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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

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    Wendell Berry - Do Not Be Ashamed

- BOOK BITS -

  • Don’t Waste Suffering: Ramiro López Larroy on Opening the Doors of Liberation
    How can we use the things that give us difficulty in our lives to learn and grow, rather than avoiding them, or trying to push them away?
  • 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.


- POETRY-

  • Shaomei Yu – The Closed Door
    Chinese-American poet Shaomei Yu reflects on loss and transition with Zen-like sparseness in her poem "The Closed Door".
  • Claudia Kessel – Samsara
    In her epic "Samsara", poet Claudia Kessel leans the ancient tenants of Buddhism against the gritty reality of the 21st Century.
  • A Year of Kō: 16th Sekki
    16th Sekki poems by COLEMAN DAVIS, MADISON WILLIAMS and SHAOMEI YU
  • Bob Rama – Ascetic Aesthetics
    Translator and poet Bob Rama shines a little candlelight on ascetic renunciation in his pleasingly-titled poem "Ascetic Aesthetics".
  • Emily Tong – Girlhood Ghazal
    Using the ancient poetic form of the ghazal, Asian-American poet Emily Tong searches for home in her "Girlhood Ghazal".
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