Interesting fact:

Benedict Cumberbatch may depict characters known for their cold rationality, but the actor has a spiritual side. As a teen, he taught English to Tibetan monks. The experience instilled in him an appreciation for the reflective life. He said: “To feel very alive to your environment, to know what you are part of, to understand what is going on in your peripheral vision and behind you, as well as in front you. That definitely came from that (experience).”