When Rinpoche went to England in 1971, the Hippie movement, with its rejection of materialism and search for spiritual values, was at its height. It was a time of great demand for Eastern wisdom, and in fact this demand has continued to this day.
當索甲仁波切在一九七一年到達英國時，面臨的正是西方世界開始反物質、追尋精神的嬉皮式浪潮，那是一個對東方智慧亟欲需求的年代，而這樣的需求事實上延續至今。