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Zara Houshmand, Moon and Sun
Writer, editor and literary translator Zara Houshmand shares a selection from her recent translations of Rumi in Moon and Sun. The rubaiyat, or quatrains, in Moon and Sun were composed by Jalal al-Din Mohammad Balkhi, known as Rumi, a 13th century Muslim theologian and Sufi mystic, and one of the greatest poets of the Persian language. They are a selection from almost 2,000 such quatrains that, along with many longer ghazals, comprise the Divan-E-Shams.
Running Toward Mystery
Priyadarshi with an Arhuaco spiritual leader in Colombia | Photo courtesy Tenzin Priyadarshi When the Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi announced to his parents, secular Hindus, that he planned to convert to Buddhism and ordain as a monk, his father convened 76 members of his extended family to discuss the matter.
What Meditation Can Teach Us About Our Goals
Perhaps your cost-benefit analysis impacts your ability to successfully meditate. What I saw in Drubwang Rinpoche in his every moment of engagement was a simplicity, childlike but far from naïve, that shone with a light of conscious choice. He was functioning in this world but he was not bound by its rules or priorities. His own priorities were absolutely consistent and only seemed eccentric when viewed through the lens of worldly sensibilities.
Running Toward Mystery: The Adventure of an Unconventional Life
Here unravels the adventurous life of the Venerable Priyadarshi, founder and CEO of the Dalai Lama Ctr. for Ethics and Transformative Values, MIT, and director of Ethics Initiative at MIT Media Lab. Born in India to a Hindu Brahman family, Priyadarshi left boarding school at age ten to enter a Buddhist monastery in Rajgir. Family prohibited his stay; however, Priyadarshi knew he had found a glimpse into visions and dreams that began when he was six years old.
A Mirror Garden by Monir Farmanfarmaian, Zara Houshmand | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
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July/August 2003
Last summer in New York, two Iranian theatre events cracked open a small window on a dramatically alien world. Each made its impact without benefit of a text that could be comprehended by from The Moon and the Leopard In The Moon and the Leopard, author Bijan Mofid developed a hint from a folk tale into a verse drama about the tragic love of the Leopard King for the Moon, first glimpsed as a reflection in Hadjar bore seven children. Aga Akbar was the youngest, and he was born deaf and mute.
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