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The Spirit Of Gift
We have learned much from the native Americans, the Australian Aboriginals, the indigenous people of India (adivasis) and the Bushmen of...
Worms Are, Therefore I Am
Perhaps the reason that we do not get enough enlightenment these days is because we do not take the time to sit under a tree. To be an...
Indigenous Intelligence
My mother used to tell me a Jain story when I was a child: Adam was lost in the jungle, and there he encountered two wild elephants....
A Hero's Journey
A hero is not a special kind of person; every person is a special kind of hero when he or she is without fear. Every life is a hero's...
Beyond Good and Evil
Performing penance as a monk, experiencing ecstasy in love, engaging in evolutionary land reform, walking for world peace, being...
Going Into the Unknown
Going into the unknown world and confronting it without a penny in our pockets had meant that differences between rich and poor,...
Thousand Branches, Million Plums
As a seed is capable of becoming a tree, all human beings are also capable of realizing their own full potential. In order for the seed...
Science and Spirituality
Science without spirituality seeks to work mainly in human interest and gives birth to technologies of comfort and convenience, as well...
Fear and Love
Our lives are ruled by fear. Fear of death, fear of old age, fear of illness, fear of unemployment, fear of failure, fear of...