Buddhist Monk Aided Thai Central Bank Wall Street Journal Many people here regarded him as an "arahant," or kind of Buddhist saint who had reached a state of spiritual enlightenment and wouldn't be reincarnated ... |
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Book Review: Super Rich: A Guide to Having It All and The Soul of Leadership – BusinessWeek
![]() BusinessWeek | Book Review: Super Rich: A Guide to Having It All and The Soul of Leadership BusinessWeek As Simmons edges into his mid-fifties, he's on to the Next Big Thing: enlightenment. To be more specific, enlightenment without those pesky restrictions on ... |
Christianity: Not part of a menu of nice ideas – Daily Press
Christianity: Not part of a menu of nice ideas Daily Press ... enlightenment, fulfillment, Nirvana, or whatever the goal may be. Christianity would be one item on a menu of spiritual options, along with the Buddhist ... |
India’s biggest mosque to come up in Kozhikode – Arab News
India's biggest mosque to come up in Kozhikode Arab News "The mosque will reflect the universal brotherhood and spiritual enlightenment that Islam stands for. There will also be a library for Islamic research and ... |
Book Excerpt: Things Hidden
Richard Rohr's interpretation of forgiveness in Noah's Ark.
Documentary Film Review: Certifiably Jonathan
A documentary about the elderly comedian Jonathan Winters and his quest to have his paintings exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art.
Book Excerpt: Conversations on Religion
Karen Armstrong on love or the Golden Rule (in a book edited by Mick Gordon and Chris Wilkinson).
Feature Film Review: Cedar Rapids
A rollicking comedy about a sheltered and insecure 34-year-old Midwestern insurance agent whose life is transformed at an annual convention.
Documentary Film Review: Carbon Nation
A documentary with a varied group of Americans talking about solutions to the very-real crisis of climate change.
Spiritual Literacy Blog: Interview with Matthieu Ricard
An interview with Buddhist teacher Matthieu Ricard on the skill of happiness, meditation, generosity, mind training, intention, and spiritual practice.
Book Excerpt: The Way of Mary
Mary Ford-Grabowsky's exercise to feel gratitude for people who helped you and people you helped.
Book Review: All That We Share
A bold and imaginative call for a major paradigm shift from the market system to the commons where sharing and caring are the operative ideals.
Book Excerpt: Using the Enneagram in Prayer
DVD Feature Film Review: Life as We Know It
Katherine Heigl in a funny and snappy performance in a romantic comedy.
DVD Feature Film Review: Tamara Drewe
Stephen Frears' spiffy comedy of manners about infatuation, envy, jealousy, and adultery.
DVD Feature Film Review: It’s Kind of a Funny Story
A magical movie about five days in a psychiatric hospital that gives a depressed 15-year old a new lease on life.
Spiritual Literacy Blog: A Graying Population Spells Business Opportunity
New products and services being developed for the 76 million Baby Boomers looking forward to a long life expectancy.
Book Excerpt: Plant Seed, Pull Weed
Geri Larkin on learning to lose, and allowing grace.
Spiritual Literacy Blog: A Golden Age of Foreign Films, Mostly Unseen
Practicing openness through backing and regular viewing of foreign language films.