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Goodwin said she was introduced to meditation and the monks about 11 years ago while working on the first campaign of President Barack Obama. Pemarantana, 42, moved to the Pittsburgh area in 2008.

The third-century Christian monk, Chariton, built a monastery on ... I find myself drawn to the idea of solitude and meditation, the kind that one can only acquire in a place free from ...