February 24th, 2008
Here’s the latest in internet rumors; is Barack Obama the antichrist? Apparently many think so. What’s for sure is the near hysteria he seems to leave in his wake.
For a dose of reality in an unreal world, check out Neil Kramer’s new post Crossing the Rubicon: Breaking the Fake News Trance [...]
November 2nd, 2007
Readers may know Rabindranath Tagore is near and dear to my heart. He is mentor, master, and gentle guiding spirit. Often it is his words that teach and soothe me above all others. I found the following essay, “Pagal” or “The Mad Spirit” from an earlier work Bangadarshan, which he [...]
July 4th, 2006
Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, writer, educator and composer who lived from 1861 until 1941. He won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913 with his collection of poems, “Gitanjali”. One of his songs is still the national anthem of India. He exchanged letters and ideas with many other influential [...]
May 4th, 2006
I have been reading the letters of Rabindranath Tagore, the Bengali writer/poet most famous in the West for the Nobel Prize he won in 1913 for his collection of poems Gitanjali. In May, 1933, he wrote to Mahatma Gandhi, “…In every important act of his life Buddha preached limitless love for all creatures. [...]
March 27th, 2006
“Few cross over the river.
Most are stranded on this side.
On the riverbank they run up and down.
But the wise person, following the way,
Crosses over, beyond the reach of death…”
-Teachings of the Buddha (from the Dhammapada, trans. Thomas Byrom)
The Buddha was born a prince in ancient [...]
March 21st, 2006
I have heard in my being the voice of Eternal Silence…’ -Tagore
Not many westerners know that Rabindranath Tagore, a great writer, musician and philosopher from Bengal, India, won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913 for his collection of poems, “Gitanjali“. His extraordinary life began in 1861, and before it ended in [...]
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