Who better to teach us about love than a modern master who once found himself in the same turbulent situation? There are many who might
A friend once castigated me for supporting institutional religion. Hers was a critique based on an interpretation of European Enlightenment values and a secular suspicion
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Imagine you’re about to sail the azure sea and reap its more positive maritime possibilities: trade, prosperity, or perhaps cultural exchange. But have you thought
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Author: Tanna Pesso, with Penor Rinpoche (2010) Training the Heart and Mind for Peace and Compassion Tana Pesso’s meditation manual, First Invite Love In, is a
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Much of the Western world, particularly Europe and the UK, has been engulfed in the News of the World scandal, in which journalists of the
