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Oct 23, 20142 min read
When Women Rule
'Columbia Ideas at Work - Connecting Research to Practice', Summer 2014 "...Women in top national leadership positions - president or...
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Sep 26, 20143 min read
Sordid Pre-History of Monogamy (part 2)
"The Totemic festival of fructification (bearing fruit) naturally had a phallic character, as it was sexual from the first. It was not...
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Sep 26, 20142 min read
Sordid Pre-History of Monogamy (part 3)
"In the south of Mayalam a married woman is permitted to have twelve other husbands as lovers besides the man to whom she is legally...
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Sep 12, 20141 min read
Opposing Views on Enlightenment
"To this day, I use [Lama Govinda's] wonderful simile for the difference between Bud- dhist enlightenment and the mystical experience of...
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Sep 12, 20142 min read
Sordid Pre-History of Monagamy (part 1)
"Ancient Egypt: Light of the World"Â Â Gerald Massey "In the course of time, as human consciousness increased, the Mother would be made...
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Aug 27, 20142 min read
Make it Plain, Brother
Robert Thurman, Professor of Indo-Tibetan Studies, Columbia University "However, as we begin the twenty-first common era century in hopes...
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Aug 22, 20142 min read
Breathing Exercises (Pranayama) and Time of Day (pt 1)
"In connection with the science of chakras (Laya Yoga), we have said a little about the three principal nadis - pingala, ida, and...
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Aug 22, 20142 min read
Breathing Exercises (Pranayana) and Time of Day (pt 2)
"Retention (of breath) should be practiced perfectly four times a day: early morning, midday, evening and midnight, so that retention is...
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Aug 5, 20142 min read
Breathing Exercises {Qigong} and Time of Day
"The 3rd century A.D. alchemist Ko Hung wrote: From midnight until noon, energy waxes; from noon until midnight, energy wanes. When...
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Jul 22, 20141 min read
Origin and Development of Tibetan Medicine (part 4)
"The Content of the Four Tantras The first Tantra is the Root Tantra. It presents teachings about illness and relates all the elements...
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Jul 22, 20142 min read
Origin and Development of Tibetan Medicine (part 5)
"The Chagpori Medical School Sangye Gyatso performed another great service when he founded the Chagpori medical school in Lhasa in 1696,...
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Jun 27, 20142 min read
Origin and Development of Tibetan Medicine (part 3)
"Tibetan Medicine" Gerti Samel "The Four Tantras The Four Tantras are also known under their Tibetan name of rGyudhzi, which is pro-...
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Jun 22, 20142 min read
Indian (Vedic) Mysogyny (part 4)
New York Times, June 4, 2014 - Amana Fontanella-Khan 'India's Feudal Rapists' "...For much of India's history, the lower castes,...
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Jun 22, 20142 min read
Origin and Development of Tibetan Medicine (part 2)
"The First Medical Texts Under the rule of King Songsten Gampo many texts from India were translated into Tibetan. There was a lively...
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May 21, 20142 min read
Origin and Development of Tibetan Medicine (part 1)
"Tibetan Medicine - A Practical and Inspirational Guide to Diagnosing, Treating and Healing the Buddhist Way"Â Gerti Samel" "A Buddhist...
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May 21, 20141 min read
Ayurveda and Samkhya
"Tao and Dharma: Chinese Medicne and Ayurveda"Â Robert Svoboda and Arnie Lade "The evolution of the universe as detailed in the Sankhya...
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May 16, 20142 min read
Origin and Development of Ayurveda
"Tao and Dharma - Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda"Â Robert Svoboda and Arnie Lade "The word 'Ayurveda', which comes from the Vedas, the...
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May 16, 20142 min read
Origins and Development of Chinese Medicine (part 2)
"Tao and Dharma - Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda"Â Robert Svoboda and Arnie Lade "Subsequent works especially of the Han Dynasty (206 B.C....
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May 15, 20142 min read
Origin and Development of Chinese Medicine (part 1)
"Tao and Dharma - Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda"Â Robert Svoboda and Arnie Lade "A fundamental tenet of the Chinese system of medicine is...
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