NARRATIVE TRANSLATION ACROSS CULTURES


For us, the real fun and value of Zen is as a way to expand our awareness, to not miss out on really living. Lives conducted along these principles would help nudge humanity toward the better possibilities for a New Age. Alan Watts was an amazing autodidact who began teaching himself Chinese as a child by comparing the corresponding English and Chinese passages in a bilingual Bible. He became a popular writer and lecturer, the “guru of the hippies” until his death in 1973. All his books and recorded lectures on Eastern philosophy and particularly on Zen and Taoism are enlightening and refreshing.
When he heard that the man had deteriorated due to his advancing age, the next natural question was whether he himself, Siddhartha, the prince of the mighty Shakya clan, and all those whom he loved would one day be exposed to the same degradation? Confronted with the truth, the reply completely shattered him, and he asked to be taken back to the comforting environs of the palace. Once, after a particularly hectic schedule of sensual frenzy, Siddhartha was suddenly awakened from his blissful sleep, in the middle of the night. Surrounding him were the remnants of last night’s debauchery and revelry. The sight of the shameless naked flesh and the overflowing wine pitchers jarred him into the unreality of his own reality.
But before arriving there he read Frances and Mason Merrill’s , “Among the Nudists”, which was a review of the nudist movement in German and France with accounts of personal experiences. He wrote his friend in 1931, it is through having experienced all experience that the soul finally achieves perfect sympathy and understanding. In Paris in 1927 he met up with an artist and his famous studio, Antionine Bourdellle, whose subtle, spiritually infused aesthetic would influence Joseph Campbell the rest of his life.
  • He noticed the trend of Western civilization was towards specialization, yet was proud of being a generalist, able to see the commonality of all human stories and life experience.
  • Bernie S. Siegel, alternative doctor and author, has sold millions of books recommending attitudinal healing.
  • Modern career advice may be based on an incomplete translation of the underlying philosophies that sparked its emergence four decades earlier.

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When all in this world is annihilated, that part remains as it is. The conversation dives even deeper when Neo and Morpheus finally meet. When Neo is finally rescued by Morpheus and the resistance and is shown what The Matrix really is, he rejects it and wants out. He refuses to believe that everything he had believed all this time was actually false and illusory. The experience is so intense for him that he throws up and falls unconscious. I never threw up or fell unconscious, but the paradigm shift did make me feel very confused and uneasy for some time because I no longer understood how I fit into society.

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It also contains philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of the four "goals of life" or purusharthas. Among the principal works and stories in the “Mahabharata” are the “Bhagavad Gita”, the story of Damayanti, an abbreviated version of the Ramayana, and the Rishyasringa, often considered as works in their own right. The main hero of the epic is Arjuna, one of the five Pandava Brothers. The five brothers collectively known as Pandavas were Yuddhisthir, Bhīma, Arjuna, Nakul and Sahadev. The first three were the son of Pandu and Kunti and the rest of the two were the sons of Pandu and Madri, and the other set of brothers were the Kauravas, who were the son of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari.

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These are signals from a higher domain, summons, which can no longer be denied. The King of Limericks is committed to the democratization of philosophy and spirituality, and to the idea that limericks can deliver something far more enriching than just dirty-minded double entendre. Attempting to achieve transcendence is a universal concept across various cultures. Transcendence, defined simply as the existence or experience beyond the physical level, is the cornerstone of all spiritual practices, since the spirit is not a tangible object and thus separate from the physical level of the world. By this virtue, spiritual practices, ranging from contemporary Christianity to Hinduism, are linked in their connections to the spirit and thus focus on the transcendental realm. As Radha, she looked out over Creation and knew it as her own being.
Krishna explains to Arjuna that each person has a certain duty in life, his swadharma, which depends on his station, birth, and position in society as well as on his nature. This duty should be followed regardless of personal prejudices and with attachment to the fruits. Which of course leads us to contemplate a future where Spirit is no longer kept separate from anything we do – and instead spiritual understanding of the true nature of our reality will naturally infuse every aspect of our lives. Our Collective Consciousness will merge with the Divine and Spirit and the Material World will no longer be separate – truly, Heaven on Earth.
But if he refuses to perform this job, others will suffer—Rei will most likely fight in his place and die, and Tokyo-3 will have to be evacuated. A complaint I often ran into while looking for recommendations for the show online in forums and reviews was that he isn’t likeable, that he whines and complains—but this is precisely the point. This is an ordinary boy thrust into adulthood by a father who is far from supporting—one who grabs him by the throat and throws him into the deep, abyssal end of an apocalyptic pool. Oppie was a man of much keener vision than the average Joe, so from the perspectives of mundane viewpoints comfortably settled within conventional thinking and behavior he was always seen to be on the edge intellectually, psychologically, morally and politically.
Our duty is only to make ourselves fitting instruments to be used by him in whatever capacity he may think fit. A householder who continues to discharge his duties in a spirit of detachment and as an offering to the Divine is the true renouncer. We have only one right and that is the right to do our duty in a spirit of yajna, or sacrifice.
THE SOUL Soul, an essentially western concept, may be defined as the spiritual or eternal part of a living being. It is separate from the physical body and embodies one’s consciousness and personality. Soul is believed to live on after a person’s physical death. In India, the ancient sages realized that human beings exist only because of an inner power source in each one, which they named the JEEVATMAN. The Jeevatman is an integral part of the universal power source, The PARAMATMAN, or, GOD.

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