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4 weeks, 2 days ago

In the vast cosmos | Review of Sarah Perry’s Enlightenment, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024

What does it mean to fail oneself? Sarah Perry’s Enlightenment, longlisted for the Booker Prize this year, steps into the porous boundary between history and the now. If the novel were merely about these two, it might still succeed, but Perry’s attempt is to transcend character. Yet, Grace’s story is not merely about moral transgression; it is about the anatomy …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Buddha Purnima 2024: 5 must-visit Buddhist sites in India for a spiritual journey

India TV News

Buddha Purnima, commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and Parinirvana of Gautama Buddha, falls on May 23 this year. Here are 5 must-visit locations for an unforgettable spiritual journey on Buddha Purnima 2024 Bodh Gaya, Bihar Image Source : GETTYBodh Gaya, Bihar Bodh Gaya is the most revered site in Buddhism, where Prince Siddhartha Gautama attained enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree and …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Buddha Purnima 2024: Why is Buddha considered an avatar of Lord Vishnu? Know details

India TV News

Lord Buddha is the founder and icon of Buddhism, one of the most respected and popular religions in the world. Significance of Buddha Siddhartha Gautama, popularly known as the Buddha, the founder of Buddhism rejected a life of wealth and comfort and chose to pursue a path of spiritual and intellectual improvement. In Northern tradition, Buddha appears as the ninth …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Book Review: Celebrity grief memoir feeds into trauma industry

Deccan Chronicle

In the early 1960s, British nurse Cicely Saunders pioneered the concept of “total pain”, a comprehensive term that encompasses emotional, physical, social and spiritual suffering. The chapter titled ‘My Spiritual Insights and Breakthroughs’ contains descriptions of “Experiencing Krishna”, “Aparokshanubhtu — Contemplation, Realisation and Oneness”, “Emptiness and Light Experience” and “Experiencing Death Two-and-a-Half Times”. Since the author knew nothing about “yogic …

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1 year ago

Routes to enlightenment

China Daily

Figures replicating a classroom scene depicting Ye Ting in his school years at the Ye Ting Memorial Hall in Huizhou, Guangdong province. Qin Lan has been busy preparing several themed exhibitions at the former residence and memorial hall of general Ye Ting in Zhoutian village, Huizhou city, Guangdong province. "We're upgrading the main exhibition about general Ye, and are also …

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1 year ago

Routes to enlightenment

China Daily

Visitors at the opening of an exhibition about Ye's wife Li Xiuwen. Various regions have actively explored the establishment of regional and county-level cultural heritage-themed tourist routes, achieving varied results, said Guan Qiang, deputy director of the National Cultural Heritage Administration at the conference, where representatives from 14 provincial cultural relic departments, and those from Hong Kong and Macao, were …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Bodhi Day in Japan: All about the significant Buddhist celebration

Hindustan Times

Buddhists around the world are celebrating Bodhi Day. Also called Buddha's Enlightenment Day, it commemorates when Siddhartha Gautama attained awakening — or enlightenment — some 2,600 years ago, becoming the Buddha. Southeast Asian and Tibetan Buddhists celebrate Buddha's enlightenment in May and June respectively, said Judith Simmer-Brown, professor emeritus of contemplative and religious studies at Colorado's Naropa University. It happened …

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1 year, 1 month ago

What is Bodhi Day? And when do Buddhists celebrate it?

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Southeast Asian and Tibetan Buddhists …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Movie Review: In ‘Poor Things,’ Emma Stone takes an unusual path to enlightenment

Associated Press

It is sickly hilarious to make a movie in which so much consensual sex is had, often so gleefully, that is not the least bit sexy. Though Bella Baxter’s insatiable libido might be her guiding light at first in “Poor Things,” sexual liberation is only part of this fantastical, anarchic journey to consciousness. Filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and his star, Emma …

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1 year, 1 month ago

A yoga leader promised followers enlightenment. But he's now accused of sexual abuse

The Independent

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1 year, 1 month ago

A yoga leader promised followers enlightenment. But he’s now accused of sexual abuse

Associated Press

PARIS — To his followers, he was “Grieg,” their guide through tantra yoga toward enlightenment and a higher state of consciousness. Bivolaru’s group, initially known as MISA and later as the Atman yoga federation, allegedly engaged in non-consensual sexual activities under the facade of tantra yoga teachings, according to a French judicial official who spoke on condition of anonymity because …

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1 year, 7 months ago

A medium for meditation and enlightenment

China Daily

Jingshan Temple in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, plays host to regular ceremonies to help visitors better understand traditional tea culture. Its tea ceremony is included in UNESCO's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. An exemplar among tea drinking rituals is the Jingshan Tea Ceremony, a solemn ceremony hosted at the Jingshan Temple in Yuhang district, Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, where …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Intention Appears To Be Enlightenment Of Society; No Offence: Bombay High Court On Ex-Governor Koshyari's Statements About Shivaji Maharaj

Live Law

Observing that former Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s statements were an analysis of history and the lessons to be learnt from it, the Bombay High Court dismissed a writ petition seeking criminal action against him for his statements about Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Savitribai Phule and Jyotirao Phule. The court held that the statements cannot be seen as disrespecting any person …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Asalha Puja: All you want to know about the Buddhist festival

Hindustan Times

Asalha Puja also known as Asadha Puja or Dhamma Day is an important Theravada Buddhist festival that falls on the full moon day of the eighth lunar month and celebrates Buddha's first sermon in Deer Park at Sarnath, 10 km away from Varanasi, after his enlightenment. Asalha Puja 2022 falls on July 13 After spending seven weeks in the bliss …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Trust your ears when you hear San Cha sing. Enlightenment begins from a divine place

LA Times

This story is part of Image issue 9, “Function” a sonic and visual reminder that there ain’t no party like an L.A. party. He thought my parents would love to hear boleros — but my mom was like, “Why doesn’t he have you play rancheras? “My parents didn’t accept me, so I had to live in this kind of underworld.” …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Vasiliy Lomachenko calls for ‘peace and enlightenment’ as Russia invades Ukraine

The Independent

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3 years, 2 months ago

How Satyajit Ray foregrounded modernity and enlightenment throughout his career

The Hindu

Satyajit Ray was of the world, as were Chaplin and Bunuel and Renoir and Mizoguchi and Eisenstein and De Sica and Kurosawa and Godard and Pasolini, not to speak of other twentieth century masters, but he was of the breed who belonged to a particular developed culture and carried out the transfer of technology into a freshly evolved form. Children’s …

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4 years, 2 months ago

Mahabodhi Mahavihar in Bodh Gaya: Temple of enlightenment

The Hindu

Located on the banks of river Phalgu, a tributary of the Ganga, 115 kilometres from Patna, is the Mahabodhi temple complex, one of the most sacred Buddhist sites in the world. The advent of a Siva-worshipping ascetic in a ruined Bodh Gaya in late 16th century, and the steady consolidation of his successors as mahants of the site, played an …

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4 years, 3 months ago

The Jewish philosopher Spinoza was one of the great Enlightenment thinkers. So why was he 'cancelled'?

ABC

We often think of cancel culture as a contemporary phenomenon, driven by social media and rife in our hyper-connected world. Key terms Yeshiva: Jewish educational institution, focussing on the study of religious texts Cherem : the total exclusion of a person from the Jewish community Zionism: ideology and nationalist movement that supports an independent Jewish state But Spinoza remained a …

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4 years, 3 months ago

The Hum(e)an face of Enlightenment: On history and racism

ABC

In 1778, an African man known to history as Joseph Knight won his freedom in Scotland after a tortuous, four-year series of legal cases. Many tourists have seen the statue, selfied with it, posed beside it, affectionately rubbed Hume’s toe “for luck” until it smoothly shines. David Hume has long been considered one of the leading intellectual figures in a …

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4 years, 8 months ago

Buddhist art: These ancient images are more timely than you think

CNN

Editor’s Note: The Asian Art Museum, mentioned in this feature, is offering a series of virtual experiences including online meditation and a Disability Film Festival. One classic representation of the Buddha, depicting a key moment in his life, is the museum’s “The Buddha triumphing over Mara,” a ninth-century Indian stone sculpture. Another exceptionally fine representation is the brass “Buddha Shakyamuni” …

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5 years, 4 months ago

Opinion | Enlightenment values need both revival and adoption

Live Mint

As we witness intolerance to reason, democratic argument and humanism, and see the lines blur between religion and the State, an inevitable question emerges: Do we have moral theories to address these societal challenges? To deal with today’s three most important challenges—which are, the right to free speech, inclusive development, and the preservation of a secular state—we need to make …

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5 years, 6 months ago

When will the world celebrate the International ‘True’ Yoga day?

India TV News

Yoga is the most impactful gift India has given to the world in recent times. Today the word conjures up images of lean, pretzel shaped bodies performing yoga poses in beautiful locations. Patanjali describes Yog in this one line: “Yoga chitta vritti nirodha” OR 'Yog is the cessation of all fluctuations of the mind' That is the real Yog, and …

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5 years, 8 months ago

双语要点：纪念五四运动100周年习近平讲了这些

China Daily

纪念五四运动100周年大会（a ceremony to mark the centenary of the May Fourth Movement）今天上午10时30分在人民大会堂举行。中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平出席大会并发表重要讲话。 Youths attend a ceremony held to mark the centenary of the May Fourth Movement at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, April 30, 2019. 以下为本次讲话要点双语摘录：五四运动的意义习近平指出，五四运动是中国近现代史上具有划时代意义的一个重大事件，是中国旧民主主义革命走向新民主主义革命的转折点，在近代以来中华民族追求民族独立和发展进步的历史进程中具有里程碑意义。五四运动是一场以先进青年知识分子为先锋、广大人民群众参加的彻底反帝反封建的伟大爱国革命运动。 The May Fourth Movement was a great patriotic and revolutionary campaign pioneered by advanced young intellectuals and participated by …

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In the vast cosmos | Review of Sarah Perry’s Enlightenment, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024

Buddha Purnima 2024: 5 must-visit Buddhist sites in India for a spiritual journey

Buddha Purnima 2024: Why is Buddha considered an avatar of Lord Vishnu? Know details

Book Review: Celebrity grief memoir feeds into trauma industry

Routes to enlightenment

Routes to enlightenment

Bodhi Day in Japan: All about the significant Buddhist celebration

What is Bodhi Day? And when do Buddhists celebrate it?

Movie Review: In ‘Poor Things,’ Emma Stone takes an unusual path to enlightenment

A yoga leader promised followers enlightenment. But he's now accused of sexual abuse

A yoga leader promised followers enlightenment. But he’s now accused of sexual abuse

A medium for meditation and enlightenment

Intention Appears To Be Enlightenment Of Society; No Offence: Bombay High Court On Ex-Governor Koshyari's Statements About Shivaji Maharaj

Asalha Puja: All you want to know about the Buddhist festival

Trust your ears when you hear San Cha sing. Enlightenment begins from a divine place

Vasiliy Lomachenko calls for ‘peace and enlightenment’ as Russia invades Ukraine

How Satyajit Ray foregrounded modernity and enlightenment throughout his career

Mahabodhi Mahavihar in Bodh Gaya: Temple of enlightenment

The Jewish philosopher Spinoza was one of the great Enlightenment thinkers. So why was he 'cancelled'?

The Hum(e)an face of Enlightenment: On history and racism

Buddhist art: These ancient images are more timely than you think

Opinion | Enlightenment values need both revival and adoption

When will the world celebrate the International ‘True’ Yoga day?

双语要点：纪念五四运动100周年习近平讲了这些