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The Importance of Preserving Tibetan Buddhism’s Contribution to Humanity

We are at a moment of great significance for humanity, at the beginning of this new century, which could be either a horrendous time of natural and man-made mega-disasters or the greatest century yet of environmental restoration and peaceful global community.

By Robert Thurman
#Ethics #Traditions

Loving Paradoxes: A Feminist Reclamation of the Goddes Kali

The feminist significance of the Goddess Kali lies in an indigenous worshipful attitude of “Kali-bhakti” rather than in the mere image of the Goddess.

By Vrinda Dalmiya
statue of the goddess Guanyin
#Buddhism #Cultures #Traditions

From Bodhisattva to Goddess: Guanyin and Chinese Buddhism

Guanyin or Guanshihyin is the Chinese name for Avalokiteśvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, who has been worshiped throughout the Buddhist world.

By Matt Bramble
#Cultures #Traditions

Salutation to the Devī

The annual Durgā Pūjā is the climax of Navarātrī, literally “nine nights,” which is in fact a ten day observance. I like to call this the “Hindu High Holy Days,” because it is a very special time of year.

By Matt Bramble
#Cultures #Traditions

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
#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.

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#Cultures #Traditions

A Tale of Two Georges: Part 2

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

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