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Embracing the Icon: The Feminist Potential of the Trans Bodhisattva, Kuan Yin

Explore the figure of Kuan Yin as a trans icon, an emerging point of identification for trans people that also has the potential to explode a tension within feminism.

By Cathryn Bailey
#Cultures #Traditions

What is Tradition?

The AyurYog project aims to ‘reveal the entanglements’ of no less than three historical traditions – but what do we actually mean by the use of the word tradition? How should we understand this word and its associations with authenticity and truth?

By Suzanne Newcombe
#Culture #Ethics

Becoming Different: Why Education is Required for Responding to Globalism Dharmically

A Critique of Rajiv Malhotra’s book Being Different.

By Jonathan Edelmann
#Interdisciplinary #Traditions

Hungarian Shamanism & Shakta Tantrism in Nepal

Hungary and Nepal appear to have little in common when one considers these cultures’ spiritual and religious beliefs. Until we look a little closer.

By
#Cultures #Traditions

A Tale of Two Georges: Part 2

Looking at the Hindu connections in the work of the Beatles’ George Harrison.

By
#Hinduism #Yoga

Kṛṣṇa: Divine Ambiguity or Ambiguous Divinity

Dharma is a term that defies translation. It encompasses notions of law, duty, ethics, justice and religion, and is reflected in the norms of duty or conduct allotted to each individual, usually by reference to his or her status within society, sex and/or stage of life.

By Graham Burns
#Practice #Traditions

Sacrificing Ourselves

The Gītā’s verses on sacrifice can be deployed on the mat.

By Ruth Westoby
#Spirituality #Traditions

The Hymn of Creation

Whence this creation has arisen
– perhaps it formed itself, or perhaps it did not – 
the One who looks down on it, 
in the highest heaven, only He knows 
or perhaps even He does not know.

By Wendy Doniger
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