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    Yoga Museology: Spiritual Citizenship from Our Galleries to Our Streets

    By Christopher Rzigalinski

    The article asserts dismantling systemic racism means, “go[ing] beyond token gestures of diversity and inclusion and arriv[ing] at a fundamental rethinking of the role of museums.”

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    Sevā: The Heart of Spiritual Citizenship

    By Marcy Braverman Goldstein

    Reflections on an African Diasporic Spiritual Citizenship

    By Fadeke Castor

    Beginning the Journey: Tao Te Ching

    By Diane Dreher

    Can “Contemplative Practices” Lessen Hatred in Social and Political Activism in the U.S.?

    By Ramdas Lamb

    The form it takes in most societies has been relatively predictable because people within them learn to live by and function within social norms and customs mean…

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    #Ethics #Interdisciplinary

    Re-Membering Our Relation to the Earth Soil for Ecologically Sound Cities

    Climate Emergency, Pandemic, Racial Injustice – all point to humanity’s fatal error. Humanity is not the superior species on the Earth nor is any particular human group more superior than others.

    By Jean Gardner

    The Yogas of the Bhagavad-Gītā

    It is important to note the societal context in which these teachings on yoga took place. Time and circumstance played a significant role in the first six chapters of Kṛṣṇa’s exposition on yoga.

    By Jay Jagannath Das

    What is Queer Theory?

    To ask the question “what is queer theory?” is a gesture that can easily invite frustration, for by asking it…

    By Jacob Kyle

    From Faculty & Friends: Andrew Harvey

    How would you explain the term “queer dharma”? I think queer dharma is best expressed as the edgy, radical application…

    By Andrew Harvey

    Queer Utopia: Building a Freer Future from the Inside Out

    I didn’t like rule-breakers when I was a teenager. The bad kids, the alternative kids, the shouty kids — I kept…

    By Adam Zmith

    Embracing the Trans Bodhisattva, Kuan Yin

    Tranquil and composed, representations of Kuan Yin loom in the shadows of Buddhist temples, museums, and Chinese restaurants. With a…

    By Cathryn Bailey

    Who is Ardhanārīśvara?

    Ardhanārīśvara is a hybridized deity form of Śiva and Śakti and is thus popularly depicted as half-male and half-female. A…

    By Jacob Kyle

    Harijans

    I’d already finished a full cupful of chilled tandai—and was heading for a second—when my brother-in-law approached me with words…

    By Katy Jane

    Beyond the Binary

    Queer theory is a theoretical tool which by definition creates a more accurate place of being for individuals.  Let me…

    By Marie Cartier

    What is Queer?

    Language around sexuality and gender has shifted and changed throughout history. New words have emerged and existing words have altered…

    By Jessica Jagtiani

    The Spiritual Path Was Never Straight

    —Storying the Queer-Spiritual Sensibility For many queer people, an evolving relationship with their queerness and contemporary queer communities can have…

    By Ryan LeMere
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