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Fasting in a cloister: Soup, silence and the search for wisdom

By AGENCY
The Johannes-Schlossl cloister in Salzburg, Austria, also has a guesthouse. — Photos: dpa-tmn

Church bells. Cowbell. A rescue helicopter. Flushing toilets.

Those are the only sounds that break the silence here in Salzburg, Austria, where I am spending a week at a retreat.

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