Buddha Quotes on Buddha’s Birthday
Michael Gallagher Saturday is Buddha’s Birthday, a day of great celebration in many parts of Asia. For many of us living there, it was a good day to have off and roam…
General
Amadou and Mariam
Mbifé – Amadou & Mariam I have grown really fond of this duo from Mali, Amadou and Mariam. Both are blind and met while at a school for the blind.…
Quote from James Madison
“Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.”…
Tagore and Daylight
Nirvana is not the blowing out of the candle. It is the extinguishing of the flame because day is come. Rabindranath Tagore
Bakoye by Ali Farka Toure
http://snipr.com/gbcf0 Bakoye by the late great Malian guitarist Ali Farka Toure, one of the most beautiful tracks ever composed.
Buddha=not sleeping
One of his students asked Buddha, “Are you the messiah?”“No”, answered Buddha.“Then are you a healer?”“No”, Buddha replied.“Then are you a teacher?” the student persisted.“No, I am not a teacher.”“Then…
Toumani Diabate, Princeton and the McCarter Theater
Tomorrow evening, I will be seeing Toumani Diabate in concert here in Princeton. Diabate is a legendary Kora musician from Bamako, Mali. The Kora is basically a 21 string lute…