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Bob Thurman on compassion
In our hyperlinked world, we can know anything, anytime. And this mass enlightenment, says Buddhist scholar Bob Thurman, is our first step toward the compassion of our Buddha nature – and the first person who becomes happy when compassion emerges in your heart is yourself. Bob Thurman is the first American to be ordained a […]
Towards total transformation
August 29, 2011
A talk Vimala Thakar at Stiles Hall, University of California, October 22, 1968 As one wanders through various part of the world, one finds that the whole human life is in a state of turmoil. Politically, socially, economically, and even culturally, human life seems to be going through a very grave crisis. Long cherished ideas, theories, […]
Too big too fail? Is it the end of power and control?
August 25, 2011
Ideologies and fundamentalists have created the miasma in which we are now mired. Look around, says environmentalist and entrepreneur Paul Hawken, solutions are being found and created all ’round us.
How will global warming affect my world? UNEP
August 25, 2011
A simplified guide to the IPCC’s “Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability” Download the pdf
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The Spirit of the 21st Century 
August 29, 2011
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