind.
