In a wide-ranging conversation, Bahiyyih Nakhjavani reflects on the unsettled nature of identity, the limits of historical truth and the moral responsibility of writing about people who can no longer speak for
In a wide-ranging conversation, Bahiyyih Nakhjavani reflects on the unsettled nature of identity, the limits of historical truth and the moral responsibility of writing about people who can no longer speak for
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Summary: Comedy thrives on irreverence, vulnerability, and the refusal to accept a society’s official story at face value. As political and cultural pressures narrow the bounds of acceptable speech, comedians occupy a uniquely
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The butterfly counts not months but moments and has time enough.” — Rabindranath Tagore, Gitanjali Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” — Kahlil Gibran, The
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“O ye who believe! If a wicked person comes to you with any news, ascertain the truth, lest ye harm people unwittingly and afterward become full of repentance for what ye have
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Unlike in the West, Eastern societies did not have much interest in Western psychological counselling because many in these societies believed that counselling is interwoven with the teachings and practices of Eastern
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These excerpts are adapted from the author’s latest book, published by Shambhala Publications. It’s like an ox that enters through a latticed window. Its head, its horns, and its four legs, they
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In the scriptures of all religions, the need for a spiritual teacher or guide is emphasised as vital for achieving enlightenment and realising God. According to the Hindu scripture Vedanta, the ultimate
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“Democracy must fall because it will try to tailor to everyone: the poor will want the wealth of the rich, and democracy will give it to them. Young people will want to
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The following article is syndicated in partnership with the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA). Remigia Ferrel Vallejos, a Bolivian union executive from Chimoré, in the coca-grower Chapare region, isn’t nostalgic for the
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Poson was celebrated throughout the island by Sri Lankan Buddhists on the full moon poya day of June 21, 2024. Sri Lanka’s mainstream media including state media available online offered me little
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Albert Friedrich Armand Huber was born in the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, in 1927 into a Protestant family. He joined the liberal Social Democratic Party of Switzerland in 1952 and remained a
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It seems that persistent attacks directed in different forms at the historic Buddhist cultural establishment of Sri Lanka are based on the deliberate misconception or the distorted perception that the Buddhist worldview
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This article has been prompted by two writings in the Sri Lanka Guardian titled “Buddha’s Exact Teachings and the Paradox of Social Activism by Ian James Kidd and Bridging Buddha’s Teachings and
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In the first part of this series, I challenged the idea that the Buddha’s teachings on compassion and the overcoming of suffering provide support for social activism. ‘Changing the world’, challenging patriarchy,
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A 60-year-old son was at the bedside of his elderly father and saw him breathing his last. The son was thoroughly anguished and shouted at the top of his voice, “Dad, be
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