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Tag: Hinduism

Book Bits

Outer and Inner Ecologies: Activist Satish Kumar on the Importance of Seeing Our Own Divinity

November 3, 2021November 3, 2021 Vanessa Able

If we cannot see the fact of our own divinity and nurture that most immediate light, we can break down and burn out before we are able to effect any change.

Tagged Bhagavad Gita, ecology, environment, gandhi, Hinduism, pacifism, self-careLeave a comment
Daniel Simpson
Book Bits

Self-Realization – Brahman and the Absolute

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 Vanessa Able

Daniel Simpson addresses the Atman or Brahman, the 'infinite, unchanging and formless unity from which life evolved and to which it returns.'

Tagged atman, Brahman, Hindu philosophy, Hinduism, The Upanishads, truth, Unity, yogaLeave a comment
Huston Smith
Book Bits

The God of Ideas

August 31, 2020August 31, 2020 Vanessa Able

Huston Smith on how his intellect and love of ideas brought him into a closer relationship with God, in an activity known as jnana, the Indian form of yoga centered around knowledge.

Tagged bhakti, biography, Christ, Four Yogas, God, Hinduism, ideas, intellect, jnana, Karma, raja, thoughtLeave a comment
Isha Upanishad
Indian Texts, Texts

The Self is Everywhere – Isha Upanishad

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 Vanessa Able

The Isha Upanishad is concerned with the non-duality of the Self and the role of action in tune with dharma in one's life.

Tagged Action, ancient texts, dharma, Freedom, Hinduism, Karma, Meditation, non-duality, Self1 Comment

TOP POSTS

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    This is the Life: Annie Dillard Asks, Then What?
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    Joseph Fasano - Instructions for Having a Soul
  • John O'Donohue - Beannacht / Blessing
    John O'Donohue - Beannacht / Blessing
  • Barbara Kingsolver - How to Do Absolutely Nothing
    Barbara Kingsolver - How to Do Absolutely Nothing
  • Walt Whitman - O Me! O Life!
    Walt Whitman - O Me! O Life!
  • How We Live Is How We Die: Pema Chödrön on Preparing for Death Here and Now
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    The Dexterous Butcher - Zhuangzi
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    The Ground is Always Shifting - Pema Chodron

- BOOK BITS -

  • Rick Ruben
    “Expanding the Universe” – Rick Rubin on Awareness in Creativity
    What is the role of awareness in creativity and how can we cultivate it to make our world a bigger and clearer place?
  • Thich Nhat Hanh
    The First Door of Liberation: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Vision of Emptiness and Interbeing
    Rather than signifying a lack or a void, Thich Nhat Hanh took emptiness to be a state of inextricable and fundamental interconnectedness.
  • Mike Travisano – Bob’s Tattoos
    A short story on the power of three simple words and how much they can mean and embody.
  • Shunryu Suzuki
    Sharing the Feeling: Zen Teacher Shunryu Suzuki on Becoming Ourselves
    The importance of keeping an empty mind for savoring the present and expressing ourselves in our most authentic way.
  • Ray Bradbury
    Running After Loves – Ray Bradbury on Fostering Hunger in Writing
    Finding the truth of our authentic passions is the key to forming the foundations of a writing practice


- POETRY-

  • Lawrence Bridges – Trees of Ojai
    Poet Lawrence Bridges once again shows readers of The Dewdrop how Zen simplicity and awareness can be a sacred thing.
  • A Year of Kō: 7th Sekki
    7th Sekki poems by JOSEPH PALMER, FRAN SCOTT and ELLIOT DIAMOND
  • Francis Weeks – Taho Buddha
    "Taho Buddha" by poet Francis Weeks is a minimalist poem which explores a pivotal moment in Nichiren Buddhism.
  • Regina Gort-Betances – (Mother) Bear
    Regina Gort-Betances' "(Mother) Bear" is a wild and mournful study of loss and grief, written on a canvas of bone, blood, and root.
  • A Year of Kō: 6th Sekki
    6th Sekki poems by MADISON WILLIAMS, JOSEPH PALMER and COLEMAN DAVIS

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