Dr. Ma Thida, a leading human rights activist who had nearly died in prison and had spent many years in solitary confinement, told me she was grateful to her jailers for the time she had had to think, for the wisdom she had gained, for the chance to hone her meditation skills.
Dr. Ma Thida, vodeća aktivistica za ljudska prava koja je skoro umrla u zatvoru i provela mnoge godine u samici, rekla mi je da je zahvalna  onima koji su je pritvorili zbog vremena koje je imala da razmišlja, zbog mudrosti koju je stekla, za šansu da usavrši svoje meditacijske vještine.