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 […]
Learning That Starts From Within
A quick reminder that I’m offering a free webinar. Scroll down for details! A Paradox Anyone who teaches or studies anything formally has to confront a paradox: If you’re a […]
How do we mean what we say?
A quick reminder that I’m offering a free webinar. Scroll down for details! What Engages Our Ears I recently found myself listening to an afternoon’s program of speakers. Each one […]
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 […]
Thirukkural 1330 with Lydian Nadhaswaram and Amirthavarshini
One of the qualities of the Kural that I am always keen to point out is how playful and musical its language truly is. Indeed, that’s why I sang a […]