Baccalaureate Pico Iyer Speech 2015

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merton
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Baccalaureate Pico Iyer Speech 2015

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Hi,

Worth staying with. Talks about Leonard at start and end. Good speech.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GIYRQEXmMg

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Re: Baccalaureate Pico Iyer Speech 2015

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Thanks for posting, this would be a very good speech even without the LC references.

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Re: Baccalaureate Pico Iyer Speech 2015

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Seriously looking forward to watching/listening to this. Read an article by Pico recently, and heard a segment on him on NPR, where he spoke, as well. Have always enjoyed anything he's written/said. His perspectives on life are unique.
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Here's a video uploaded on June 26th by KrishnamurtiAndMore that contains the specific portions of Pico Iyer's speech that relate to Leonard Cohen -

Pico Iyer on Leonard Cohen's Years as a Buddhist Monk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maJXNAZAQT8
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