Countries with Chinese population celebrate the hungry ghost festival in the month of August. The seventh lunar month on the Chinese calendar is the time to honor and respect the ancestors
Who is a Yaksha? We can understand the idea of Yaksha through an example. A century and a half ago, people across Asia ate unpolished rice. Subsequently, colonists brought rice
Are the ideas of scientists similar to the philosophy of Charvaka? Where does the idea of collective memory fit in this philosophy? TEDx decided to pull out the videos of
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While the Chinese around the world collectively celebrate, with pride, a New Year that has a different root than the more contemporary Gregorian New Year, the linguistic groups of South
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Focus, relaxation, creativity and problem solving peak when the mind relaxes. Similarly meditation and sense of well being are deeper when too many thoughts do not clog the mind. All
An extraordinary Rinpoche lama visited the United States in the seventies. Lama Yeshe was endearing to many of his western followers. He created the Foundation for the Preservation of Tibetan
A Zirconium crystal can tell its own age. One such crystal specimen from Australia gives a puzzling picture of when water arrived on Earth. This challenges assumptions about life on
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