The World of Names by Damodara Dasa
Everywhere you look there are so many names. Names for packages, names for signposts, names for places, names for plants, names for people. Names are convenient, and maybe a little confusing. "History's first psychotherapy session, "on a battlefield,... read more
The Prince Passed On Too Soon
The king had many wives, but, strangely, he couldn't have a son. What happened when he finally got one was even more strange. There's a saying that parents live on through their children. How often we hear, for instance, about a father... read more
Our Sense of Wonder Gone Under
Now that scientists like Jacques Monod have helped us toward "an anxious quest in a frozen universe of solitude," here are some time-tested secrets for rediscovering the warm and wonderful. "Alienation," social scientists say, is our inability to... read more
The Boar Who Battles for Planet Earth
The lady was lusty and wanted sons. Little did she know that her children would be demons, and that the Lord Himself would have to come and kill them. It was evening. The sun was setting on the forest cottage of the great sage Kasyapa Muni. As the... read more