A Physics of Peace

Middle Way Buddhism describes a dynamic synergy between its primary pillars of thought: emptiness and compassion. When we understand and experience our deepest, fundamental nature as empty and as interdependent intersections in this vast web of the universe, a natural tendency for compassionate action arises.

Reimagining the Arts in a Material(ist) World

Do we live actually in a dualistic world, a world of matter and spirit,  mind and body? To treat matter as separate already makes it so. Matter,  as we know it, is the matter of materialism (egotism, dualism). Yet it really didn’t come into being until Descartes divided the world into res cogitans and res extensa,  thinking things—minds—thought of as spiritual, and extended things—bodies—thought of as mechanical.

Gone to Earth and Sufism

‘Urs in Delhi

“Khusraw! Deep into the night of union, I stayed awake with my love … My body, her heart: both of one color.”  The words are Amir Khusraw’s, the saint’s dearest disciple, his “Turk of God.”  Booming drumbeats and the blare of harmoniums drive the message home.