“The Tale of Murasaki” by Liza Dalby is an historical fiction novel based on a real Japanese writer, Lady Murasaki, who wrote the most popular book in Japanese literature. She was also a prolific poet and diary writer, and the book is based extensively on these real works. She was the daughter of a prominent [...]
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Becky’s Book Review: The Tale of Murasaki
December 16th, 2011 · No Comments
Tags: culture · Enlightenment · feminism · marriage/divorce · spirituality
Buddha & Jesus: two cool dudes
April 13th, 2010 · No Comments
PBS has released a new documentary about the Buddha’s life, complete with celebrity narration (by Richard Gere). It’s fascinating to me how people can be so intrigued by him, yet could completely miss him if he were here today… An article in the Huffington Post inquires “What Does The Buddha Have To Do With Jesus?” [...]
Tags: culture · Enlightenment · media · spirituality
Sadhguru’s Talk at TEDIndia 2009
March 30th, 2010 · No Comments
It’s a shame that TED.com hasn’t published any video or transcript from Sadhguru’s talk at TEDIndia in November. Below is the excerpted version as published by the Isha Foundation Forest Flower, and in the Isha US online newsletter: The Making of a Mystic I am generally referred to as a mystic. What is that supposed [...]
Tags: Enlightenment · human development · leadership · spirituality
Enlightenment in the Bible; or, What is Grace?
March 6th, 2010 · No Comments
“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.” (Matthew 6:22) Sadhguru says… “These two eyes are discriminatory (pointing to his eyes). They tell you what is high, what is low, what is man, what is woman, what is this, what is [...]
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