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Chasing Saints
While visiting Julio, (my friend of more decades than I care to admit) at his house in Florida some dozen years ago, I found in the guest bedroom—a room that vaguely resemble a monk’s cell if you don’t...
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Rosh Hashonah Reflections
Holidays live in the past as much as in the present. Major holidays inevitably serve as triggers of memories: the memories of childhood celebrations, the memories of phases and people in adulthood that...
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The Ramayana: How an Ancient Tale Slowly Made a Monkey Out of Me
About 20 years ago, I was standing in Borders Books in Stamford CT, leafing through this beautiful and expensive hardcover volume that I decided to buy for a friend of mine who was an artist as well as...
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Into Each Life a Little Cake Must Fall: Lessons from a Cake-Tastrophe
This is the tale of an epic Cake-Fail. It felt, at the time, like an absolute disaster. Real disasters, like earthquakes, tornadoes, wars and disease put this story in perspective. But in our day-to...
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The Tandav: In Which Shiva Dances on My Fingers to Drop that Cucumber from...
When you chant something for years on end, whether the prayer is in a language you know or not, you'd best realize that at some point what you are asking for may well be granted.
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A Love Letter to Ramanand Sagar
Recently, I coerced one of my Ramayana buddies into watching the original Ramayana tv series produced by Ramanand Sagar in the late 80's; a series that revived a whole consciousness and national pride,...
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While visiting Julio, (my friend of more decades than I care to admit) at his house in Florida some dozen years ago, I found in the guest bedroom—a room that vaguely resemble a monk’s cell if you don’t...
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