by Mary | Jun 23, 2013 | quarterly
Isa Upanishad*, dating from about 200 BC , identifies Brahman with the spirit of the Sun: ‘The face of truth remains hidden behind a circle of gold. Unveil it, O God of light, that I who love the truth may see ! O life-giving Sun, offspring of the Lord of Creation,...
by Mary | Jun 23, 2013 | quarterly
“The Hindu religion is the only one of the world’s great faiths dedicated to the idea that the Cosmos itself undergoes an immense, indeed an infinite, number of deaths and rebirths…the time scales correspond to those of modern scientific cosmology. Its cycles...
by Mary | Jun 23, 2013 | quarterly
All things come out of seeming nowhere—and return again to the Unknown, even human beings. Yet this source is not a vacuum, but the infinite potential in which all is rooted, symbolized in number by zero. It is No Thing, because “things” are finite, and No Place,...
by Mary | Jun 23, 2013 | quarterly
A series of hand-painted signs dot the side of the winding mountain road that runs between the airport and the Bhutanese capital, Thimphu. Instead of commands to cut speed or check mirrors, they offer the traveler a series of life-affirming mantras. “Life is a...
by Mary | Jun 23, 2013 | quarterly
The Dalai Lama devoted the last public appearance of his Portland visit to an hourlong teaching on compassion. Speaking to about 10,000 people at Veterans Memorial Coliseum, he said the traditional Buddhist value is the key to a happy and peaceful life....
