Monthly Archives: July 2009

Victorious Ones: Jain Images of Perfection

Thursday, July 30, 2009

The Rubin Museum of Art in Manhattan has one of the most interesting collections of Himalayan art in the United States. Past exhibitions have featured art from Bhutan and Nepal, Sikh and Bön religious art, and numerous selections of Tibetan art. While I have enjoyed every exhibition I have seen at the Rubin Museum since [...]

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Language: It’s not all Greek to me

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

I have always wondered about the history of languages. Every once in a while, I would have an epiphany where I would notice similarites between certain words in different languages. These similarities weren’t only restricted to the Indo-Aryan languages such as Sanskrit, Hindi and Marathi, but the similarities were also found within Dravidian languages such [...]

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Ammachi: Pure unconditional love, serving humanity

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Last week, I returned from a four-day spiritual retreat in Marlborough, MA with Ammachi. Formally known as Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, she is affectionately known to devotees as Ammachi, or Amma, because of her motherly bhava (mood, or attitude).
I’ve found a lot of people at Harvard are unfamiliar with Amma, so here is a brief [...]

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