I traced it to Salinger but I'm pretty sure I've heard a first-person account of a novice monk feeling silly at first doing this but then...
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having the practice make him feel more comfortable and at home in the world, with less anxious sense of self-consciousness. Sources?
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@sarahdoingthing Never heard of that for Buddhists, but I do know it was more-or-less a rule in the small-town south. -
@FormerlyFormer I have never really experienced this but I think it's great - Philippe Rochat say something similarpic.twitter.com/tuqkMQlslM
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@simulacrumbs definitely, ideally - though I grew up in a town of 1200 and people didn't really do this :(Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@simulacrumbs my midwestern students would always be confused when they'd try to chat people up on elevators and get confused staresThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@mbrock it IS weird!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@StarryKari@sarahdoingthing Happens in my SC hometown. Are expected to at very least wave/nod at everyone - whether you know them or not.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahdoingthing@oldgrahammare to deal with those who don't say Hello, Naikan? -
@phenomemental@sarahdoingthing Very interesting...thank you.
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