With the end of the year approaching, with its holidays of all kinds, I find myself reflecting on gratitude. I know from my own experience and from the work of […]
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How does wisdom pass from one generation to another?
Over the past three years, speaking at various Tamil community events around the world, I’ve heard person after person voice a deep fear: What will happen to my children’s connection […]
Openness to All People and Amma’s Pride
Amidst the ongoing political and cultural turmoil we see in the United States and around the world, I often return to the opening verse of the Kural’s chapter on kindness. […]
Dr. Larry Ward and the Rain of Compassion
I was saddened to learn that Dr. Larry Ward, a dharma teacher in the tradition of the Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, recently passed away. He and I got […]
A Musical Kural . . .
I’m delighted to announce that Volume I of Amirthavarshini and Lydian Nadhaswaram‘s extraordinary project of setting all 1330 verses of the Kural to music has just been released. Here is […]