Ned has been my dharma brother since we met in 1973 at the University of South Carolina in the Asian religion class where many of the later to become South Carolina Buddhists met each other. We shared a house in Boulder where he taught me all the intricacies of football so we could watch John Elway self-destruct the Denver Broncos. We walked his beloved family farm in SC together. His patient presence that never hurried and inner secret smile are the aura of his beauty I shall always remember.