Which town?

“Harmony, Good-will, Discipline, Truth. I can work with you only if you do not say a lie and are at the service of Truth. Blessings.”

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One of the divergences that already manifested in the work and its orientation concerned the immediate environment of the Matrimandir. In several instances and even before the adventure of Her town was launched, She had described this park, the most beautiful garden, which would express all around the central site of concentration all the richness, beauty, charm and plenitude of physical Nature – and this park would itself be encircled by a wall so as to preserve the silence and centered isolation of the experience. To some She entrusted the task of preparing for these gardens, setting up a nursery and planting the first trees. Yet R. in his architectural concept left no room for this presence of Nature, other than in the form of symbolic vessels such as large jars or amphorae of seasonal flowers chosen for their spiritual significances which would be

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