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Rabindranath Tagore was born in the Bengali section of north Calcutta (nowKolkata) on May 7, 1861. He was a man of many talents: writer, poet, composer, painter, social reformer, essayist, and novelist. Tagore was awarded
“The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace”. Thích Nhất Hạnh There is much unease in the world with all the changes. Feelings of anxiety, nervousness, anger and frustration related to
Lalon Fakir’s philosophy is relevant to all ages and times. Lalon was a mystic, social reformer, songwriter, and a Baul singer in Bengal in the late 18th to early 19th century. Baul singers are wandering minstrels who originated
There are numerous books on various people’s Near-Death Experiences (NDE). Rob Gentile’s book, “Quark of Light: Near Death Experience (NDE)” is a powerful, honest, and profoundly insightful account of Rob’s NDE after a series of frightening events: heart attack, heart
Growing up in India during my childhood, I was exposed to tea, chai, early in life. I love drinking chai. There is chai for every occasion. Drinking with friends or alone. I can drink chai for no reason at all,
The idea for pilgrimage to see the Black Madonna at the Royal Monastery of Santa Maria in Guadalupe, Extremadura, Spain germinated after I interviewed Dr. Andrew Chesnut for a blog post on Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. Dr.
Apparitions of the Virgin Mary have been reported in many places, such as, (Lourdes) France, (Fatima) Portugal, Kibeho (Rwanda) and Yuzawadai Akita (Japan). Our Lady of Guadalupe is a highly revered Marianne apparition that occurred in Mexico almost 500 hundred
This post is a follow up to the last blog post, “Essential Hope”. In the last post, I discussed the phenomenal book by Jane Goodall, Douglas Abrams, and Gail Hudson’s (2021) “The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying
I recently came across a study that blew my mind. Matthew A. Killingsworth and Daniel T. Gilbert (2010), Harvard psychologists, found that participants in their study reported their “minds wandering” almost 47 percent of their waking hours. The term, “mind
During the months of September or October (depending on the Hindu calendar), Durga Puja, worship of a manifestation of the Divine Mother (“Ma” or “Devi”), is the one of the grandest Hindu festivals in West Bengal, India. New clothes, sweets,