Mythologist | Author | Speaker | Illustrator
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Not without the Goddess
The Goddess plays a key role in Indic thought, most in Hinduism, quite a bit in Buddhism and to some degree in Jainism…
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Hindu, not Homophobic
In Hinduism, God is both outside and inside, formless (nirguna) and of myriad different forms (saguna): mineral, plant, celestial body, animal, half-animal, half-human, male, female, even half-female…
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How do you tell a story like the Ramayana?
The epic is like a river. It flows where it will, resisting narrow interpretations…
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The Wheel has Many Spokes
At the center of the Indian national flag is a wheel. What does it represent?…
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The yearning for a full stop
The body will have a full stop; but does the mind? Does the mind resist the death of the body and demands freedom from this physical tyranny?…
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In the forest, a sage
There are many words for sage in India: rishi, brahmin, yogi, sadhu, siddha, yati, kavi, sant, muni, shraman, tapasvi, guru, mahant, buddha, arhat, tirthankar, jina. But they really mean very different things…
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Show me the original
All about wanting to see it written down on paper;about it being tangible…
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Yoga of the yogis
Yoga,Tantra,Jogis,Nath-Panthis and all that come in this pantheon of mysticism and power…
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Canvas of my world
My truth or your truth ?? My belief or your belief ?? No one can ever claim they know the answer to this one pertinent question…
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The transformation of the Buddha
A telling of the history of the Buddha and the different forms of Buddhism…
