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Wabi-Sabi

2022-09-07T16:55:32-07:00August 21st, 2022|Climb the Joyous Mountain|

To understand Japanese culture, one must know something of the wabi-sabi concept. The Japanese sense of beauty, unlike some of the elaborately embellished Chinese manifestations, usually relies on delicate understatement. What is left out [...]

The Silent Sadhu

2022-04-08T16:49:38-07:00March 20th, 2022|Climb the Joyous Mountain|

The lengthening twilight seemed almost interminable as the old car plowed along the dismal roads east of Baroda. Indian sunsets are particularly spectacular where there is flat country and few trees or buildings to break [...]

Chinese Taoists

2022-02-08T19:12:43-08:00January 26th, 2022|Climb the Joyous Mountain|

There is a profound difference between the life-negating pessimism of traditional Indian Buddhism and the life-prolonging, immortality-seeking attitude of Chinese Taoists. The Indian Buddhist sees the world as a place of complete impermanence, a [...]

Who Am I?

2021-11-07T16:30:06-08:00November 3rd, 2021|Climb the Joyous Mountain|

Not all religious seekers find Ultimate answers. Some do, some don’t. I’d like to deal with both here. Rabindranath Tagore, the great 20th century poet of India who often wrote in English, expressed bewilderment [...]

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